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

A man arrested at the Capitol on Monday, armed with knives and Molotov cocktails, said he was targeting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other Republican officials, according to court filings. Ryan Michael English approached Capitol Police officers outside the Capitol that afternoon stating “I’d like to turn myself in,

The nomination of Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary by President Donald Trump was confirmed Monday by the Senate.