Shutdown and Incivility

Justin Papp at Roll Call: “A shutdown distracts from a lot of things, and could clearly distract from a mission like trying to dial down the rhetoric,” said Rodney Davis, an Illinois Republican who joined more than 100 other former members of Congress last year...

Lawmakers Fear Threats

 Scott Wong, Melanie Zanona and Kyle Stewart at NBC: The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is sending shock waves through Capitol Hill, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressing fears for their own safety and taking greater security...

A Statement from George W. Bush

Statement yesterday by President George W. Bush: “Today, a young man was murdered in cold blood while expressing his political views. It happened on a college campus, where the open exchange of opposing ideas should be sacrosanct. Violence and vitriol must be...

Young Pols Fear Violence

Anna Liss-Roy at WP (h/t George Van Cleve): Abusive messages, fear of physical violence and violations of privacy are the cost of elected office in the United States in 2025, according to nine Gen Z and millennial state lawmakers interviewed by The Washington Post....