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With two days remaining on the 2017 calendar, President Donald Trump is not only approaching the first anniversary of his inauguration, but the conclusion of a year in which he harnessed the power of social media and the internet unlike any chief executive before him. Trump's eight-year-old Twitter account frequently steered the daily news cycle and its messages, at times both garrulous and revelatory, racked up nearly 42 million total retweets and over 180 million likes across over 2,150 posts. Here's a look back at @realDon

This week, the Trump administration dismissed the remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS amid plans to appoint new members in the coming year. Current members, appointed by the Obama administration, were sent letters on Wednesday informing them that their time on the council ended, and were told they are eligible to reapply for their spot on the council according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

In the first month of Donald Trump's presidency, an American scholar quietly met with North Korean officials and relayed a message: The new administration in Washington appreciated an extended halt in the North's nuclear and ballistic missile tests. It might just offer a ray of hope. North Korean officials responded defiantly. The nearly four-month period of quiet wasn't a sign of conciliation, they retorted, insisting supreme leader Kim Jong Un would order tests whenever he wanted.

The White House is planning a staff restructuring in the coming weeks that includes a reorganization of President Donald Trump’s political operation based in the West Wing, sources confirm to ABC News. The changes, spearheaded by Chief of Staff John Kelly, come amid staff frustrations with management of the Office of Political Affairs and internal disputes over political strategy that have spilled into public view. Just last week, during a meeting wit

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capital source He’s back, and he is not letting a stretch in a federal penitentiary get in the way of his political activities.   For pols who shunned Donald Trump’s candidacy, 2017 has been an annus horribilis. Except, of course, for Governor Baker.

Every year I look back on the past 12 months and offer a mea culpa for all the things I got wrong.  Despite support from a majority of its members, legislation raising the Massachusetts minimum wage from $11 to $15 is ending 2017 the same way it began the year: pending before the Democrat-controlled Labor and Workforce Development Committee.  The judge denied the attempt to delay the certification of votes while Moore’s claims of voting irregularities are investigated.

Every year I look back on the past 12 months and offer a mea culpa for all the things I got wrong.  Despite support from a majority of its members, legislation raising the Massachusetts minimum wage from $11 to $15 is ending 2017 the same way it began the year: pending before the Democrat-controlled Labor and Workforce Development Committee.  The judge denied the attempt to delay the certification of votes while Moore’s claims of voting irregularities are investigated.

Every year I look back on the past 12 months and offer a mea culpa for all the things I got wrong.  Despite support from a majority of its members, legislation raising the Massachusetts minimum wage from $11 to $15 is ending 2017 the same way it began the year: pending before the Democrat-controlled Labor and Workforce Development Committee.  The judge denied the attempt to delay the certification of votes while Moore’s claims of voting irregularities are investigated.

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