
A Massachusetts man carrying knives and Molotov cocktails was arrested on Monday near the U.S. Capitol after he told a police officer that he planned to kill top republican officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and House Speaker Mike Johnson, according to federal court records. The man, Ryan Michael (Reily) English, 24, told a Capitol Police officer near an entrance on the south side of the building that he wanted to kill Scott Bessent, President Trump’s newly appointed Treasury secretary, according to an affidavit filed by a special agent with...