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Senate on high alert as mystery letters with unknown substance target Congress

Letters containing “ suspicious substances ” have turned up at Senate offices and election offices nationwide, prompting a federal investigation just three weeks before the midterm elections. A notice from the Senate Sergeant at Arms, reported by Punchbowl News, told Senate offices Thursday that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the FBI and the U.S.…

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