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For pols who shunned Donald Trump’s candidacy, 2017 has been an annus horribilis. Except, of course, for Governor Baker.   Some Boston residents received a poll in recent days asking questions about a hypothetical matchup between Ayanna Pressley and Michael Capuano.  capital source The endorsement comes at a critical time for candidate Jay Gonzalez.  One of the City Council’s most high-profile acts of the year still sits in the hands of Mayor Martin Walsh.  capital source Wednesday’s meeting was the council’s last of the year, before a new council is sworn in on Jan. 1.

The party also hopes GOP efforts to gut Obamacare and President Trump’s unpopularity will help that cause.  The president has been learning on the job, oftentimes painfully, and he appears to have absorbed a few lessons during his rookie year.  Haiti had sent 15,000 people to the United States since the start of the president’s term, and he was angry.

The party also hopes GOP efforts to gut Obamacare and President Trump’s unpopularity will help that cause.  The president has been learning on the job, oftentimes painfully, and he appears to have absorbed a few lessons during his rookie year.  Haiti had sent 15,000 people to the United States since the start of the president’s term, and he was angry.

The party also hopes GOP efforts to gut Obamacare and President Trump’s unpopularity will help that cause.  The president has been learning on the job, oftentimes painfully, and he appears to have absorbed a few lessons during his rookie year.  Haiti had sent 15,000 people to the United States since the start of the president’s term, and he was angry.

MORE tore into FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe in a series of tweets on Saturday, amid news that the law enforcement official would retire in the spring. Trump, who has gone after McCabe in the past over his wife's ties to prominent Democrats, tweeted that the No.

Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress have contrasting views of how the recently passed GOP tax legislation will impact their respective parties in 2018. The sweeping Republican tax bill will help the GOP retain its control in Congress next fall, House Ways and Means Chairman MORE (R-Texas) told The Hill for the Power Politics podcast. Or Democratic candidates will prosper in 2018 because of what House Minority Whip MORE (D-Md.) sees as the unpopularity of tax cuts that primarily benefit corporations and the rich, coupled with a presi

MORE lashed out at top FBI officials on Saturday, his latest in a stream of criticism of the nation's premier law enforcement agency that has reportedly diminished morale among its agents and employees. Trump swiped at multiple agency officials in a string of tweets Saturday afternoon, suggesting that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe may have been compromised by political donations and ripping former FBI Director MORE as a leaker.

The Republican tax bill is the law of the land — but for federal officials, the work is just beginning. The Treasury Department and the IRS now have a mammoth task on their hands as they seek to turn the sweeping tax provisions passed by Congress into new rules and regulations. The tax law, which MORE signed on Friday, generally takes effect in January and includes significant changes to the tax code, including to deductions and pass-through income.

Lawmakers are bracing for a chaotic January as they prepare to plunge into several fights in the first weeks of 2018. The nightmare legislative storm comes after Congress headed home for the year without resolving spending battles or getting an agreement on contentious issues such as immigration and foreign surveillance. It all means Congress must reach another deal to prevent a government shutdown by Jan. 19.