Capitol Hill

An armed man arrested at the U.S. Capitol said he planned to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and burn down The Heritage Foundation, authorities say.

A man was arrested and an officer was suspended after the man was able to pass through security with a gun and enter the U.S. Capitol for a tour on Tuesday, authorities say. It happened amid heightened security in D.C. on President Donald Trump’s first full day in office.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Monday for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren takes a look back at the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, four years later.

A man seen driving on a sidewalk near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday morning was arrested and a bomb squad cleared a suspicious car, authorities say.