2019 Day 804: House Democrats formally requested six years of Trump's personal and business tax returns; Trump's accounting firm wants to be subpoenaed before it will comply with a request for 10 years of Trump's financial records; The House Judiciary Committee authorized the use of subpoenas to force the Justice Department to give Congress a full copy of Robert Mueller's report; and Trump backed-off his enthusiasm for releasing Mueller's report publicly after initially claiming that it "wouldn't bother me at all" if the report was made public. Apr 3, 2019
2020 Day 1170: The CDC recommends all Americans wear simple “non-medical, cloth” masks in public; Trump, however, said "You don’t have to do it; I’m choosing not to do it"; Trump signed a Defense Production Act order requiring 3M to prioritize N95 respirator mask orders from the U.S. government; the Trump administration changed its description of the Strategic National Stockpile after Jared Kushner suggested that the stockpile wasn’t meant for states to use; the White House is missing 50% of the coronavirus testing data; and the Trump administration ended a pandemic early-warning program in China two months before the coronavirus started spreading in Wuhan. Apr 3, 2020
2023 Day 804: The Justice Department obtained new evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case that suggests potential obstruction by Trump; Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News will go to trial; Ron DeSantis signed legislation to allow Floridians to carry a concealed loaded weapon without a permit; millions of Americans are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage; Trump arrived in New York to surrender himself to authorities for his arraignment on hush-money charges; and 62% of Americans approve of the Trump indictment, while 38% disapprove. Apr 3, 2023
2024 Day 1170: Special Counsel Jack Smith warned the judge overseeing Trump’s classified documents case that she is pursuing a legal premise that “is wrong” and would “distort” the trial; Biden condemned the Israeli strike that killed seven aid workers and blamed Israel for failing to protect both aid workers and civilians; Trump sued his two own co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group; Trump Media was saved in 2022 by a Russian-American under criminal investigation; 28% of Republicans believe that Americans may have to resort to violence to get their country back on track; and 57% of Americans say Biden is more likable than say Trump (37%). Apr 3, 2024
2025 Day 1535: Trump claimed his tariff plan is “going very well” as global markets plunged in response; Trump’s tariff plan appears to have been generated by an AI chatbot; Trump's tariffs, imposed on nearly every U.S. trading partner, excluded Russia and North Korea; Senators introduced a bipartisan bill to limit Trump’s authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval; the Trump administration said it will withhold federal education funding from schools unless officials certify they have eliminated all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs it considers illegal; and the Pentagon’s acting inspector general launched a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the encrypted messaging app Signal to discuss a U.S. airstrike against Houthi militants in Yemen. Apr 3, 2025