The Biden administration has asked Congress for special permission to increase spending on Secret Service in the weeks ahead, even if Congress only passes a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, multiple congressional and administration sources tell CBS News. 

The White House Office of Management and Budget submitted a so-called anomaly request to congressional committees amid the fallout of a second apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, this time, at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. 

Short-term spending bills, known as a continuing resolutions or CRs, are used the fund the government at current levels for a brief period until appropriations bills for the entire fiscal year are passed. CRs often contain anomaly provisions for programs or activities that require support that departs from general funding levels, according to the Congressional Research Service. 

OMB warned in its request that without some flexibility to ratchet up Secret Service spending soon, “the Secret Service would have insufficient resources to sustain and enhance protective operations.” 

Congressional staffers say there are increasing concerns about Secret Service’s funding levels, and uncertainty over how much additional funding will be needed is part of what’s bogged down ongoing negotiations and deliberations over government spending for 2025 on Capitol Hill. Congress has until Oct. 1 to fund the government, risking a partial government shutdown a few weeks before Election Day. 

In the short term, OMB said in its request that granting special dispensation to boost Secret Service spending would enable the agency to “sustain current operations and address additional protective and campaign travel, operations, and overtime costs as they arise.”

President Biden told reporters at the White House Monday morning that the Secret Service “needs more help.” He added, “And I think that Congress should respond to their needs if they in fact need more service people.”

The Secret Service has separately notified Congress that it needs more resources to complete its mission. In a letter sent a week ago to a Senate subcommittee from Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said “increased mission requirements of the Secret Service necessitate additional resources.” 

Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in Sunday’s incident, was charged Monday with two firearm offenses in federal court. Routh, 58, was armed with an AK-47-style rifle and was allegedly 300-500 yards away from Trump at Trump International Golf Course when members of the Secret Service detail spotted him and opened fire, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. Routh, who did not fire his rifle, fled and was detained soon afterward. Trump was unharmed and thanked Secret Service agents and local law enforcement, calling them “absolutely outstanding.” 

But this incident comes barely two months after Trump was shot in the ear during a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. And Congress and federal agencies are still investigating this incident, which resulted in the death of one rally attendee. 

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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing Sunday morning due to a pressurization problem, resulting in at least 10 people requiring medical attention. 

In a statement, Delta told CBS News that paramedics met passengers at the gate and identified 10 individuals in need of evaluation or treatment. There were 140 passengers on board. 

The passengers were all treated and released by medics but airport officials say some may have opted to take themselves to the hospital for further treatment.  The airline told CBS News that it offered to cover transportation costs for customers to go to medical facilities.

The Salt Lake City Fire Department, which deployed the paramedics to the scene, said it could not comment on incidents that occur on airport grounds, but confirmed that its medics did not take anyone to the hospital. 

Delta flight 1203 was en route from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Portland, Oregon, when a pressurization issue occurred, prompting the flight to return to Salt Lake City. Oxygen masks did not deploy but the plane was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet, according to the airline.

The pilots of the five-year-old Boeing 737-900ER declared an emergency and descended below 10,000 feet. According to flightradar24.com‘s preliminary flight data, the plane was only briefly above the 10,000 foot level. 

“Descending below 10,000 per cabin altitude warning,” the pilots of flight 1203 can be heard telling air traffic controllers in audio obtained by CBS News from LiveATC.Net, “And Delta 1203 we’re declaring an emergency.”

The FAA told CBS News in a statement the plane “landed without incident at around 8:30 a.m. local time.”

The FAA said it is investigating the incident.

“We sincerely apologize to our customers for their experience on flight 1203 on Sept. 15,” Delta said in a statement provided to CBS news. “The flight crew followed procedures to return to SLC where our teams on the ground supported our customers with their immediate needs.”

The airline said the plane was taken out of service on the morning of Sept. 15 and went back into service on Sept. 16. after technicians resolved the pressurization issue.