Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., speaking with ABC News’ Selina Wang on Thursday afternoon outside the Capital Jewish Museum, called for the White House to increase funding for the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education as well as for nonprofit security, in the wake of the shooting Wednesday that killed two staff members of the Israeli Embassy.

“The Trump administration should be making sure that we increase funding for the Office of Civil Rights, that there needs to be more investigation funding available to hold universities and colleges accountable, but we also need to make sure we increase funding for nonprofit security grants,” to support security apparatuses and personnel for institutions like the Capital Jewish Museum, Wasserman Schultz said.

Wasserman Schultz had earlier joined fellow Jewish members of Congress in a news conference outside the museum.

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She said that the Trump administration “needs to stop freezing funds” appropriated by Congress that are meant to keep people safe.

“When we see that two young people could be murdered in cold blood as a result of an act of antisemitic hate, I don't know how much more evidence you need to you need to be clear that we need to increase that funding and make sure that no one has to worry about their life ending when they're attending an event at any institution,” she said.

Asked what Democrats are doing right now to fight for that, Wasserman Schultz said she and colleagues are working to increase that funding and to "balance expression of free speech alongside making sure that we can help stop antisemitic attacks in their tracks" and make sure students feel safe attending university.

-ABC News’ Oren Oppenheim, Selina Wang and Hannah Demissie

Several Democratic senators called for the White House and President Donald Trump to release the names of the guests of Thursday night's crypto gala dinner.

"Donald Trump's dinner is an orgy of corruption," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said. "He is signaling to anyone who wants to ask for a special favor and is willing to pay for it exactly how to do that."

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., accused the president of "selling out America" to foreign powers and putting America's national security at risk.

Blumenthal also pointed out that Thursday night's dinner is being held in secrecy when it is customary for the White House to release the guest list when a president of the United States holds a state dinner with foreign representatives.

"Donald Trump Is having 220 of the biggest investors, some more than $100 million in his meme coin, come to his private golf club without any disclosure, and apparently hiding, purposefully concealing, who they are, and some are from foreign powers," Blumenthal said.

The lawmakers pointed to several individuals who are expected to attend the dinner tonight or have expressed their intention of investing in the Trump coin in an effort to gain access to him, including controversial Chinese crypto mogul Justin Sun. Sun is not only the top holder of the Trump coin, but also among the top investors of World Liberty Financial, another crypto company founded by Trump's family members.

-ABC News' Soo Rin Kim and Lucien Bruggeman

President Donald Trump echoed Leavitt's comments against District Judge Brian Murphy's ruling that kept migrants deported to South Sudan in Djibouti for interviews.

"He would not allow these monsters to proceed to their final destination. This is not the premise under which I was elected President, which was to PROTECT our Nation. The Judges are absolutely out of control, they're hurting our Country, and they know nothing about particular situations, or what they are doing — And this must change, IMMEDIATELY!," Trump said in a Truth Social post.

Trump then called on the Supreme Court to "put an END to the quagmire."

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on the videos President Donald Trump played when meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

One clip showing crosses was not what Trump made it out to be, as he claimed it was a "burial site" of murdered white South African farmers.

Leavitt was asked who at the White House is advising Trump on such material and what protocols are in place when unsubstantiated information being shared publicly in front of world leaders. She did not directly answer the question, instead responding, "What's unsubstantiated about the video?"