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| Parts of White House and Senate office building evacuated amid security concerns | Parts of White House and Senate office building evacuated amid security concerns |
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| Parts of the White House and a Senate office building were evacuated on Tuesday after telephone bomb threats. | |
| The White House press briefing room was evacuated just a few hours after parts of the Senate's Dirksen office building were emptied by security guards. | The White House press briefing room was evacuated just a few hours after parts of the Senate's Dirksen office building were emptied by security guards. |
| No threats were found at the US congressional complex, and an "all clear" has been declared at the White House. | |
| It is not clear if the two incidents are connected. | It is not clear if the two incidents are connected. |
| The live televised White House briefing was in progress when security agents asked attendees to leave the building. | The live televised White House briefing was in progress when security agents asked attendees to leave the building. |
| Upon resuming the briefing, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said a bomb threat was made against the briefing room in a phone call made to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department. | |
| A Secret Service spokesman said the evacuation was "limited to the White House Briefing Room and does not affect any other sections of the White House". | |
| Cameras were left running after the evacuation and agents could be seen directing bomb-sniffing dogs through the room. | |
| Earlier on Tuesday, a bomb threat was placed against parts of the US Capitol Complex in a call made to the US Capitol police. | |
| The threat prompted authorities to evacuate parts of the Dirksen office building and to investigate a suspicious package in one of its rooms. | |
| During the same incident, authorities investigated a suspicious package that was found in the Russell office building's courtyard, but that building was not evacuated. The package was later determined to be a left-behind lunch cooler. | |
| Nothing hazardous was found at either location, a Capitol Police spokeswoman said. | |
| A spokesman for the US Secret Service would not immediately rule out that the threats at the Capitol complex and the White House were connected. |