Bomb squad called to suspicious package just five miles from White House
Police investigate a suspicious package just five miles outside the Capitol in Washington, DC.
The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to DailyMail.com that members of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal were called to investigate the item in the 5000 block of Hayes St. NE on Sunday at 2:15 p.m.
That section of road is closed while bomb squad crews investigate the package.
Police deploy extra security around the US Capitol building ahead of Monday’s certification of the 2024 presidential election in Congress
Police are deploying extra security around the U.S. Capitol building ahead of Monday’s certification of the 2024 presidential election in Congress.
On January 6, 2021, a mob of rioters stormed the building in an attempt to stop the process of certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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