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In the Face of Most Democrats’ Opposition, US Steel Cancels a Billion-Dollar Investment

In the Face of Most Democrats’ Opposition, US Steel Cancels a Billion-Dollar Investment
The statue of Joe Magarac, a folktale steelworker who could bend steel with his bare hands, is seen in front of the 148-year-old Edgar Thomson Works. Shannon Venditti
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BRADDOCK, Pa.—Exactly two years ago, U.S. Steel Corp. announced that the company would turn its Mon Valley Works operations into a key source of lightweight steel for the automotive industry.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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