Acting IRS Commissioner Steve Miller testifies on Capitol Hill- DC

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Acting IRS Commissioner Steve Miller testifies on Capitol Hill at a hearing on Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups, May 17, 2013 in Washington, DC.

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IRS chief and Treasury knew about plan to use planted question to unveil scandal

By Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers

The secretly planted question and its very public answer that triggered the IRS scandal now gripping the nation’s capital came from the top of the agency, fired Acting Commissioner Steven Miller testified on Tuesday. » read more

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Guest workers harvest the strawberry crop at Patterson Farm in China Grove, North Carolina

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By Franco Ordonez | McClatchy Washington Bureau

Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Bradenton, Fla. » read more

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