A Massachusetts man has been arrested on weapons charges after authorities say he visited the U.S. Capitol and told police that he came there to kill billionaire investor Scott Bessent on the day the Senate confirmed him as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary.

Everyone wanted to know the same thing — had the Trump administration actually frozen federal funds and would they be able to keep functioning? On Tuesday morning, the answer from Washington was, we’re trying to figure that out.

"We are not forced to participate in their actions just as they are not asked to carry out filling potholes and other things like that."

An armed man arrested at the U.S. Capitol said he planned to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

The Trump administration’s announcement of a pause in federal grants and loans Tuesday, as it conducts an ideological review of spending, sent shockwaves throughout Massachusetts, stunning experts and sending elected officials scrambling to figure out what will be affected by such a fiscal standstill.

"This is one of the reasons why states have got to get to court and take on Donald Trump," Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday.

State officials said former Gov. Charlie Baker's administration used federal funds to pay jobless claims when it should have used state money.

Officers from the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office were among nearly 4,000 law enforcement on duty in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday.

BOTTOM LINE: George Washington aims to end its six-game slide with a victory against UMass. The Minutewomen are 5-5 on their home court. UMass ranks seventh in the A-10 with 22.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Megan Olbrys averaging 5.5.

Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) said she supports “apprehension of criminals in our communities" when asked about recent ICE arrests in her state.

WASHINGTON (7News) — A Massachusetts man stopped shortly after taking a tour on the U.S. Capitol grounds Tuesday was found with a gun in his waistband and had been experiencing mental health issues, according to U.S. Capitol Police (USCP).

A Massachusetts man is charged with carrying Molotov cocktails to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., federal prosecutors said in court documents.