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A House Committee Chairman has formerly¹ requested President Trump's personal and business tax returns from the IRS. Democrats² say obtaining the taxes falls under the mandate³ of congressional oversight⁴. But Republicans call it a witch hunt.

A preliminary report finds that in Ethiopian airlines crews performed all of the procedures from Boeing before its deadly crash last month. The report says the pilots couldn't control the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane that went down outside Ethiopia's capital.

Immigration authorities have raided a tech repair company near Dallas and arrested 280 people. ICE officials say the company knowingly hired people not authorized⁵ to work in the United States.

And officials in southeastern Maryland say a fire has killed 2 people and caused 4 town houses to collapse⁶. 8 firefighters were treated for burns and heat exhaustion⁷.

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1 formerly
adv.从前，以前
参考例句：
We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。 This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

2 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 mandate
n.托管地；命令，指示
参考例句：
The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。 The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

4 oversight
n.勘漏，失察，疏忽
参考例句：
I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。 Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

5 authorized
a.委任的，许可的
参考例句：
An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

6 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

7 exhaustion
n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述
参考例句：
She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。 His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 波音737事故初步报告发布