The U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday said a man who passed a security checkpoint with a handgun and toured the chamber was ...

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.

U.S. Capitol Police suspended an officer for allowing a man with a handgun to enter the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) Tuesday and take a guided tour. “At approximately 2:15 p.m., the man was ...

The 27-year-old had been allowed into the Capitol Visitor Center about an hour prior to being detained, despite magnetometers sounding and an officer conducting a hand search when he went through ...

No one was hurt. Officials said Faber managed to enter the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) with the weapon on him and take a tour before heading into the Library of Congress. Faber went through metal ...

Police briefly halted security screening on the north side of the visitor center but it has since reopened. The arrest came as members of the public were streaming into the Capitol to pay their ...

the man went through a Capitol Police magnetometer screening and entered the Capitol Visitor Center. The magnetometer sounded an alarm and "an officer performed a secondary hand search ...

Mr. Faber entered the Capitol Visitor Center so he could walk the halls of Congress. He was later arrested by officers as he made his way to his car after the tour concluded. Police found a 9 mm ...

The USCP noted that when Faber went through the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) checkpoint, the magnetometers sounded and an officer performed a secondary hand search. But the officer missed the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man was arrested Wednesday for trying to bring a machete and knives into the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, police said. U.S. Capitol police said officers spotted the machete ...