2018 Day 572: Omarosa released audio of Trump campaign aides discussing how to handle the potential release of a tape where Trump used the "n-word"; Trump called Omarosa "that dog" and a "crazed, crying lowlife"; Sarah Huckabee Sanders can't "guarantee" that Trump hasn't been recorded using the n-word; and Trump allegedly called Trump Jr. "a fuckup" after he released his emails about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting. Aug 14, 2018
2019 Day 937: The Trump administration formally proposed regulation allowing some businesses to discriminate against workers on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, and LGBTQ status by citing religious objections; Planned Parenthood will withdraw from the nation's family planning program because of new Trump administration rules; Trump claimed – without evidence – that being president will personally cost him $5 billion dollars; and the Dow posted its largest decline of the year. Aug 14, 2019
2020 Day 1303: Trump’s top two officials at the Department of Homeland Security are illegally serving in their positions; Trump perpetuated a racist and false conspiracy theory that Kamala Harris is not eligible to be vice president because her parents were immigrants; the U.S. Postal Service warned that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail will arrive in time to be counted; USPS proposed removing 20% of letter sorting machines; and the internal USPS watchdog is reviewing recent policy changes and examining the new postmaster general's compliance with federal ethics rules. Aug 14, 2020
2023 Day 937: A Montana judge ruled that the state's oil and gas policies failed to consider climate change when approving energy projects, violating young people’s constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment”; an Atlanta area grand jury started hearing evidence against Trump and others in the 2020 election subversion case; Trump attacked the judge handling his election conspiracy case – despite being warned that he refrain from “inflammatory” attacks against those involved in his case; and federal prosecutors accused Trump of seeking “special treatment that no other defendant would receive” in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Aug 14, 2023