2019 Day 827: Trump defended his 2017 comment that there were "very fine people on both sides" of the white supremacist protests in Charlottesville; Rod Rosenstein defended his handling of the Russia investigation; Trump called the Russia investigation "a coup"; and Russian agent Maria Butina was sentenced to 18-months in prison for conspiring to act as a foreign agent. Apr 26, 2019
2021 Day 97: The U.S. Census Bureau released the first set of updated state population totals from the 2020 census; the Justice Department opened an investigation into the practices of the Louisville Metro Police Department; Biden signed an executive order to create a White House task force to promote union membership; the Department of Agriculture extended a pandemic benefits program to feed up to 34 million children from low-income families over this summer; and the U.S. will send 60 million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine abroad. Apr 26, 2021
2022 Day 462: Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19; the CDC estimates that nearly 60% of the U.S. population has Covid-19 antibodies due to past coronavirus infection; the Biden administration secured 20 million treatment courses of Pfizer's antiviral Covid-19 pill; Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West of pursuing a proxy war and warned there’s a “serious” risk of nuclear war over Ukraine; and a federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending Trump-era pandemic restriction at the U.S.-Mexico border. Apr 26, 2022
2023 Day 827: Chief Justice John Roberts declined to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Supreme Court's ethics practices; Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch neglected to disclose details of a nearly $2 million sale of property to the CEO of a prominent law firm executive in 2017; a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation that requires the Supreme Court to implement a code of conduct; the House passed a Republican bill to cut federal spending and roll back Biden’s top legislative accomplishments in exchange for a one-year increase to the U.S. debt ceiling; and E. Jean Carroll, in her civil lawsuit accusing Trump of battery and defamation, testified that “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me.” Apr 26, 2023
2026 Day 1923: An armed California man was taken into custody after charging a Secret Service checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner; Trump said “I guess” and "I'm honored" when asked whether he was the target; and Trump described the Washington Hilton as “not a particularly secure building,” adding: “We need the ballroom.” Apr 26, 2026