HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Others tried without much success, and now the job of keeping President Donald Trump on message has fallen to Hope Hicks, a young aide who entered his orbit not knowing the ride would eventually take her to the pinnacle of Washington politics.

Word of Hicks' promotion to interim communications director - the 28-year-old was already in charge of "strategic" communications - landed this week just as the White House confronted one of its biggest messaging challenges.

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