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Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer leaves the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, after invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Carl Ferrer, Backpage CEO, mum on screening policies

Carl Ferrer, CEO of online sex-ads giant Backpage.com, refused to answer questions about his company's screening policies Tuesday, drawing fire from members of Congress and a sharp rebuke from parents whose underage daughters were sold for sex on his website.

January 10, 2017
The American flag flies in front of the U.S. Capitol dome at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Nov. 18, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Sex site trafficked in minors but removed underage terms, Senate says

Backpage.com, the largest sex-services classified ads page on the web, used to sanitize ads to take out "incriminating" references to underage girls, then approved the ads anyway, helping facilitate sex-trafficking of minors, senators charged Monday in a stunning report.

January 9, 2017
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. For almost eight years, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus existed in the shadow of the first black president, simultaneously praising President Barack Obama’s achievements while pushing him to do more for their constituents who overwhelmingly supported his history-making campaign and administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump demands to know how NBC got info on Russia hack

President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he's asking the chairmen of the House and Senate intelligence committees to investigate how NBC got hold of details from what it says is the top-secret dossier on Russian interference in the U.S. election.

January 8, 2017
In this Dec. 28, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

DHS secretary says Trump could alter 2012 amnesty

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday that the next administration could reverse his promises and use the information illegal immigrants have voluntarily turned over to the department as part of a 2012 amnesty to now target them for deportation.

January 6, 2017
In this Dec. 28, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Donald Trump demands probe of NBC over Russian hacking intel leak

President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he's asking the chairmen of the House and Senate intelligence committees to investigate how NBC got hold of details from what it says is the top secret dossier on Russian interference in the U.S. election.

January 6, 2017
Conservatives had pushed for impeachment, saying John Koskinen cannot be allowed to get away with having misled Congress into the investigation into the IRS tea party targeting. (Associated Press)

IRS prioritized Obamacare over taxpayer customer service, inspector general

The IRS made the 2015 tax season more painful for taxpayers than it should have been, the agency's inspector general said in a report Thursday that accused the agency of cutting money for customer service and ignoring phone calls while moving the money over to keep Obamacare and other administration priorities on track.

January 5, 2017
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., flanked by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, to discuss the nomination of Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. to become Health and Human Services secretary. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Dems target HHS nominee Tom Price for delay, call for ethics probe

Democratic leaders demanded an investigation Thursday into President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head Health and Human Services, saying there are indications Rep. Tom Price may have engaged in insider trading based on secrets he knew as a member of Congress.

January 5, 2017