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Gates will sit for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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A deadlocked San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday failed to advance a transparency measure to end the practice of creating ad-hoc subcommittees with little public insight or knowledge. -
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A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas. The administration announced the fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. -
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