2018 Day 571: The FBI fired Peter Strzok; a federal judge appointed by Trump ruled that Robert Mueller's investigation is constitutional and legitimate; Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped John Kelly firing her in December in the Situation Room, as well as a phone call she had with Trump after she was fired; and the government rested its case in the tax and bank fraud trial of Paul Manafort. Aug 13, 2018
2019 Day 936: Trump delayed imposing tariffs on some Chinese imports until December; Trump's tax cuts, reduced regulation, and tariffs have been ineffective at drawing factory investment and jobs from abroad; Trump tried to take credit for the construction of Shell's petrochemicals complex in western Pennsylvania; and a coalition of 22 states and seven cities sued to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on coal-burning power plants. Aug 13, 2019
2020 Day 1302: Trump vowed to block funding for the U.S. Postal Service so Democrats "can’t have universal mail-in voting" during the coronavirus pandemic; House Democrats demanded that the USPS reverse operational changes made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy; Trump's newly appointed postmaster general holds a multi-million dollar stake in his former company, a United States Postal Service contractor; the United States reported nearly 1,500 deaths from the coronavirus in a single day Wednesday, the highest since mid-May; and the director of the CDC warned that the U.S. could have "the worst fall [...] we've ever had." Aug 13, 2020
2021 Day 206: Russia is once again trying to interfere in U.S. elections; the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Indiana University's vaccination requirement; the U.S. reported nearly a million vaccinations in one day; the former U.S. Attorney in Atlanta said Trump wanted to fire him for not backing his election fruad claims; and nine Democrats in the House say they'll block a budget vote until the infrastructure bill passes. Aug 13, 2021
2024 Day 1302: The FBI is investigating the suspected hacking attempts by Iran that targeted both the Trump and the Biden-Harris campaigns; voters in Arizona and Missouri will decide in November whether to enshrine the right to an abortion in their state constitutions; Elon Musk’s “conversation” with Trump on Twitter was plagued by 42 minutes of technical difficulties; the United Auto Workers filed federal labor charges against Trump and Elon Musk for illegally threatening and intimidating workers who engage in protected labor activity, such as strikes; and Trump spent the weekend traveling from Montana to Wyoming to Colorado for campaign events on a private jet previously owned by sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Aug 13, 2024