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While Sessions was one of President Donald Trump’s earliest supporters, he was berated by the commander-in-chief for recusing himself from the investigation into Russian meddling of the 2016 presidential election. Sessions' departure was just one of the many notable firings and resignations from the Trump administration in 2018, including chief of staff John Kelly and secretary of state Rex Tillerson. As for the Russia investigation: Trump has denied wrongdoing, and repeatedly called special counsel Robert Mueller's looming investigation a "witch hunt." Earlier this month, Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison – the first sentencing for a member of the president's inner circle, and one that could hold legal perils for Trump. Attorney General finally ended in November, one day after the midterm elections. The former Alabama senator's beleaguered tenure as U.S. Jeff Sessions, the Russia investigation and high-profile White House departures More: Striking images: A photo a day from 2018 Alabama Bush and other luminaries: A look at legends we’ve lost in 2018 Passages: Aretha Franklin, Stephen Hawking, George H.W. Bush were a farewell not only to a former president, but also to a generation.Īfter another eventful year, USA TODAY revisits one story from each state that moved us – the big news, the best investigations and the moments we can't stop talking about.
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Then, we ended the year with a solemn goodbye. Democrats gained control of the House, Republicans expanded their Senate majority, and voters made history, ushering into Congress many firsts for women and minorities. We exercised our rights, voting in the most tumultuous midterms in years. Team USA brought home 23 Olympic medals from Pyeongchang, South Korea. Hurricane winds and floods battered the Carolinas. California burned as the Camp Fire became the most destructive in state history. We found ourselves embroiled in a fierce immigration debate. Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ascended to the high court despite sexual assault allegations from Christine Blasey Ford. It was a year that saw the president open up trade wars, meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, spar with the press and defend hush money payments to women he allegedly had affairs with, all while new revelations and indictments poured out of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling. In 2018, the eyes of the nation were again fixed on President Donald Trump, whose second year in office was no less remarkable than his first.