Suspect arrested after explosive devices sent to Trump critics and CNN

By Meg Wagner, Veronica Rocha, Sophie Tatum, Eric Levenson, Brian Ries, Paul P. Murphy and Jessie Yeung, CNN

Updated 2:25 p.m. ET, November 5, 2018

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2:19 p.m. ET, October 24, 2018

Florida Dem chair: "This kind of targeted hate and violence has no place in our country"

Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Terrie Rizzo issued a statement on the suspicious package sent to Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz's office.

"This isn't about politics," Rizzo said.

The FBI is currently at Wasserman-Schultz's office in Florida. Two law enforcement sources tell CNN the suspicious package was addressed to Eric Holder, but it had the wrong address. Schultz’s office in Florida received it because the congresswoman's address was listed on the return label.

The same return address was also used for the suspicious packages addressed to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

“This kind of targeted hate and violence has no place in our country and will not be tolerated," Rizzo said in her statement. "Unfortunately, we have seen some candidates for office use highly divisive and toxic rhetoric during this cycle. Today's greatly disturbing events are a reminder that everyone needs to tone it down in the last two weeks and focus on the issues."

2:12 p.m. ET, October 24, 2018

Trump: Devices are act of domestic terrorism

From CNN's Jeff Zeleny

Ahead of President Trump's event on opioid abuse, CNN is learning the President will call the attempted bombings "egregious," and will label it an act of "domestic terrorism."

2:09 p.m. ET, October 24, 2018

Package being examined at Capitol Hill sorting facility was intended for Rep. Maxine Waters

From CNN's Liz Landers and Dan Merica

Two sources tell CNN that Maxine Waters was the intended recipient of the package intercepted at the sorting facility.

2:08 p.m. ET, October 24, 2018

Pelosi: "Once again, we are reminded of the heroism of America’s first responders as they work to counter these attempted attacks"

Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, tweeted about the "heroism of America's first responders" following several suspicious packages that were intercepted on Wednesday.

2:11 p.m. ET, October 24, 2018

NYPD official: Suspicious package at Gov. Cuomo's office deemed safe

From CNN's Sonia Moghe

In a mid-day press conference in front of New York's Time Warner Center, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that his office was sent a "device."

An NYPD official now says the suspicious package in question has since been deemed safe.

The source describes it as an informational package that contained literature.

2:07 p.m. ET, October 24, 2018

Trump to address suspicious packages soon

President Trump will address the suspicious packages from the East Room of the White House any minute now, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirms to CNN.

Trump's remarks will happen at the beginning of a previously planned event on opioids, which was slated to start at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Stay with CNN's live coverage here.

5:49 p.m. ET, October 24, 2018

A messenger delivered the CNN package, sources say

From CNN's Shimon Prokupecz and Mary Anne Fox

The package sent to the Time Warner Center was delivered by courier, law enforcement sources tell CNN. It was addressed to John Brennan, the former CIA director, and "Time Warner (CNN)."

CNN previously reported that the package addressed to George Soros was put in the mailbox, not mailed, according to a separate law enforcement source.

1:56 p.m. ET, October 24, 2018

Maryland facility that intercepted suspicious package processes mail for House members

From CNN's Kristin Wilson and Ted Barrett

A Capitol Police source tells CNN that the Capitol Heights, Maryland facility, where a suspicious package was intercepted this morning, processes mail for members of the House.

Teams sent out this morning included a canine unit that swept the area. The Capitol Hill Police bomb squad is also on the scene.

The Senate's mail is screened at a separate facility, according to a Senate source.

1:51 p.m. ET, October 24, 2018

FBI agents are on the scene at Debbie Wasserman-Schultz's office

From CNN's Rosa Flores, Pamela Brown and Josh Campbell

FBI Miami is aware of a suspicious package mailed to Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz's office in Sunrise, Florida, spokesman Jim Marshall told CNN.

Marshall said FBI agents are on the scene along with local law enforcement partners.

Two law enforcement sources tell CNN that the suspicious package was sent to Eric Holder, but it had the wrong address and was returned to Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office in Florida because the congresswoman's address was the return label on the package.

The same return address was also used for the suspicious packages addressed to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.