{
  "id": 14752055,
  "title": "FBI investigates letters with ‘unknown substance’ sent to US election officials",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/fbi-investigates-letters-with-unknown-substance-sent-to-us-election",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T17:06:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/15/fbi-usps-letters-unknown-substance-election"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Election officers in Louisiana and Oklahoma receive a powdery substance, prompting evacuations The FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service are investigating letters sent to state officials and election offices across the country containing an “unknown substance”. Just weeks before November’s US midterm elections , election officers in Louisiana and Oklahoma received envelopes containing a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "FBI probes ‘suspicious letters’ with white powder sent to election offices in multiple states",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/fbi-probes-suspicious-letters-with-white-powder-sent-to-election",
        "published": "2026-10-15T15:56:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}