After nearly 8 months, fencing surrrounding St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House has come down. The fencing was erected amid heavy protests and civil unrest in the area last summer and remained up through tensions during the November elections and Inauguration Day.
Increased security is seen around the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2021 due to a credible threat identified by the FBI of an extremist right-wing militia threatening to breach the Capitol
