Unhappy anniversary

By Pat Wiedenkeller, CNN
Updated 3:18 PM ET, Sun January 20, 2019

(CNN)Year Two of Donald Trump's presidency ended Sunday, and a happy anniversary it was not.

The government was still partly shuttered, his poll numbers were sinking and investigators were circling his campaign and business empire. Newly empowered House Democrats were getting ready to grill Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, at a committee hearing in a few short weeks. And after nearly a month of bruising political deadlock, the human cost of the shutdown kept growing and growing.

On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested putting off Trump's State of the Union address ...

On Thursday, the President parried by blocking a secret trip to Afghanistan by Pelosi and other Congress members ...

OThe President had the Clemson Tigers over for Big Macs at the White House .. and .. remained there, grousing on Twitter ...

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