Threats toward members of Congress, their families, staff and the Capitol complex surged in 2025, according to the U.S. Capitol Police, with over 5,000 more incidents reported than the previous year. The police force’s Threat Assessment Section investigated 14,938 “concerning” statements, behaviors and communications, the agency said in a news release this week.
It’s a sharp increase from 2024, when 9,474 threats were investigated by USCP. These threats — which include everything from social media posts to more direct targeting of lawmakers — mark the third year in a row that USCP has seen an increase in the number of threats made.