A riot in Charlottesville, Va.; hurricanes in Houston and the Caribbean; shootings outside a music festival, in a church and on a baseball field. Big new jobs for Donald Trump and Neil Gorsuch; big jobs lost for Michael Flynn, James Comey, Bill O\u2019Reilly and Harvey Weinstein. A health care bill stymied; a tax bill fast-tracked. Here\u2019s what a breathtaking year sounded like, from start to finish. For more information on today\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.\xa0\n\nWe're taking Monday off for Christmas. For the rest of next week, we\u2019ll revisit our favorite episodes, adding what has happened since the stories first ran. We\u2019ll be back with a new episode on Tuesday, Jan. 2.