Feds probing suspicious letters to election officials, lawmakers
Topics: Voting & Election Law
3 outlets (CBS News, NBC News and ABC News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 3 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “letters”, “suspicious”, “election”, “substances”. Distinct wording: CBS News uses “officials” and “lawmakers”; NBC News uses “investigation” and “Federal”; ABC News uses “congressional” and “investigate”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- CBS News reports: “Federal investigators said they are looking into suspicious letters containing unknown substances that were mailed to state election officials and congressional offices.”
- NBC News reports: “A federal investigation of letters containing unknown substances that were mailed to elected officials’ offices has expanded as some Republicans have been identified as targets of the mailings, a p…”
- ABC News reports: “Federal authorities are investigating letters with “suspicious substances” that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide”
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- CBS News: Feds probing suspicious letters to election officials, lawmakers
- NBC News: Federal investigation of letters with suspicious substances widens
- ABC News: Authorities investigate letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to congressional, election offices
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