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FILE - In this April 2, 2019 file photo, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump says there was nothing racist about his weekend tweets calling Congressman Elijah Cummings' Baltimore-area, majority-black district a "rodent-infested mess" where "no human being would want to live." Now Trump is trying to deflect the accusations of racism by labeling the prominent black congressman as racist himself and accusing Democrats of trying to "play the race card." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump returns racism claims

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Hope Yen Associated PressJuly 29, 2019

WASHINGTON — Facing growing accusations of racism for his incendiary tweets, President Donald Trump lashed out at his critics Monday and sought to deflect the criticism by labeling a leading black congressman as himself racist.In the latest rhetorical…

FILE - In this June 19, 2013, file photo, then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. When special counsel Mueller testifies before Congress it will be a moment many have been waiting for, but it comes with risk for Democrats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Mueller key, Nadler says

by Hope Yen Associated PressJuly 21, 2019

FILE - In a Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks with reporters after his panel voted in a closed session to send more than 50 interview transcripts from its now-closed Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Schiff threatened Sunday, Feb. 24 to call special counsel Robert Mueller to Capitol Hill, subpoena documents and take the Trump administration to court if necessary if the full report on the Russia investigation is not made public. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrat: Ensure report is public

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, and Hope Yen Associated PressFebruary 24, 2019

FILE - In a Wednesday, June 27, 2018 file photo, 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. Wilkie is expected to become secretary of Veterans Affairs when the Senate votes Monday, July 23 to confirm him. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senate Confirms Robert Wilkie as New Veterans Affairs Secretary

by Hope Yen Associated PressJuly 23, 2018

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, right, and White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson, left, watch as President Donald Trump talks with a patient during a Veterans Affairs Department "telehealth" event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump's selection of his White House doctor to run the massive Department of Veterans Affairs has key lawmakers and veterans groups questioning whether he has the experience needed to manage the politically splintered agency. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump’s Pick Draws Qualification Concerns

by Hope Yen Associated Press, and Calvin Woodward Associated PressMarch 30, 2018

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson as he boards Marine One to leave Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., after his first medical check-up as president. On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, President Donald Trump fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, and tweeted that Jackson is his nominee to replace Shulkin. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump Ousts VA’s Shulkin, Nominates Doctor

by Hope Yen Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressMarch 29, 2018

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to discuss preparing for the 2020 Census, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Commerce Department says the 2020 U.S. Census will include a question about citizenship status. Commerce says in a press release issued Monday night that the citizenship data will help the Justice Department enforce the Voting Rights Act, which protects minority voting rights. But opponents say the question will discourage immigrants from responding to the census. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Citizenship Question On Census Protested

by Kevin Freking Associated Press, and Hope Yen Associated PressMarch 27, 2018

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin arrives to testify on veterans programs before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Sources: Trump May Oust Shulkin as VA Secretary

by Hope Yen The Associated Press, and Ken Thomas The Associated PressMarch 26, 2018

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin attends a news conference at the Washington Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in response to a VA inspector general audit being released today. A new government investigation finds that Shulkin took no action to fix longstanding problems of dirty syringes and equipment shortages that put patients at risk at a major veterans hospital when he was undersecretary of health under the Obama administration, saying he was never told of problems reported to the VA offices under his watch. The harsh report by the VA inspector general cites "failed leadership" and a "climate of complacency" for patient safety issues dating back to 2013 and cautions of continuing problems without strong oversight. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

VA Probe Says Leadership Failed

by Hope Yen Associated PressMarch 7, 2018

Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Robert Taub speaks during a news conference in Washington, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Federal regulators are moving to give the U.S. Postal Service more freedom to raise stamp costs beyond the rate of inflation. The commission's proposal would allow the beleaguered Postal Service to increase the price of a first-class stamp by an additional 2 percent above the rate of inflation to avoid bankruptcy and improve mail and package delivery. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

U.S. Postal Regulators Move to Let Stamp Prices Jump Higher

by Hope Yen Associated PressDecember 1, 2017