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House Republicans push impeachment of IRS chief

House Republicans push impeachment of IRS chief

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 4:19 pm

Hillary Clinton is under investigation chiefly for using a private server to process nearly 2,100 emails that contained classified information. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ex-DoJ Official: FBI has more than one way to bag Clinton associates

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 2:50 pm

Soria was part of the country's "caretaker" divided government, elected in December. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

National Security

Panama Papers claim second victim in Spanish minister

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 2:36 pm

One of Hillary Clinton's top confidantes "wouldn't be surprised" if the former secretary of state's private email server had been hacked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Clinton confidante: Server was probably hacked

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 1:57 pm

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is releasing his first techno track this weekend. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

‘Hero of our times’ Snowden records a techno track

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 1:26 pm

"People who don't have and aren't able to get a Social Security number [will] file with an [Individual Taxpayer Identification Number]," IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

IRS chief denies granting tax rebates to illegal aliens

Rudy Takala · April 15, 2016 12:08 am

The main value to be gained from Guccifer's extradition, experts suggest, is for federal authorities to find what information he may still hold on Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo)

Hacker who exposed Clinton email set for Sept. trial

Rudy Takala · April 14, 2016 9:41 pm

The iPhone 5c, which had been used by the perpetrators of December's terrorist attack in California, served as the focal point of national controversy for more than a month. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg)

Report: Terrorist’s iPhone turned out to be useless

Rudy Takala · April 14, 2016 8:31 pm

Hillary Clinton told the Egyptian prime minister the opposite of what she told Americans about the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, documents released on Thursday suggest. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Documents show Clinton told two stories about Benghazi attack

Rudy Takala · April 14, 2016 7:42 pm

President Obama announced the members of his federal commission on cybersecurity. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Obama names appointees to new cyber commission

Rudy Takala · April 14, 2016 11:38 am

Republicans and Democrats remain bitterly split over whether to regulate social media platforms like Twitter and Snapchat. Photo by: Rolf Vennenbernd/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

GOP warns: Regulating Twitter would ‘hamper free communication’

Rudy Takala · April 14, 2016 11:07 am

Koskinen held firm, saying his agency's main goal is to maximize revenue, not to enforce the law. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Lawmakers call for IRS chief’s head after stolen SSN admission

Rudy Takala · April 13, 2016 10:32 pm