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A street outside the White House was reportedly evacuated by security officials following the discovery of a "suspicious package". | |
It was found near the north fence, according to CBS News. | |
The iconic Pennsylvania Avenue was closed. | |
Members of the White House Press corps were reportedly moved from the north lawn, and nearby tourists were also cleared from the area by officers. | |
"I was coming up to Pennsylvania Avenue, when I saw three to four members of the Secret Service keeping people from coming onto the street," Giles Gibson, a British journalist based in Washington, told The Independent. | |
"There weren't any sirens or anything, it was fairly calm." | |
A CNN journalist later tweeted the package had been removed by the Secret Service and the street was reopened. | |
Donald Trump is not at his Washington DC residence but in his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. | |