WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first year in office, President Donald Trump has frequently bent Washington to his will, shattering long-standing norms, plunging politics to a new level of corrosiveness and wielding his executive power to start rolling back his predecessor's policies on the environment, education and America's role around the world.
But at times, Trump's Washington can also look strikingly similar to the era before presidential directives were delivered by tweet.
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