A car crashed into a gate at the White House complex and is in custody, the Secret Service said on Monday.
The incident occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Et, according to spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi.
President Joe Biden was not at the White House but traveling to Texas.
“The driver has been taken into custody and we are investigating the cause and manner of the collision,” Guglielmi said.
The crash was cleared about 90 minutes later, and traffic closures at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue were lifted.
Biden arrived in Dallas, TX at about 8 p.m. Et for the memorial service for former congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.
The incident occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Et, according to spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi.
President Joe Biden was not at the White House but traveling to Texas.
“The driver has been taken into custody and we are investigating the cause and manner of the collision,” Guglielmi said.
The crash was cleared about 90 minutes later, and traffic closures at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue were lifted.
Biden arrived in Dallas, TX at about 8 p.m. Et for the memorial service for former congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.
- 1/9/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Democratic Capitol Hill interns attempted to dispel the diversity controversy caused by House Speaker Paul Ryan's group selfie last week, by sharing a new photo of their own. In the image, snapped by Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's intern Audra Jackson Tuesday, hundreds of interns of a variety of ethnicities gathered on the U.S. Capitol building steps. "My intern Audra Jackson led Democratic Interns in their own selfie 2day showing #DemInternDiversity #DemInternSelfie," Johnson wrote on Twitter. Of other posed photos of the interns, she added, "The picture of the Democratic interns look a lot different than the #speakerselfie #DemInternSelfie #Diversity.
- 7/21/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Democratic Capitol Hill interns attempted to dispel the diversity controversy caused by House Speaker Paul Ryan's group selfie last week, by sharing a new photo of their own. In the image, snapped by Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's intern Audra Jackson Tuesday, hundreds of interns of a variety of ethnicities gathered on the U.S. Capitol building steps. "My intern Audra Jackson led Democratic Interns in their own selfie 2day showing #DemInternDiversity #DemInternSelfie," Johnson wrote on Twitter. Of other posed photos of the interns, she added, "The picture of the Democratic interns look a lot different than the #speakerselfie #DemInternSelfie #Diversity.
- 7/21/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Democratic House interns are firing back at House Speaker Paul Ryan with a much more diverse photo of their own. Ryan had posted a selfie on Instagram featuring a cohort of predominantly white Congressional interns last Saturday. The photo was quickly mocked online for its homogeneity and spurred a number of memes on social media. Also Read: 9 Priceless Reactions to Paul Ryan's Bright White Intern Selfie (Photo) In response, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas posted a series of three photos to her Twitter and Facebook pages showcasing a decidedly more diverse array of Democratic interns at Capitol Hill.
- 7/21/2016
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
The Democrats just fired back at Paul Ryan and his army of white Congressional interns, with a photo that looks more like America. Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson put the pic out, ballyhooing the diversity among the Dems. Sometimes ... things on Capitol Hill are black and white. Read more...
- 7/20/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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