Important Takeaways:
- Streets around the US Capitol have been shut down after a vehicle was driven onto the sidewalk.
- Authorities surrounded a car after it drove off the road on Constitution Avenue in the heart of Washington DC.
- Capitol Police said the vehicle was seen driving “erratically” onto the sidewalk, sparking a major shutdown of the surrounding streets.
- The incident happened just before 10 am ET.
- Cops have urged the public to stay away from the Capitol while they investigate the vehicle involved.
- Footage from the scene shows a large police presence around the car and a figure being led away.
- “Officers took the man into custody. Please continue to avoid the area while we investigate the car.”
- Security was already being beefed up in the nation’s capital as it prepares for the state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter and the inauguration of President Donald Trump
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Important Takeaways:
- The White House condemned what it called “disgraceful” protests outside Union Station Wednesday in Washington, D.C., while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an address to lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol.
- “Identifying with evil terrorist organizations like Hamas, burning the American flag, or forcibly removing the American flag and replacing it with another, is disgraceful,” deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement.
- “Antisemitism and violence are never acceptable. Period,” Bates added.
- Protesters took down an American flag and replaced it with a Palestinian flag Wednesday, and at one point burned the U.S. flag
- A group of House Republicans restored the U.S. flags around Union Station, and former President Trump used the incident to renew his push for jail sentences for those that desecrate American flags.
- D.C. Metropolitan Police said six protesters were arrested at the scene. At least five protesters were also arrested in the House gallery during the prime minister’s speech, and another five were arrested while marching on Constitution Ave.
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