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A white powder found inside the White House late on Sunday was identified by Washington's fire department and emergency services as cocaine, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday...
The West Wing is attached to the executive mansion where President Joe Biden lives..
The Secret Service said on Tuesday that an "unknown item" had been found in a workspace within the West Wing on Sunday, leading to the temporary closing of the White House complex...
"On Sunday evening, the White House complex went into a precautionary closure as officers from the Secret Service Uniformed Division investigated an unknown item found inside a work area," a Secret Service spokesperson said in an emailed statement...
"The DC Fire Department was called to evaluate and quickly determined the item to be non-hazardous," the Secret Service spokesperson said, adding there was "an investigation into the cause and manner" of how the substance entered the White House...
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