2018 Day 586: North Carolina's congressional district maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Republicans; Trump accused Google of being "RIGGED" against him because the "search results for 'Trump News'" show mostly "BAD" coverage about him from the "Fake New Media"; the USDA will pay $4.7 billion to farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs from China stemming from Trump's trade war; Trump urged evangelical ministers to campaign for Republicans from the pulpit; and Trump was involved in the decision to keep the FBI building across the street from the Trump International Hotel. Aug 28, 2018
2019 Day 951: Deutsche Bank told a federal appeals court that is has some Trump-related tax returns; Trump promised to pardon any official who breaks the law in order to get his border wall built by the 2020 election; children born to some U.S. military members and government employees working overseas will no longer automatically be considered United States citizens; and voters say the fundamental values of the United States are being tested in the 2020 election. Aug 28, 2019
2020 Day 1317: Trump's effort to block a subpoena for his financial records would "significantly impair" an ongoing investigation into potential financial crimes; a federal judge ordered the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service to turn over documents and information about USPS service changes; Trump "profoundly" accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for a second term, botching the word “proudly” in his prepared text; a senior White House official dismissed concerns about the lack of social distancing at Trump's GOP acceptance speech, saying "everybody is going to catch this thing eventually"; and thousands of demonstrators marched on Washington demanding an end to systemic racism while honoring the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” address. Aug 28, 2020
2023 Day 951: Trump’s trial on federal charges that he conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss will start March 4; a federal judge in Atlanta heard arguments to determine whether Mark Meadows’s status as Trump’s chief of staff protects him from being tried in state court; Trump and his 18 co-defendants will be arraigned Sept. 6 in Atlanta; Kevin McCarthy suggested that a Biden impeachment inquiry is “a natural step forward” when Congress returns from its August recess; 61% of Americans want Trump's election subversion case to take place before the 2024 presidential election; 50% of Americans think Trump should suspend his campaign after his fourth indictment; 50% of Republican primary voters plan to vote for Trump; and 77% of Americans say Biden is too old for a second term. Aug 28, 2023
2024 Day 1317: Trump’s economic proposals would increase the national debt by $5.8 trillion over 10 years; the Supreme Court refused to temporarily lift a nationwide injunction blocking the Biden administration’s federal student loan repayment plan; two members of Trump's campaign staff had a verbal and physical altercation with a staff member at Arlington National Cemetery where Trump was staging a campaign stunt; Trump is selling a collection of digital trading cards for $99 each; JD Vance once accused teachers without children of "trying to brainwash the minds of our children"; and an environmental group called on federal authorities to investigate the co-chair of Trump’s presidential transition team. Aug 28, 2024
2025 Day 1682: Three senior CDC leaders resigned after the White House fired Director Susan Monarez less than a month into her tenure; the White House named Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s top deputy, Jim O’Neill, as acting director of the CDC; Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revoked the clearance of a senior CIA Russia expert days after Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska; Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook sued Trump to block what she called an “unprecedented and illegal” attempt to fire her from the Fed board; federal agents interrupted operations at the site Washington’s largest wildfire for more than three hours to conduct immigration checks and arrest two firefighters; a federal judge barred Kari Lake from firing the director of Voice of America, saying she lacked the authority without a Senate-confirmed advisory board vote, which Trump disbanded earlier this year; the U.S. Air Force will grant military funeral honors to a Jan. 6 rioter who was shot by Capitol Police while trying to climb through a barricaded door to the Speaker’s Lobby near the House chamber; Trump proposed that Republicans hold a national convention before the 2026 midterm elections; and Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to keep the government funded. Aug 28, 2025