Overview

• Vance Boelter faces federal murder, stalking and firearms charges along with state second-degree murder counts in the politically targeted June 14 shootings that killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
• An emergency Senate briefing highlighted a spike in threats against lawmakers, with the U.S. Capitol Police reporting 9,474 concerning statements and direct threats in 2024, the highest total since 2021.
• Legislatures in North Dakota, New Mexico, Colorado and Wisconsin have removed home addresses from public websites and sought increased security at state capitols to shield officials from similar attacks.
• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Joe Morelle urged Speaker Mike Johnson to boost office budgets for round-the-clock protection and to deploy federal prosecutors to investigate threats nationwide.
• President Trump and Sen. Mike Lee drew criticism for refusing to call Gov. Tim Walz and for propagating false claims that Democrats were responsible for the shooting despite evidence linking the suspect to Trump rallies.