More money is needed to protect lawmakers from threats of violence coming from an "enemy" within Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday, a startling acknowledgement of how tensions over safety have escalated since this month's Capitol attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
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