Machete-wielding suspect at US Capitol granted pre-trial release days before Trump inauguration Suspect Mel Horne told Capitol police the blade was for landscaping – a day after a snow emergency.

US Capitol Police detained a man Wednesday who allegedly tried to slip a machete and three knives into the Capitol Visitor Center hours before President-elect Donald Trump's expected visit.

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 ...

The man accused of trying to smuggle a machete into the Capitol the same day President-elect Trump went to pay his respects to Jimmy Carter appears to have made a series of anti-Trump posts.

Massive spike in violent threats made against lawmakers, Capitol police say 04:06. Washington — A man arrested with a machete and other knives on Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol Visitor ...

A man with a machete and three knives inside his bag was arrested at the entrance to the U.S. Capitol, as members of the public stopped by to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter, U ...

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.

Police said the incident involving the fire occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m. on First Street NW, near the Grant Memorial at the Capitol Reflecting Pool.

Authorities stopped a man with a machete from entering the Capitol, the U.S. Capitol Police said Wednesday. In a thread on the social platform X Wednesday afternoon, Capitol Police said a man ...

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 ...