2018 Day 691: Trump claimed he'd be "proud to shut down the government"; Pelosi called Trump's obsession with the border wall a matter of masculine pride; the Trump administration plans sweeping changes to federal clean water rules; John Kelly will remain as chief of staff through the new year; and Trump now sees impeachment as a "real possibility." Dec 11, 2018
2019 Day 1056: The Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation; Trump called the FBI "scum"; the Justice Department inspector general confirmed that he's still investigating possible illegal leaks by the FBI to Rudy Giuliani in 2016; and afederal judge blocked the Trump administration from using $3.6 billion dollars from the Pentagon to pay for the construction of Trump's border wall. Dec 11, 2019
2020 Day 1422: The White House ordered the FDA commissioner to grant emergency use authorization for Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day or resign; Trump called the FDA “a big, old, slow turtle” for not approving a COVID-19 vaccine faster; the coronavirus will kill more people in the United States every day for the next 60 to 90 days than died on Sept. 11 or Pearl Harbor; the attorneys general for Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia asked the Supreme Court to reject Republican efforts to overturn Biden's victory; Sen. Mike Lee blocked legislation to establish national museums dedicated to the histories of Latino Americans and American women; and the Senate passed a one-week funding bill to avert a government shutdown at midnight. Dec 11, 2020
2023 Day 1056: Special counsel Jack Smith urged the Supreme Court to immediately step in and decide whether Trump is immune from criminal prosecution; the U.S. vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza; the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion; the Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging a ban on "conversion therapy" designed to protect LGBTQ youths; a federal judge banned the federal government from separating families at the U.S. southern border for eight years; and the head of the OPEC oil cartel directed the group's members to “reject any text or formula that targets” the continued production and sales of oil, gas, and coal "rather than emissions." Dec 11, 2023
2024 Day 1422: FBI Director Christopher Wray will resign at the end of Biden’s term; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is advocating for Trump to appoint his daughter-in-law as deputy CIA director so he can get to the bottom of the assassination of his uncle John F. Kennedy; Trump nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle to be the U.S. ambassador to Greece – hours after a British tabloid published photos of her fiancée, Trump Jr., holding hands with socialite Bettina Anderson; the House passed an $895.2 billion defense policy bill, which included a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender children of service members; the consumer price index increased 2.7% in November from a year earlier; 30% of Americans say they trust Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on issues of health; 47% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling his transition; and 22% of Americans approve of Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter. Dec 11, 2024
2025 Day 1787: The Senate rejected competing Democratic and Republican health care bills, all but ensuring that enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will expire at the end of the year; more than 250 people in South Carolina have been quarantined due to a measles outbreak; a federal grand jury – again – refused to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James; a federal judge ordered ICE to immediately release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the government had no lawful basis to keep him detained and had “affirmatively misled the tribunal” about his deportation options; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown at a House Homeland Security Committee; the Trump administration said it would keep the oil from a seized tanker taken off Venezuela’s coast; Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said federal jobs reports were likely overstating hiring by about 60,000 jobs a month since April, implying the economy may actually be losing about 20,000 jobs a month and that payroll growth “may actually be negative”; 31% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling the economy; and 46% of U.S. voters 50 and older say they plan to vote for the Republican in their congressional district, compared with 38% who say they will vote Democratic. Dec 11, 2025