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"Caught RED HANDED - very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea," Trump wrote in a tweet. "There will never be a friendly solution to the North Korea problem if this continues to happen!" (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump slams China for sanction-breaking oil sales to North Korea

Gabby Morrongiello · December 28, 2017 4:47 pm

President Trump tweeted Thursday: "Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs, is bending over backwards in apologizing for the minor hit they took at Crooked H." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: Vanity Fair ‘bending over backwards’ to apologize to ‘Crooked’ Hillary Clinton over New Year’s resolution video

Melissa Quinn · December 28, 2017 3:48 pm

In this undated BBC handout photo made available on Wednesday, former President Barack Obama, left, is interviewed by Britain's Prince Harry for the BBC Radio 4 Today program that he guest edited. When the prince asked Obama about his views on internet speech, Obama said, "I don't want to live in a world in which the state is making decisions as to who says what."(BBC Radio 4 Today/PA via AP)

Beltway Confidential

In Prince Harry interview, Obama takes a stand for free speech

Tom Rogan · December 27, 2017 6:07 pm

Comedian Kathy Griffin said she hasn't been able to book a gig in the United States, after she did a photo shoot holding a bloody head resembling President Trump. Griffin accused Trump of attacking her on Twitter over the photo to distract from former FBI Director James Comey's firing. (Screenshot, via Twitter)

Kathy Griffin reflects on beheaded Trump photo: ‘I wish I could tour in the US without getting shot’

Caitlin Yilek · December 27, 2017 2:38 pm

Michael Flynn earlier this month pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the United States. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Michael Flynn’s brother calls for pardon from Trump

Caitlin Yilek · December 27, 2017 1:57 pm

Former President Barack Obama told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday, that he felt serene the day he left the White House despite the sense that much important work remained unfinished. (BBC Radio 4 Today/PA via AP)

Obama warns against irresponsible use of social media by people in power

Caitlin Yilek · December 27, 2017 1:27 pm

Mike Huckabee's comments drew ire from political pundits online. (AP)

Mike Huckabee skewered for comparing Trump to Winston Churchill

Naomi Lim · December 26, 2017 11:28 pm

President Trump believes Republicans and Democracts will come together to develop a new healthcare plan, after the GOP tax bill repealed the Obamacare individual mandate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: GOP, Democrats will ‘eventually come together and develop’ a new healthcare plan

Mandy Mayfield · December 26, 2017 1:12 pm

The main WikiLeaks Twitter account noted there were "oddities" from the U.S. Navy and Twitter, but asserted that Julian Assange's "physical situation at the embassy remains unaltered." (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

National Security

Navy explains ‘inadvertent tweet’ about Julian Assange

Daniel Chaitin · December 25, 2017 5:32 pm

Rosie O'Donnell told House Speaker Paul Ryan he will go to hell in a harsh Christmas message the comedian gave this year. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Rosie O’Donnell to Paul Ryan: You ‘will go straight to hell’ you ‘screwed up fake altar boy’

Katie Leach · December 25, 2017 4:21 pm

The handle, @JulianAssange, went down late Sunday evening, before the start of Christmas.

Julian Assange’s Twitter account briefly disappears

Daniel Chaitin · December 25, 2017 1:37 pm

President Trump's tweets often dominated news cycles during his first year in the Oval Office.

Trump’s most retweeted tweets of 2017

Caitlin Yilek · December 25, 2017 5:01 am