2020 Day 1194: Trump tweeted that his daily coronavirus briefings were "not worth the time and effort"; the White House plans to shift its coronavirus messaging toward the economy and highlighting "success stories" of businesses while reducing its public emphasis on health statistics; Dr. Deborah Birx said "Social distancing will be with us through the summer"; and U.S. intelligence agencies warned Trump about the coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings in January and February. Apr 27, 2020
2021 Day 98: Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus no longer need to wear masks outdoors in most situations except for large gatherings; the Department of Homeland Security limited ICE's ability to arrest immigrants in or near courthouses; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas launched an internal probe "to address the threat of domestic violent extremism within the Department of Homeland Security"; Biden is expected to propose an $80 billion funding boost for the IRS and increased authority to combat tax dodging by the wealthiest Americans; and 68% support Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal. Apr 27, 2021
2022 Day 463: The White House is attempting to cobble together a narrower version of Biden's Build Back Better bill that would win Joe Manchin's support ahead of November’s elections; Biden expressed openness to forgiving some student loan debt; Dr. Anthony Fauci said the U.S. is “out of the full-blown explosive pandemic phase”; New York’s highest court rejected the state’s new congressional map as unconstitutional; and Biden reversed a Trump-era policy that relaxed requirements for energy efficient light bulbs. Apr 27, 2022
2023 Day 828: Pence testified before the federal grand jury investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election; Senate Republicans blocked a resolution that would have allowed the Equal Rights Amendment to be added to the Constitution; a Missouri judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a first-of-its-kind rule that limited gender-affirming care for minors and adults in the state; the Republican-controlled Montana House voted to discipline the state's first transgender lawmaker after she told colleagues they would have "blood on [their] hands" if they passed a bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors; Kansas Republican legislators enacted a transgender bathroom law; the U.S. economy slowed at the start of 2023 with U.S. gross domestic product rising at a 1.1% annualized rate; and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley suggested that Biden would more likely die than make to the end of a second term. Apr 27, 2023
2026 Day 1924: The Justice Department charged Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to assassinate Trump; the National Trust for Historic Preservation refused to drop its lawsuit challenging Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, rejecting a Justice Department demand following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed a new congressional map that could give Republicans four more U.S. House seats; Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade and ends the war, while setting aside nuclear negotiations for later; and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the U.S. has “no strategy” for leaving the war and that “an entire nation is being humiliated” by Iranian leaders who are “very skillfully not negotiating.” Apr 27, 2026