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Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, left, and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, leave in the elevator after closed door talks about infrastructure on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday.

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Infrastructure talks face new trouble as pressure mounts

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Hope Yen Associated PressJuly 26, 2021

WASHINGTON — Senators were running into new problems Monday as they raced to seal a bipartisan infrastructure deal with pressure mounting on all sides to show progress on President Joe Biden’s top priority.Heading into a make-or-break week, serious…

Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert Wilkie is sworn in at the start of a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 27.

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U.S. Senate confirms Robert Wilkie for Veterans Affairs secretary

by Hope Yen Associated PressJuly 23, 2018

In this image released by the Department of Defense, a U.S. Air Force B-1 Bomber separates from the boom pod after receiving fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker on April 13, 2018, en route to strike chemical weapons targets in Syria. President Donald Trump declared "Mission Accomplished" for a U.S.-led allied missile attack on Syria's chemical weapons program, but the Pentagon said the pummeling of three chemical-related facilities left enough others intact to enable the Assad government to use banned weapons against civilians if it chooses. (Department of Defense via AP)

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US to hit Russia with new sanctions for aiding Syria’s Assad

by Hope Yen Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressApril 15, 2018

Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks at a news conference in Washington, D.C., on March 7.

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Trump ousts Shulkin from Veterans Affairs

by Hope Yen Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressMarch 28, 2018