2020 Day 1180: Trump was warned about the potential for a pandemic in January; Dr. Fauci confirmed the report that Trump rebuffed social distancing recommendations by public health officials; Trump retweeted a post calling for Dr. Fauci to be fired; Trump declared he has the power to overrule governors and “open up” states and relax social distancing practices to combat the coronavirus; and Trump threatened to veto the $2 trillion CARES Act if the legislation contained any funding for the U.S. Postal Service. Apr 13, 2020
2021 Day 84: The CDC and the FDA recommended a “pause” in the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine after six women developed an "extremely rare" disorder involving blood clots; Biden nominated Robert Santos to head the U.S. Census Bureau; Biden will withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11; Iran will begin enriching uranium to 60% purity for the first time; and the police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright resigned. Apr 13, 2021
2022 Day 449: The Biden administration extended the coronavirus public health emergency for another 90 days; the U.S. will send an additional $800 million worth of military and other security assistance to Ukraine; Mark Meadows was removed from North Carolina's voter rolls as state officials investigate whether he committed voter fraud during the 2020 election; two of Trump’s top White House lawyers met with the Jan. 6 committee; the State Department is unable to compile a complete list of gifts presented to Trump by foreign governments in 2020; and 74% of Americans think the worst of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is yet to come. Apr 13, 2022
2023 Day 814: The Justice Department will seek emergency intervention from the Supreme Court to protect the availability of the widely-used abortion pill mifepristone; Florida’s Republican legislature banned most abortions after six weeks; the FBI arrested a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman in connection with the leak of highly classified U.S. intelligence documents; Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked to be temporarily replaced on the Judiciary Committee after some House Democrats called on her to resign while she recovers from shingles; Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million lawsuit alleging “staggering” fraud in his real estate business practices; and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas didn't disclose that he sold real estate to Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. Apr 13, 2023
2026 Day 1910: The U.S. began a naval blockade of ships entering or leaving Iranian ports after JD Vance failed to secure a peace deal in talks with Iran in Islamabad; Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV as “WEAK on Crime” and “terrible for Foreign Policy” after the pope condemned the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran; Rep. Eric Swalwell will resign from Congress and suspended his California governor campaign after sexual assault and other sexual misconduct allegations; the Trump administration agreed to restore the Pride flag at New York’s Stonewall National Monument; a federal judge dismissed Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its report about Trump’s lewd 2003 letter to Jeffrey Epstein; a federal appeals court temporarily allowed Trump’s White House ballroom project to continue; 50% of local election officials said they were worried about political interference ahead of the midterms, while 45% feared politically motivated investigations and 32% said they had already faced threats, harassment, or abuse; and from the Dept. of Cringe, the White House arranged for a McDonald’s DoorDash delivery to the Oval Office so Trump could turn it into a live promotion for his “no tax on tips” law. Apr 13, 2026