U.S. Secret Service arrests 2 people near the White House

On the morning of November 9 local time, near Lafayette Square on the north side of the White House in the United States, a vehicle drove onto the pedestrian sidewalk and crashed into a sign; at almost the same time, another person jumped over a barricade near the northwest corner of the square. The two individuals were detained by the Secret Service, and the driver was said to have been confrontational toward law enforcement officers. A police bomb squad was called in to conduct a precautionary sweep of the vehicle, and roads around Lafayette Square were temporarily closed. Temporary fencing around Lafayette Square has been in place for several months, and the U.S. government has been pushing to install permanent gates to seal off the area. The U.S. National Capital Planning Commission is also considering a proposal to build a White House visitor security screening center south of the Treasury Building.