Comey Spicey Fake News And Biden: The Most Popular Politics Stories Of 2017 : NPR
Despite  President Trump  dominating the Top 10 political stories on NPR.org in 2017   he  didn't end up atop the perch.
Topping this list is a man who made headlines for not running for president  former Vice President Joe Biden  who teared up as  he  received the Medal of Freedom in January.
The year's biggest through lines are well represented: Former FBI Director James Comey  political comedy  and of course   Trump 's Twitter feed.
In August  NPR's David Folkenflik got an exclusive look at a lawsuit filed against Fox News. The suit alleged that "the Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of  President Trump  worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House" to concoct a story about the death of Seth Rich  a young Democratic National Committee aide.
The NPR Politics team rounded up the events of Jan. 20  2017 â from  newly minted President Trump  saying  he  was "very honored" that Hillary Clinton would attend  his  inauguration  to the pope wishing the new president "spiritual prosperity."
 Trump  sent  his  first tweet as president: "January 20th 2017  will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again."
4.  Trump 's inaugural address  annotated
"And the crime  and the gangs  and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential " said  Trump   in  his  inauguration speech from the U.S. Capitol. "This American carnage stops right here and stops right now."
The line was maybe the most memorable from the speech  describing a country in distress â one that  he  could help make "great again."
" He  paints a bleak picture of America as a country plagued by a devastated manufacturing sector  crime and troubled schools " wrote NPR's Sarah McCammon. "In reality  the nation has seen an overall downward trend in violent crime in recent decades  although some cities have experienced spikes in crime over the past couple of years."
As usual  the best way to understand policy is a very large chart. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben and Scott Horsley put this one together to reflect early versions of tax bills passed by the House and Senate. Kurtzleben published a new one in mid-December  to reflect the final version signed into law by  President Trump .
 President Trump  signed the measure into law just a few weeks later.
7.  Trump 's graphic insult of cable host Mika Brzezinski
Seemingly in response to a particularly scathing segment on MSNBC's Morning Joe   President Trump  unleashed one of the most vitriolic insults of  his  presidency on June 29  aimed at host Mika Brzezinski.
 The president  said Brzezinski was "bleeding badly from a face-lift" while at  his  Palm Beach  Fla.  resort for New Year's Eve.  He  also called her "low I.Q. Crazy Mika."
8. Melissa McCarthy's "Spicey" and Alec Baldwin's  Trump  return to "SNL"
Despite   [TGT] dominating the Top 10 political stories on NPR.org in 2017    [TGT]   didn't end up atop the perch.
Topping this list is a man who made headlines for not running for president  former Vice President Joe Biden  who teared up as  he  received the Medal of Freedom in January.
The year's biggest through lines are well represented: Former FBI Director James Comey  political comedy  and of course   Trump 's Twitter feed.
In August  NPR's David Folkenflik got an exclusive look at a lawsuit filed against Fox News. The suit alleged that "the Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of   [TGT] worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House" to concoct a story about the death of Seth Rich  a young Democratic National Committee aide.
The NPR Politics team rounded up the events of Jan. 20  2017 â from  [TGT] saying   [TGT]   was "very honored" that Hillary Clinton would attend  his  inauguration  to the pope wishing the new president "spiritual prosperity. [TGT] 
sent   [TGT]   first tweet as president: "January 20th 2017  will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again."
4.   [TGT]  's inaugural address  annotated
"And the crime  and the gangs  and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential " said  Trump   in  his  inauguration speech from the U.S. Capitol. "This American carnage stops right here and stops right now."
The line was maybe the most memorable from the speech  describing a country in distress â one that  he  could help make "great again."
" He  paints a bleak picture of America as a country plagued by a devastated manufacturing sector  crime and troubled schools " wrote NPR's Sarah McCammon. "In reality  the nation has seen an overall downward trend in violent crime in recent decades  although some cities have experienced spikes in crime over the past couple of years."
As usual  the best way to understand policy is a very large chart. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben and Scott Horsley put this one together to reflect early versions of tax bills passed by the House and Senate. Kurtzleben published a new one in mid-December  to reflect the final version signed into law by  [TGT]  .
  [TGT] signed the measure into law just a few weeks later.
7.   [TGT]  's graphic insult of cable host Mika Brzezinski
Seemingly in response to a particularly scathing segment on MSNBC's Morning Joe   President Trump  unleashed one of the most vitriolic insults of  his  presidency on June 29  aimed at host Mika Brzezinski.
  [TGT] said Brzezinski was "bleeding badly from a face-lift" while at  his  Palm Beach  Fla.  resort for New Year's Eve.   [TGT]   also called her "low I.Q. Crazy Mika."
8. Melissa McCarthy's "Spicey" and Alec Baldwin's  Trump  return to "SNL"