WASHINGTON -- Police briefly evacuated the U.S. Capitol and its visitors' center on Tuesday as alarms sounded in both buildings. Kimberly Schneider, a spokeswoman for U.S. Capitol Police, said ...

The ninth — and largest — addition to the U.S. Capital in Washington, D.C., is more than 40% complete, with part of it on track to provide a platform for the presidential inauguration ceremony in ...

A Washington, DC man was detained Wednesday after he allegedly tried to slip a machete and three knives into the US Capitol Visitor Center hours before President-elect Donald Trump was due to arrive.

A Michigan man tried to enter the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday with a letter for Congress expressing his discontent with the government’s response to the war in Gaza. By Rachel Nostrant and ...

A man who smelled like gasoline and had a torch lighter, flare gun and papers he intended to deliver to Congress was arrested Tuesday at the Capitol Visitor Center, authorities said. The man, who has ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A joint services military body bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter up the steps into the U ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man who smelled like fuel and was carrying a torch and flare gun at the Capitol Visitor Center in D.C. According to officers, the man was stopped ...

The U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a man, who authorities say showed up to the Washington, D.C., visitor center on Election Day smelling like fuel and armed with potential incendiary devices. “Our ...