District staffers put on edge by wave of suspicious letters

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A wave of suspicious letters containing white powder prompted an evacuation at congressional offices in Washington, putting House staff on alert. Police responded as authorities addressed the potential hazardous-substance threat; the excerpt provides no further information on the substance or sender.

Until the evacuation, it had been an ordinary day in the office, as far as working for a member of Congress goes. Phones were ringing. Mail was being opened. “I looked over and saw white powder,” said a staffer for a House Democrat. “That’s when it hit me that, oh, this is really happening.” Police […] The post District staffers put on edge by wave of suspicious letters appeared first on Roll Call.