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WASHINGTON (AP) — No apology for missing IRS emails from the head of the agency. A defiant Commissioner John Koskinen went before the House Ways and Means Committee Friday. He'd been called to answer questions about lost emails that might shed light on the tax agency's targeting of tea party and other groups.
NEW YORK (AP) — The House Ways and Means Committee has a hearing coming up July 1 — before a judge. The judge in New York says the committee must show why it shouldn't have to produce documents demanded by the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of an insider-trading probe.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Veterans Affairs Department says about 65 percent of its senior executives got performance bonuses last year despite widespread treatment delays and preventable deaths at VA hospitals and clinics. More than 300 VA executives were paid a total of $2.7 million in bonuses last year, down from about $3.4 million in bonuses paid in 2012.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says new detention facilities will be opened to house immigrant families caught crossing the border illegally. The first will be a 700-bed facility in Artesia, New Mexico. Officials had no specific date for the opening, saying it would be soon.
PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — It's that time of year again when dogs with unusually large heads, hairless bodies and other oddities compete to be the World's Ugliest Dog in Petaluma, California. This year's winner? A 2-year-old mutt named Peanut, whose wild white and brown hair, bulging eyes and protruding teeth belie his sweet, energetic personality.
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