The LuLac Edition #3682, December 29th, 2017

TOP STORIES OF 2017 

NATIONAL 

1. RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERENCE INVESTIGATION....Even before the election, 13 Intelligence agencies say Russia interfered with the election in 2016.

2. THE TRUMP ERA STARTS....Trump gets inaugurated. Disputes crowd size. Then the way the Presidency is conducted, perhaps forever changes it. The term "fake news" is termed for what Trump actually says and does and then reported by the media.

3. THE WOMEN MARCH....Millions of people worldwide join the Women's March in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States. 420 marches were reported in the U.S. and 168 in other countries, becoming the largest single-day protest in American history and the largest worldwide protest in recent history.

4. TRUMP MAKES A BIG MISTAKE..... Trump fires FBI Director Comey. The Mueller investigation begins.

5. TRUMP DUMPS CLIMATE AGREEMENT....Amidst wide criticism, the U.S. announces its decision to withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement in due time.

6. SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND THE ME TOO MOVEMENT........many men were cut down in film, TV, Journalism, industry and even in politics as women came out and reported Sexual Harassment.  The "Me Too" movement even inspired Time Magazine to name the accusers as persons of the year. The number one person who was accused actually admitted to it on tape, but he's still President.

7. HURRICANE FURY.....Hurricane Harvey strikes the United States as a Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the Houston metropolitan area, mostly due to record-breaking floods. At least 90 deaths were recorded, and total damage reaches $198.6 billion (2017 USD), making Harvey the costliest natural disaster in United States history.

8. THE HORROR OF PUERTO RICO....The Caribbean and United States are struck by Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurricane that is the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The storm causes at least 134 deaths and at least $63 billion (2017 USD) in damage.  To date Puerto Rico has not fully recovered with power still out in one third of the island. 

9. A total solar eclipse (nicknamed "The Great American Eclipse")is visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States of America, passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts.

10. TRUMP'S WINS..... The Trump Presidency fails at trying to repeal The Affordable Care Act, passes tax bill at the end of the year that 63% of the public says will help the rich.