Christopher Murphy

The FBI and US Postal Service's ‌law ​enforcement arm said on Thursday they were investigating suspicious mailings, including some sent to state election officials and lawmakers' offices ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. The FBI said some of the letters contained an unknown substance. The investigation come less than three weeks before the midterms, which will ‌determine control of the US Congress, as the Postal Service prepares to handle millions of mailed ballots. Spokespeople for Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, and Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, all said the US Postal Service intercepted letters containing a suspicious substance mailed to their offices. "This incident is a stark reminder of the very real dangers facing those who serve the public and who help ‌administer our elections," Padilla said in a statement. The US House of Representatives sergeant at arms, the House's chief law enforcement officer, told staff in an...