The United States Capitol Police (USCP) said a man who claimed to have a molotov cocktail was arrested Monday afternoon. At around 3 p.m., officers stopped a man who claimed to have a molotov cocktail and a knife on the East Plaza which is near the ramp leading to the

A Rhode Island man carrying two molotov cocktails in his coat pockets was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday after he approached a police officer and said he wanted to surrender, authorities said. They said the man later told them he had come to Washington to kill high-ranking government officials.