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Donald Trump to Release Tax Returns

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Top House Republican Presses Donald Trump to Release Tax Returns. Donald Trump should release his tax returns and medical records, the GOP leader of the House Oversight Committee says, making him the latest Republican to publicly pressure the presidential nominee to disclose more information to the public. "If you're going to run and try to become the president of the United States, you're going to have to open up your kimono and show everything: your tax returns, your medical records," Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, told CNN Wednesday afternoon. The House Oversight Committ

Italy Earthquake: 10-Year-Old Girl Rescued From Rubble 17 Hours Later

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It took 17 hours and several firefighters to rescue her, but 10-year-old Giulia was pulled from the rubble alive today after an earthquake struck central Italy Wednesday. As rescue workers raced to find survivors beneath the crumbled buildings in the town of Pescara del Tronto, about 100 miles northeast of Rome, they spotted Giulia’s legs and carefully removed wreckage around the trapped girl to get her out this morning.     "You can hear something under here. Quiet, quiet," one rescue worker said, according to The Associated Press, before urging her: "Come on, Giulia, come on, Giulia." Her last name has not been released and the extent of her injuries, if any, is unknown. Giulia’s dramatic rescue was captured on footage. The girl emerged caked with dirt and dust, and people clapped and cheered as a firefighter carried her away from the flattened b