{"id":"1ad8a89a-e9c0-4a4c-9554-0c8c2013d595","url":"https://globalnews.ca/news/12103696/suspicious-sunstances-sent-us-congress/","domain":"globalnews.ca","outlet":{"name":"Global News","country":"CA","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false,"owner":"Global Television Network"},"title":"Authorities investigate letters with ‘suspicious substances’ sent to congressional, election offices","plainHeadline":"Federal probes into letters with suspicious substances sent to congressional and election offices","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Federal authorities are investigating letters with suspicious substances nationwide.","Recipients are urged to treat the letters as potentially hazardous.","The Senate was informed of the investigation via a message from the Senate Sergeant at Arms.","Mailings resemble a 2023 threat when envelopes contained fentanyl in election offices.","States including Louisiana and Oklahoma saw evacuated election offices linked to powdery substances."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T16:02:17.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T16:07:59.716Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/d7022095-fb54-4486-a1ca-103633e81cf1","storyId":"d7022095-fb54-4486-a1ca-103633e81cf1","image":"https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/753b0a37-4870-4059-8ae4-fd7374cc2261-e1792080098726.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=480&crop=1","author":"Globalnews Digital","dek":"The mailings come just three weeks before Election Day and are reminiscent of a similar threat in 2023, when several election offices received envelopes containing fentanyl."}