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Politics
Jan. 6 panel issues final report, placing blame for Capitol riot on ‘one man’
Declaring that the central cause of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was “one man,” the House committee investigating the assault delivered its final report Thursday, setting out in extensive detail how former president Donald Trump had carried out what it called “a multipart plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election” and offering recommendations for steps to assure nothing like it could happen again. Continue reading →
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Nation
Trump audit shows depths of IRS funding woes
Committee reports released this week highlight how depleted the IRS has become in the past decade, as Republicans starved it of funding. They also show how the agency has become increasingly unable to crack down on wealthy taxpayers who push the legal limits to lower their tax bills and have the means to fend off audits if they get caught. Continue reading →
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World
To save a ruin, send in the sheep
To prevent the third of Pompeii that remains hidden under pumice and meters of earth from becoming overgrown with thorn bushes, wild hedges, and trees, the park has found a more appropriately ancient, and inexpensive, solution in hungry sheep. Continue reading →
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World
UN deputy urges countries to consider armed force for Haiti
The UN’s deputy secretary general urged every country “with capacity” to urgently consider the Haitian government’s request for an international armed force to help restore security and alleviate a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation, which is in “a deepening crisis of unprecedented scale and complexity that is cause for serious alarm.” Continue reading →
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