2020 Day 1314: The FDA "grossly misrepresented data" about the use of blood plasma therapy to treat coronavirus patients; the FDA Commissioner apologized for overstating the benefits of treating COVID-19 patients with plasma; the FDA Commissioner pushed back against Trump's baseless claim that the "deep state" is deliberately stalling coronavirus vaccine development at the FDA; New York and New Jersey sued Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over changes to postal service operations; and the House Foreign Affairs Committee's subpanel on oversight is investigating Mike Pompeo’s decision to speak at the Republican National Convention. Aug 25, 2020
2021 Day 218: The majority of the federal rental assistance funding has yet to be distributed; the Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration must comply with Trump's "Remain in Mexico" program for asylum seekers; the 1/6 committee demanded documents from several U.S. agencies and at least 30 members of Trump's inner circle; the Secret Service warned the Capitol Police about the 1/6 attack a day in advance; Biden received an inconclusive intelligence report about the origin of COVID-19; and the FCC proposed a $5.1 million fine against conservative activists who made unlawful robocalls to spread misinformation about mail-in voting. Aug 25, 2021
2022 Day 583: A federal magistrate judge ordered the Justice Department to release a redacted version of the affidavit used to justified the FBI's search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home; Trump’s lawyers had concerns about the two dozen boxes of presidential records that Trump took to Mar-a-Lago and agreed that the documents should be returned; the Justice Department released the unredacted memo justifying former Attorney General William Barr's decision not to prosecute Trump for obstructing Robert Mueller's Russia investigation; the Trump administration pressured the FDA to accelerate the authorization of vaccines and unproven treatments for Covid-19 before Election Day; a federal judge in Idaho blocked part of the state’s abortion ban that criminalizes performing an abortion on a woman to protect her health; and Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison after the state’s trigger law went into effect. Aug 25, 2022
2025 Day 1679: Trump ordered the Pentagon to create "specialized units" in the National Guard to police “civil disturbances”; Trump threatened to send National Guard troops into Chicago; a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda hours after immigration agents detained him at an ICE office in Baltimore; convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, who is seeking a pardon from Trump, told the Justice Department she never saw him “in any inappropriate setting” with girls introduced by Jeffrey Epstein; the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for records; more than 180 FEMA employees warned Congress that Trump’s policies and unqualified leadership put the country at risk of “another national catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina”; Trump said the Justice Department will sue California over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional map; FBI agents searched the Maryland home and Washington office of John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, as part of a probe into whether he “illegally shared or possessed classified information”; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency after its preliminary report contradicted Trump’s claim that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program; and Trump said he’s considering renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War. Aug 25, 2025