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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: What We've Seen in 2017

Images, stories, and videos of power, anger, and hope
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To help make sense of a year that has seemed almost endlessly eventful, here’s a look back at some of the topics that dominated our coverage in 2017. Find a three-part gallery of the year in photos here, and click here for today’s coverage from The Atlantic.

Rosa Inocencio Smith

Power

The day-to-day Trump could take toward autocracy; several months later, Jack Goldsmith Meanwhile, and reckoned with the forces that shaped his rise.

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