Despite this, he managed to pass through the south checkpoint of the Capitol Visitor Center, where the metal detector sounded an alarm. An officer conducted a secondary hand search but allowed ...

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The man arrested after trying to enter the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., while smelling like fuel this afternoon was trying to deliver papers to ...

Now soldiers can be seen resting in the Capitol Visitor Center, patroling with assault rifles past historic statues and paintings as members of Congress conduct their duties. READ MORE ...