Dirksen Senate Office Building evacuated over report of a 'suspicious package' [photos]; Update: Bomb threat phoned in; Update: WH briefing room evacuated

Breaking news out of D.C.:

Parts of the Dirksen Senate Office building are evacuated after Capitol Police got a phone call about a suspicious package.

— Jared Halpern (@JaredHalpern) June 9, 2015

USCP bring in team to search rooms in Dirksen after phone threat of suspicious package – hrg on TSA abruptly stopped pic.twitter.com/oiITdwsyPE

— Deirdre Walsh (@deirdrekwalsh) June 9, 2015

DEVELOPING … Several floors of Dirksen Senate Office Building evacuated after report of suspicious package

— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) June 9, 2015

Room 342 of the Dirksen Bldg was hosting today's Senate hearing investigating problems with the TSA

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) June 9, 2015

Dirksen's 24 hour door is now closed. Elevators are "out of service," cop says. pic.twitter.com/OKh1pJUYP7

— Hannah Hess (@ha_nah_nah) June 9, 2015

Closed hallway at Dirksen Senate Office Bdg as officers investigate pic.twitter.com/7ZGbqIguqH

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) June 9, 2015

Update:

A “bomb threat” was phoned in:

It looks like a "phoned in bomb threat" has shut down Dirksen Senate office building. Evacuated building and a few hearings- heavy presence

— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) June 9, 2015

USCP now calling threat phoned in a "bomb threat" to Dirksen.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 9, 2015

Capitol Police say evacuations of Dirksen building due to a "phoned in bomb threat to the USCP."

— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) June 9, 2015

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.

Update:

Dirksen "suspicious package" earlier today.
Hhhmmm…. https://t.co/0PS97HnEte

— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) June 9, 2015

Reports now that the White House briefing room has been evacuated:

JUST IN Press briefing being evacuated now

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) June 9, 2015

Reporters being evacuated now fro WH press briefing-> pic.twitter.com/a7wFtIs1Pw

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) June 9, 2015

Reporters herded away from the WH as bomb sniffing dogs head into the briefing room -> pic.twitter.com/XzAyKx5Zbc

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) June 9, 2015

We've been escorted just outside WH gates. Lots of Secret Svc

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) June 9, 2015

There's a Secret Service dog sniffing around the WH press briefing room. Journalists escorted across the street pic.twitter.com/H293Ryr11T

— Toluse Olorunnipa (@ToluseO) June 9, 2015

Reporters told to assemble on West Exec Drive. Interesting: WH staff not visibly evacuated. I only see reporters pic.twitter.com/4DXehYcXzt

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) June 9, 2015

Update:

Well, this is a bit bizarre:

Our camera in the WH briefing room was just covered up – our live shot from the briefing tuned dark. Who did that? Why?

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) June 9, 2015

Now a hat is covering one of the #WH press briefing room cams #CNN #WhiteHouse https://t.co/U7WX4GrNat

— Marlena Baldacci (@MarlenaTV) June 9, 2015

Some questions: 1) what happened; 2) why only press evacuated; 3) who covered up our camera lenses? https://t.co/vUYxEOAdQp

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) June 9, 2015

There are also reports that the entire West Wing was evacuated:

My colleague @JamesRosenFNC reports entire West Wing evacuated – press still being held across the street

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) June 9, 2015

In any case, everyone evacuated appears to have gotten the all-clear to return:

We're being given the "all clear" here at the WH – press headed back in to resume the breifing

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) June 9, 2015

All clear at the White House. Reporters are being let back in. According to USS. Rare evacuation but all clear now.

— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) June 9, 2015

Update:

Secret Service: At approximately 1:53 pm a telephonic bomb threat re WH Briefing Room was called into the Metropolitan Police Department.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 9, 2015