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Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said his city would be most affected by an influx of traffic and that a ferry should be considered.  Political notebook President Trump made his first “Crooked Hillary” Twitter post less than 48 hours into the new year Tuesday.  Bachmann has become somewhat of a hero in some conservative circles, taking the stage at several conservative Christian conferences, including the Family Research Council’s Values Voters Summit.  The retirement will end a 46-year run for the Shuster family representing that district.

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said his city would be most affected by an influx of traffic and that a ferry should be considered.  Political notebook President Trump made his first “Crooked Hillary” Twitter post less than 48 hours into the new year Tuesday.  Bachmann has become somewhat of a hero in some conservative circles, taking the stage at several conservative Christian conferences, including the Family Research Council’s Values Voters Summit.  The retirement will end a 46-year run for the Shuster family representing that district.

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said his city would be most affected by an influx of traffic and that a ferry should be considered.  Political notebook President Trump made his first “Crooked Hillary” Twitter post less than 48 hours into the new year Tuesday.  Bachmann has become somewhat of a hero in some conservative circles, taking the stage at several conservative Christian conferences, including the Family Research Council’s Values Voters Summit.  The retirement will end a 46-year run for the Shuster family representing that district.

MORE and his family have returned to Washington, D.C. after spending the holidays at Trump’s private beach club in Florida. Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews on Monday evening. Trump arrived at Mar-a-Lago on Dec.

MORE blasted Pakistan in his first tweet of 2018, saying its leaders have given the U.S. “nothing by lies & deceit.” “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools,” he said Monday morning. “They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help.

True to his style, MORE’s first year in office was tumultuous and unpredictable.  There is no clear evidence that the nation’s 45th president is going to change his ways anytime soon. As he begins his second year in office, what are some of the big things to look out for?  Does he hit the campaign trail in advance of the midterms? Trump defied every prediction by coming from nowhere to win the presidency at his first attempt.

The lowest wage workers in 18 states will get a boost in their paychecks starting on New Year's Day, as minimum wage hikes take effect. Many of the wage hikes are phased-in steps toward an ultimately higher wage, the product of ballot initiatives pushed by unions and workers rights groups over the last few years. The minimum wage in Washington state will rise to $11.50 an hour, up 50 cents and the highest statewide minimum in the nation.

Congress is barreling toward a showdown over immigration in January. Lawmakers were locked in a flurry of closed-door negotiations and meetings with top White House officials as they tried to make progress on an agreement before wrapping up their work for the year. Instead, both chambers adjourned without a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, kicking the fight into 2018.

NASHVILLE — Two weeks ago I was reading a book by a brilliant writer whose life was cut short by melanoma — “Dying: A Memoir,” by Cory Taylor — when I noticed a weird little growth on the skin just above my heart. A weird little growth right where long ago I used to slather a baby-oil-and-iodine concoction as I sat on a dorm roof during my college years. A weird little growth that suddenly struck me as almost certainly malignant melanoma. In the midst of a miraculous book, I tend to go overboard on empathy.

Arseny Roginsky, a founder and the longtime head of the Memorial organization in Russia who died on Dec. 18, was no doubt familiar with the admonition of the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel that to forget a holocaust is to kill twice. Mr. Roginsky’s father died in prison, and Mr.