2018 Day 589: Canada and the U.S. are "not there yet" on a NAFTA deal; Trump is unwilling to make any concessions to Canada at all on NAFTA; Mueller's investigation is pushing up against the "60-day rule"; Trump threatened to "get involved" in the Justice Department if the FBI doesn't "start doing their job and doing it right"; and a senior Justice Department lawyer said Christopher Steele told him two years ago that Russian intelligence believed "they had Trump over a barrel." Aug 31, 2018
2020 Day 1320: The Director of National Intelligence will no longer give Congress in-person briefings about election security; Trump’s newest coronavirus task force member is urging the White House to embrace “herd immunity” as U.S. coronavirus case count topped 6 million; FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said he'd be willing to fast-track emergency use authorization for a coronavirus vaccine before phase 3 trials are over; the Justice Department never fully investigated Trump's relationship with Russia and secretly narrowed the investigation into Russian election interference; and Trump praised a right-wing caravan of supporters in Portland who had fired paint and pellet guns at protesters. Aug 31, 2020
2022 Day 589: The Justice Department obtained the search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate after receiving evidence that highly classified government documents were "likely concealed and removed" from a storage room as part of an effort to "obstruct" the FBI's investigation; the FDA authorized updated versions of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s Covid-19 boosters that target the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants; about 3.8 million renters say they’re likely to be evicted in the next two months; life expectancy in the U.S. fell in 2021 for the second year in a row; and 14% of Americans view Covid-19 as a "severe" health risk in their community – down from 33% in January. Aug 31, 2022
2023 Day 954: Trump pleaded not guilty to 13 felony charges alleging his role in a criminal conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia; New York’s attorney general asked a judge for a partial summary judgment against Trump in her $250 million lawsuit; Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed that he took three private jet trips in 2020, which were paid for by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow; the Florida leader of the Proud Boys was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in the seditious conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and keep Trump in power on Jan. 6; and the U.S. Capitol physician cleared Mitch McConnell to continue his work schedule after he froze for the second time in a matter of weeks. Aug 31, 2023