2019 Day 816: A redacted version of Mueller's report will be released to both Congress and the public on Thursday; the House intelligence committee demand that Mueller "must" brief them; Trump's attorneys threatened legal action if an accounting firm complied with a subpoena to turn over 10 years of Trump's financial records; Sarah Sanders claimed that members of Congress aren't "smart enough" to understand Trump's tax returns; and Trump reportedly revived the rejected proposal to send undocumented immigrants into "sanctuary cities" in order to distract from the Mueller report. Apr 15, 2019
2020 Day 1182: Trump cutoff U.S. funding to the World Health Organization; the Treasury Department ordered Trump's name printed on the IRS stimulus checks; the Paycheck Protection Program is expected to run out of money today; Trump will rely on business and labor leaders to advise him on when and how to restart the U.S. economy; and Trump wanted to start a White House talk radio show. Apr 15, 2020
2021 Day 86: The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Russia; Paul Manafort's associate and former employee “provided the Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive information on polling and campaign strategy” during the 2016 election; the House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend the creation of a commission to study the issue of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves in the U.S.; the House Committee on Oversight and Reform advanced legislation to make D.C. the 51st state; Democrats introduced legislation to expand the Supreme Court from nine justices to 13; and Biden reportedly hasn't raised the Trump-era refugee cap because of political optics. Apr 15, 2021
2024 Day 1182: Jury selection in Trump’s criminal hush money trial began, marking the first criminal prosecution of an American president; Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against launching new strikes on Iran; the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Black Lives Matters organizer DeRay Mckesson; and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas missed the court's scheduled cases with no explanation. Apr 15, 2024
2025 Day 1547: Federal immigration agents arrested a Columbia student when he arrived for his citizenship interview in Vermont, despite his legal residency and lack of any criminal charge; a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to turn over records and prepare for depositions over its refusal to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from an El Salvador prison, despite a Supreme Court order requiring the government to “facilitate” his return; the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard after the university refused to adopt Trump’s policy demands tied to campus protests and diversity programs; 82% of Americans believe Trump should obey court orders even if he disagrees with them; 56% think Trump should stop "deporting people"; Marjorie Taylor Greene bought up to $315,000 in stock and sold up to $100,000 in U.S. Treasury bills just before Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs that triggered the stock market’s biggest rally since 2008; the Trump administration has scaled back from prosecuting white-collar crimes, including foreign bribery, money laundering, and crypto; roughly 22,000 IRS employees have signed up for a Trump administration buyout offer; and JD Vance fumbled Ohio State’s national championship trophy at the White House. Apr 15, 2025
2026 Day 1912: For the fourth time, Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution to force Trump to end U.S. military action in Iran without congressional approval; Trump said the war with Iran was “very close to over” and claimed Iranian leaders wanted “to make a deal very badly”; House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth; House Republicans delayed a planned procedural vote on renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after their own members threatened to block it; Trump – again – threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he stays on as a Fed governor after his term as chair ends; Senate Republicans plan to move quickly on any Supreme Court vacancy that opens before the midterms; and 65% of voters blame Trump for the rise in gas prices. Apr 15, 2026