MAYORS IN 2018: Madison mayor Paul Soglin spent part of his first day as mayor vowing to not seek reelection … and surviving a wild scene as protesters protested after a police officer shot and killed a man during a traffic stop in March.
PARLIAMENT IN 2018: When the New York state legislature convened, the chamber looked relatively well-rested; the spending plan still had to be finalized, but legislators had already taken holiday leave after their Christmas recess.
PRESIDENT IN 2018: President Trump arrived in South Florida last Tuesday, and some in his traveling group expressed concern about the Florida man who stormed an American flag-bedecked barracks in Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay prison and tried to kill two members of the U.S. military. “Nervous of what’s going to happen in #Cuba,” Trump tweeted.
