The White House has requested an additional $58 million for security for the executive and judicial branches in the wake of the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk, a White House spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Sept. 15.
Punchbowl News first reported this development.
For the 2026 fiscal year, the judiciary has requested $892 million for security for courthouses, including a $91 million increase for video, screening, emergency equipment, and other critical systems and equipment, and $7 million for strengthening courthouses against external attacks.
Overall, the judiciary has requested a 9.3 percent increase over the $750.2 million allocated for the 2025 fiscal year.
“Much of the requested increase is necessary to maintain current services, which include meeting government-wide obligations to fund previously-enacted federal employee pay increases and required adjustments to employee health benefit contributions; addressing non-pay inflation; and maintaining or replacing existing and outdated judicial facilities and infrastructure,” according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts….