Feds investigating suspicious letters sent to election officials and congressional offices

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Federal investigators are probing suspicious letters sent to state election officials and congressional offices.
Some of the letters contained unknown substances, prompting an investigation by the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
Several Democratic Senate offices, including those of Chuck Schumer, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chris Murphy, Alex Padilla, and Chris Coons, were targeted or received these letters.
Top election officials in at least eight states, including Delaware, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Hampshire, and Mississippi, have reported receiving suspicious packages.
In some cases, the suspicious mail was intercepted before delivery, while in others, field testing confirmed no hazardous materials.
The investigation is ongoing, with authorities working to identify the responsible parties.
These incidents occur less than three weeks before the midterm elections.

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