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Sunday January 14th, 2024 night edition

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IRS says it collected $360 million more from rich tax cheats as its funding is threatened yet again.

Along with the $122 million collected from delinquent millionaires last October, now nearly half a billion dollars in back taxes from rich tax cheats has been recouped, IRS leaders say.

The announcement comes as the IRS braces for a more severe round of funding cuts.

He said the agency would still spend its now-$60 billion allocation over the next 10 years and spread the need for more funding into later years.

"It's clear the Inflation Reduction Act funding is making a difference for taxpayers," Werfel said.

"For progress to continue we must maintain a reliable, consistent annual appropriations for our agency.".

The 2024 tax season begins on Jan. 29, the IRS says. »

Female saboteurs who poisoned 46 Russian soldiers in Crimea are on the run after shoot-out with police, say reports

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Ukrainian saboteurs who are alleged to have poisoned and killed 46 Russian soldiers are on the run in annexed Crimea after a shoot-out with police, a local report says.

There were also been reports of two mass poisonings of Russian troops in Mariupol in 2023. »

GOP Congressman Stands By Accusation Some Fellow Members Have Been Compromised

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One of the more colorful conservative members of the U.S. House told HuffPost he stands by recent remarks in which he said some of his fellow members were likely victims of blackmail.

And when asked if he believed there were House members who had decided how to vote based on compromising material about them held by foreign powers, Burchett said, “Absolutely.

He said members may be on a trip or at a bar, meet someone and buy them a drink. »

Taiwan ruling party’s Lai wins presidential election

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William Lai Ching-te from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has won Taiwan’s presidential election, despite warnings from China – which claims Taiwan as part of its territory – not to vote for him.

With votes from all polling stations counted on Saturday, the Central Election Commission said Lai won 40.1 percent, ahead of Hou’s 33.5 percent.

Responding to Lai’s win, Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua said in a statement carried by state news agency Xinhua that “Taiwan is China’s Taiwan”. »