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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says "good progress" was made during a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Republican senators. Trump invited them to meet after McConnell decided to delay a vote on a Senate health care bill because there aren't enough votes to pass it. McConnell says there's a "really good chance" of passing the bill, but it won't happen before July Fourth as he originally planned.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania health care system says it is taking steps to restore its computer network after being hit by a ransomware attack that was carried out globally. Heritage Valley Health System says the attack Tuesday affected its two hospitals west of Pittsburgh as well as satellite operations.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Trump administration is warning that Syria will pay "a heavy price" if it follows through on what the U.S. says are preparations for another chemical weapons attack. The administration is threatening a response that could plunge the U.S. deeper into a civil war alongside the fight against Islamic State militants. The Syrian government, which has denied that it ever used banned chemicals, is rejecting the latest U.S. allegation.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro says a helicopter fired on Venezuela's Supreme Court in a confusing incident that he claimed was part of a conspiracy to destabilize his government. An AP reporter heard gunfire as a blue helicopter buzzed through downtown but was unable to confirm where the shots were being fired from. The gunfire took place as Maduro was speaking live on state television to journalists gathered at the presidential palace. He said the chopper launched a grenade that didn't explode.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian political party. Paul Manafort acknowledges in the filing that he coached party members on how to interact with U.S. government officials. He says in the filing his firm received more than $17 million from the former pro-Russian ruling party in Ukraine for consulting work from 2012 through 2014.

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