ProPublica, an online investigative news outlet, is raising questions about a trip that Rep. William L. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, took to Taiwan in December.

The story alleges that Mr. Owens' trip was organized by lobbyists, in possible violation of House ethics rules.

For more on this story, visit the Times' politics blog, The Public Interest.

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