Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Over three dozen Congress members’ offices targeted with white powder envelopes

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Envelopes containing powder come weeks before midterms as federal agents try to identify who is behind campaign</p><p>More than three dozen members of US Congress have had their offices targeted with envelopes containing white powder, less than three weeks before the 3 November midterms, as federal agents try to identify who is behind the campaign.</p><p>The latest is the <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/virginia-congressmans-office-evacuated-after-envelope-with-suspicious-substance-arrives-rep-suhas-subramanyam-leesburg-loudoun-county-hazmat-response-political-targeting-intimidation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Virginia Democrat Suhas Subramanyam</a>, whose Leesburg district office was evacuated on Monday after an envelope containing a suspicious substance arrived. He said the office was cleared quickly, adding that “acts of political intimidation have no place in our country”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/white-powder-envelopes-congress" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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