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Moments ago Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins released the transcripts of nine key figures from the House investigation into DOJ and FBI political activity. The transcript release includes testimony from: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. James Comey former chief-of-staff James Rybicki. Former FBI lawyer, Office of Legal Counsel, Trisha Beth Anderson. Deputy Asst. Attorney General (DOJ-NSD), George Toscas. FBI Deputy Asst. Director, Jonathan Moffa. Former FBI Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Branch, John Giaclone. FBI Unit Chief, Office of Legal Counsel, Sally Moyer. FBI New York Field Office, Assistant Director...

AFL-CIO Closer to Breaking Up SEIU Board Authorizes Union Leaders to Quit Federation By Thomas B. Edsall Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 12, 2005; Page A07 The Service Employees International Union yesterday took the first concrete step toward breaking up the AFL-CIO, the nation's central labor federation. The SEIU executive board, at a meeting in San Francisco, authorized union leaders to quit the federation. As many as four other unions -- the Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers, Unite Here and the Laborers -- could follow suit, pulling out 5 million of the AFL-CIO's 13 million members. Free...

La Voz, one of Houston's most-read Spanish publications, is now the centerpiece of the Houston Chronicle's Spanish language products. "We think the Chronicle's future is in both English- and Spanish-language products for the Houston audience," Chronicle Publisher Jack Sweeney said today, announcing the Chronicle's purchase of La Voz. "Our vision is to serve the Spanish-language market with a series of special-interest publications." Terms of the deal were not disclosed by the two privately-held companies. The Chronicle has printed, distributed, contributed some editorial content to and sold advertisements for the weekly newspaper since 1991. La Voz, which means "the voice" in...