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Police investigate two threats at Capitol amid heightened security

The incidents occurred as former president Jimmy Carter lay in state and President-elect Donald Trump visited the building.

Yahoo · 14h

Man tries to set car on fire outside U.S. Capitol where security is heightened

Police have arrested a man accused of trying to set a car on fire outside the U.S. Capitol, where there is already heightened security for former President Jimmy Carter’s lying in state.

iHeart on MSN · 5h

Man Arrested Trying To Start Car Fire On Capitol Hill While Trump Was There

Capitol Police arrested a 35-year-old man from Virginia on Wednesday (January 8) after he allegedly attempted to set his car on fire near the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on Capitol Hill. The incident occurred as President-elect Donald Trump was visiting Republican lawmakers and paying respects to the late former President Jimmy Carter.

Capitol Police arrest man with machete

NBC News · 20h

Capitol Police arrest man with machete at entrance for Jimmy Carter viewing

Police said the man was arrested at a security checkpoint for people waiting to view the former president's casket as he lies in state in the Capitol rotunda.

Hosted on MSN · 1d

Man arrested with machete and knives at US Capitol

Police at the US Capitol building arrested a man with a machete and three knives as he attempted to enter through a checkpoint Wednesday. Capitol Police said the machete was spotted by an X-ray machine at an entrance to the building's visitor centre.

The Washington Post · 11h

The Latest: Jimmy Carter's casket is moved from the capitol ahead of his state funeral

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital, followed by a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that

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Jimmy Carter memorial: Suspect accused in Capitol Hill security breach during Trump visit identified

Capitol police have identified the 35-year-old man accused of trying to light his spray-painted car on fire near where former ...

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Indiana man who fled to avoid prison sentence for storming Capitol is arrested in Canada

An Indiana man who fled to avoid a nine-month prison sentence for storming the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in Canada this ...

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Carter honored at a Capitol where his agenda was ‘ground to a halt’

Today’s lawmakers hailed the 39th president, but their predecessors made his four years in office a constant battle and ...

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Man who had machete at Capitol says he forgot it was in his bag

The man charged with trying to bring a machete into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday says he meant no harm and simply forgot he had the large blade in his bag. That man, Mel Horne, told police he is ...

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Trump claimed there was "not one gun" amid Jan. 6 rioters. Here are some of the guns at the Capitol that day.

A CBS News review shows several Jan. 6 rioters were charged with carrying firearms while they were on the grounds of the ...

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Capitol Police arrest man attempting to set his car on fire amid Trump DC visit with GOP senators

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) said that they arrested a person who attempted to set his car near the Capitol building during President-elect Trump's visit.

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Virginia man arrested after trying to set car on fire outside the Capitol as Trump paid respects to Jimmy Carter and met with GOP senators

The disturbing incident unfolded in front of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial just before 5:30 p.m. – at the same time Trump, 78, was arriving at the Capitol Building.