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.

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 ...

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.

Taylor Taranto was convicted last month of making a false threat to a government facility and unlawfully possessing guns and ...