US election officials have denied any wrong-doing after a newspaper article claimed tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states.

THE New York Times was last night investigating an envelope received at the paper containing white powder, raising fears of a possible recurrence of anthrax-tainted letters sent to newsrooms and other offices in late 2001.

The US Justice Department has opened another investigation into leaks of classified information, this time to determine who divulged the existence of President George Bush’s secret domestic spying programme.

THE US Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak of classified information about President George W Bush’s secret domestic spying programme.