U.S. Secret Service agents cleared reporters from the White House briefing room Tuesday following a bomb threat.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest was speaking to reporters at the time.
A Secret Service dog was deployed to check the area for explosives. A short time later, reporters returned to the room where the briefing restarted.
Earlier, a hearing of the Transportation Security Agency, TSA, on Capitol Hill was also cleared because of a bomb threat.
Capitol police evacuated several levels of the Senate office building but found no dangerous materials. Josh Earnest told reporters he did not know if the two threats were related.
