WASHINGTON — Republicans lashed out at Democrats and members of the media, saying their language and news coverage incited a killer.

Democrats blamed Republicans for blocking gun safety legislation they said could have prevented the shooting and countless others.

And behind the scenes and the partisan strife, members of Congress in both parties begged their leaders to provide more security to protect them from rising political violence in the wake of the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at an event on a university campus.

The killing of Kirk has intensified already pervasive fears among lawmakers on Capitol Hill about personal safety, even as it has fed the cycle of finger-pointing and partisan warfare in the toxic political discourse often gripping Congress and the cou

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