2020 Day 1187: U.S. manufacturers shipped just over a billion face masks and more than 25 million protective suits to China in January and February with encouragement from the Trump administration; Trump blamed governors for not using coronavirus testing capacity available in their states; Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to compel an unnamed company to produce 20 million more coronavirus testing swabs every month; and Trump's campaign is paying Eric Trump's wife and Trump Jr.'s girlfriend $180,000 a year each. Apr 20, 2020
2021 Day 91: Derek Chauvin was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter for killing George Floyd; Biden suggested that the evidence against Chauvin was “overwhelming”; the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general declined to investigate what role the Secret Service played in the clearing of peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square in June 2020 so Trump could stage a photo op; Biden will pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030; and a dozen megadonors contributed $1 in every $13 raised for federal candidates and political groups since 2009. Apr 20, 2021
2022 Day 456: The Biden administration is prepping another $800 million in weapons and assistance for Ukraine; Russia test fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile; the White House has discussed delaying the repeal of Title 42 border restrictions to avoid an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border; the Florida Senate approved a new congressional map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that gives Republicans a significant advantage over Democrats; the judge who tossed out the federal government's transportation mask mandate received a "not qualified" rating from the American Bar Association in 2020; and 56% of Americans support mask mandates on planes, trains, and public transportation. Apr 20, 2022
2023 Day 821: An arbitration panel ordered the MyPillow Guy to pay $5 million for losing his "Prove Mike Wrong" challenge that there was Chinese interference in the 2020 election; an attorney who helped Trump in his effort to overturn the 2020 election told top Republican donors that they need to curtail college voting; the Senate Judiciary Committee asked Chief Justice John Roberts to testify on Supreme Court ethics reform; and House Republicans passed a bill to ban transgender women and girls from competing on school sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Apr 20, 2023
2026 Day 1917: Trump said he's “highly unlikely” to extend the Iran ceasefire, warning that if it expires, "then lots of bombs start going off"; Trump called his energy secretary's assessment that gas prices might remain at $3 per gallon or more until next year "totally wrong"; FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic and a journalist for defamation, seeking $250 million over an article that said he showed “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences,” was “often away or unreachable, delaying time-sensitive decisions,” and had become a point of concern inside the FBI and Justice Department; Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned following an inspector general investigation into allegations that she had an affair with a member of her security detail, drank on the job, and used official events to facilitate personal travel; the House Ethics Committee publicly urged anyone with information about sexual misconduct by a House member or staffer to come forward; the Justice Department demanded that a Michigan county turn over ballots and other records from the 2024 election; a federal appeals court allowed construction on Trump’s White House ballroom to continue for now; and Trump’s IRS and Treasury Department told a federal judge they're negotiating a resolution to Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over his leaked tax records. Apr 20, 2026