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Fire near Capitol sets off scramble amid heightened inauguration security

Smoke that was later determined to be from a homeless camp led to a brief lockdown of the Capitol complex and upended an inauguration rehearsal. The event upended a rehearsal for Biden’s inauguration, a walk-through that had already been postponed because of security concerns. Military and civil law enforcement have been on guard against any warning signs ahead of the transfer of power after the violence earlier this month. Officials have been especially worried about the possibility of an “insider threat”