{"id":468319,"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468319\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T00:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:00:12","slug":"fbi-houston-investigates-suspicious-mailings-after-white-powder-sent-to-ted-cruzs-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468319\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Houston investigates suspicious mailings after white powder sent to Ted Cruz\u2019s office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 The FBI Houston field office is investigating at a downtown Houston federal building as authorities investigate a series of suspicious mailings sent to addresses nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The investigation is happening now at the Mickey Leland building on Smith Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">An envelope containing a suspicious substance was sent to Sen. Ted Cruz\u2019s office, according to a law enforcement source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cI am grateful to law enforcement for their professionalism and to my dedicated team members, who work tirelessly on behalf of Texans,\u201d Cruz said on X.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This afternoon, my Houston office received a suspicious piece of mail containing a white powder substance. The FBI, Houston Police and Fire Department, and U.S. Capitol Police responded swiftly. <\/p>\n<p>I am grateful to law enforcement for their professionalism and to my dedicated team\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/2111244101798560061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating the mailings, some of which contained an unknown substance, according to federal authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The agencies are working with law enforcement partners to respond to each incident and identify the person or people responsible.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FYJC5AKAB5BNDJVBQWTS3W4SD4.png\"\/>FBI Houston investigating federal building downtown (Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The suspicious letters were sent to various addresses across the country, including secretaries of state offices and their related election offices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cThe FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will continue to safeguard the public and secure elections for American citizens,\u201d the FBI said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">A source familiar tells KPRC 2 News everyone in the senator\u2019s office is safe.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FBI is on scene at Sen. Ted Cruz&#8217;s downtown Houston office after a law enforcement source tells me his office received an envelope containing a white powder, similar to other suspicious mailings nationwide. A source familiar says everyone in the senator&#8217;s office is safe. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KPRC2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@KPRC2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Ro9QnDUka\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1Ro9QnDUka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KPRC 2 Bryce Newberry (@KPRC2Bryce) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KPRC2Bryce\/status\/2111231485843820654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Authorities have not released additional details, citing the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">KPRC 2\u2019s reporter Sandy Torres and photographer Mike Lemons are outside the federal building in downtown Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">We will continue to follow this developing story and provide updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 The FBI Houston field office is investigating at a downtown Houston federal building as authorities investigate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[17688,56,58,57,66,159358,7883,27],"class_list":["post-468319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-fbi-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-local","tag-suspicious-mail","tag-ted-cruz","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}