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All eyes are on Washington DC this week in anticipation of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Mr Biden was officially certified as the winner of the 2020 US election earlier this month, but during the vote count proceedings were interrupted by rioters who targeted the US Capitol. The US Capitol was placed under another lockdown on Monday, January 18.
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The U.S. Capitol complex was shut down for about an hour on Monday out of an abundance of caution after a small fire broke out nearby, underscoring security jitters days before president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The Capitol Police in a statement said the lockdown was lifted and the fire nearby was contained.
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All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing.
There were no cars or scooters and seemingly no tourists Wednesday, just the occasional jogger and multiple construction crews at work. The U.S. Capitol, which proved such a soft target last week, was visible only through lines of tall, black fence.
Hordes of schoolchildren who normally travel from all over the country to visit museums and see the White House now stay at home, as do most foreign tourists.
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