Members of Congress were denied entry into the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) posted a video Friday that appears to show federal officers blocking the entrance to the building.

A group of House and Senate Democrats who attempted to access the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday were denied entry. Why it matters: It's likely the first physical standoff between congressional Democrats and the second Trump administration — though it may not be the last as Democrats ratchet up their resistance to the new president.

Members of Congress were blocked from entering a US Department of Education building amid rumours that US President Donald Trump may shut the department entirely.