2019 Day 813: Trump pressured Kirstjen Nielsen into busing detained immigrants to "sanctuary cities" located in the congressional districts of Democratic members of Congress; Trump – contradicting his own administration – confirmed that he is "giving strong consideration" to releasing detained undocumented immigrants in Democratic "sanctuary cities"; Trump promised to pardon the Customs and Border Protection Commissioner if he were sent to jail for blocking asylum seekers from entering the U.S. in defiance of U.S. law; and Trump's top advisers discussed whether the military could be used to build tent city detention camps for migrants at the border. Apr 12, 2019
2021 Day 83: The White House put the creation a national police oversight commission on hold; Biden called for an investigation into the police officer who shot and killed a 20-year-old Black man in a Minneapolis suburb; the U.S. administered 4.6 million vaccine doses on Saturday; Michigan's average daily case count jumped about seven times since February; and the U.S. has admitted 2,050 refugees at the halfway point of this fiscal year, putting the Biden administration on track to accept the fewest number of refugees this year of any modern president. Apr 12, 2021
2022 Day 448: U.S. inflation hit a 40-year high of 8.5% in March; the Biden administration will temporarily allow E15 gasoline to be sold this summer to help ease gas prices; Putin declared that peace talks with Kyiv had reached a "dead end"; the U.S. ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its consulate in Shanghai as more than 200,000 Covid-19 cases have been reported since the start of March; Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that makes performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison; and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical care to people under 19. Apr 12, 2022
2023 Day 813: The EPA proposed tougher tailpipe emissions limits that could require up to 67% of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be all-electric by 2032; the Federal Reserve projects the nation’s economy to fall into a “mild recession” by year’s end; U.S. inflation fell to its lowest level in nearly two years; Trump sued Michael Cohen for $500 million over allegations that his former attorney violated their attorney-client relationship and breached a confidentiality agreement; and a Delaware Superior Court judge sanctioned Fox News for withholding evidence in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems. Apr 12, 2023