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WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the IRS is returning to Capitol Hill this evening to face skeptical lawmakers with questions about lost emails. Ahead of the hearing, the House Oversight Committee has asked IRS Commissioner John Koskinen (KAHS'-kihn-ihn) to address a series of technical questions about the agency's email system and its policy for retaining official documents. The IRS says that in 2011, it lost an untold number of emails to and from Lois Lerner, the former head of the division that processes applications for tax-exempt status.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says many American women can't even get a paid day off to give birth. The president tells a working families summit that it's an issue this country isn't handling very well. The United States is the only industrialized nation that doesn't mandate paid leave for mothers of newborns. Obama says that's not a list he wants to be on — and it's time to change it. But he hasn't thrown his support to legislation that would raise payroll taxes to cover the costs of paid family leave. His aides say that he wants instead to explore the issue further.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says it's not up to the United States -- or any other country -- to try to pick new leadership for Iraq. Kerry, after meeting with Iraqi leaders today in Baghdad, said it's a decision for the Iraqi people to make. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is facing growing calls for his resignation from Sunnis who say they don't believe he will give them a greater voice in the government.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the U.S. and Russia have spoken by phone today about Ukraine. The White House says President Barack Obama urged Vladimir Putin to stop supporting pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine, and the flow of arms across the border. The Kremlin says Putin called for direct talks between the warring parties in Ukraine. Today, insurgents in eastern Ukraine said they will honor a cease-fire that was declared by Ukraine's president, and take part in more talks to help resolve the conflict.
SEATTLE (AP) — The attorney representing the man charged with killing one student and wounding two others at a Seattle university says she may pursue an insanity defense for her client. Aaron Ybarra pleaded not guilty to premeditated first-degree murder and other charges this morning. Officials say Ybarra fatally shot a 19-year-old Seattle Pacific University student and wounded two others. The gunman was stopped from shooting more people by a student building monitor who pepper-sprayed and tackled him as he reloaded his shotgun.
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