An armed man arrested at the U.S. Capitol said he planned to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

A Taunton man was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol Monday after admitting to an officer that he drove there with intent to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to authorities.

Ryan English from Massachusetts, armed with a folding knife and two Molotov cocktails, surrended and told a US Capitol police officer that he had been there to 'kill Scott Bessent,' who was just confirmed as Trump's treasury secretary.

A Massachusetts man was arrested on weapons charges after he visited the U.S. Capitol on Monday and told police that he wanted to kill top Republicans, including billionaire investor Scott Bessent on the day that the Senate confirmed him as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary,

A man arrested at the United States Capitol Monday with a knife and Molotov cocktails admitted that he wanted to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Ryan Michael “Reily” English traveled from his home in Massachusetts to Washington,