2019 Day 810: Trump recently put Stephen Miller "in charge" of the administration's immigration policy; a senior White House official said DHS is not doing enough to crack down on immigration and more people could be forced out soon; congressional Republicans urged Trump not to fire any more top immigration officials; the Trump administration plans to put Customs and Border Protection agents in charge of interviewing asylum-seekers; and Trump denied that he's planning to resume separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite pushing then-Department of Nielsen to reinstitute a "zero-tolerance" immigration policy for months. Apr 9, 2019
2020 Day 1176: Another 6.6 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims last week; the Senate stalled on a proposal to add $250 billion in the small business coronavirus relief fund; Trump is preparing a second, smaller coronavirus task force focused on reviving the U.S. economy; Dr. Anthony Fauci said social distancing and behavior changes are "starting to have a real effect"; the Office of Management and Budget is working on a plan to cut U.S. aid to the World Health Organization; and the Trump administration has deported nearly 10,000 migrants since March 21 using emergency coronavirus measures. Apr 9, 2020
2021 Day 80: Biden created a bipartisan commission to study adding seats to the Supreme Court; the White House released Biden's $1.52 trillion budget request for 2022; former Trump administration appointees privately celebrated successfully influencing the CDC's scientific reports on the coronavirus; the CDC said the U.S. is seeing an increase in Covid-19 cases linked to youth sports; and Matt Gaetz sent accused sex trafficker Joel Greenberg $900 in May 2018, who then sent three young women money totaling $900. Apr 9, 2021
2024 Day 1176: Arizona’s Supreme Court upheld a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion; special counsel Jack Smith urged the Supreme Court to reject Trump’s claim that he's immune from prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election; the EPA issued new rules to force more than 200 chemical plants across the U.S. to reduce their cancer-linked toxic air pollution; the European Court of Human Rights ruled – for the first time – that a country had violated human rights by not protecting its people from the effects of climate change; and for the 10th consecutive month Earth experienced record-high temperatures. Apr 9, 2024
2025 Day 1541: Trump paused his "reciprocal" tariffs for 90 days for most countries, except China, hours after Trump posted online urging investors to “BE COOL” and that “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!”; China raised tariffs on all U.S. imports to 84% in response to Trump’s cumulative 104% tariff on Chinese goods; Trump retaliated again, raising the tariff on Chinese imports to 125%; House Republicans moved to block a Democratic attempt to force a vote on repealing Trump’s tariffs; House Republicans are moving ahead with a final vote on the Senate-approved budget resolution – a key step to advancing Trump’s tax and spending agenda – despite being at least a dozen votes short; and 56% of Americans said that Trump's tariffs have "gone too far." Apr 9, 2025