2018 Day 699: Document show Trump signed a letter of intent to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, contradicting Rudy Giuliani's claim that the "bullshit" letter was never signed; Mitch McConnell introduced a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running; Trump ordered a "full" and "rapid" withdrawal of all 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria within 30 days; and the United States was added to list of most dangerous countries for journalists for the first time. Dec 19, 2018
2019 Day 1064: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won't commit to sending the articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate until she sees "the process that is set forth" to ensure a "fair" trial; Mitch McConnell criticized Pelosi as "too afraid" to send the articles of impeachment; the House passed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; the Senate passed a $1.4 trillion spending package to fund the government through the rest of the fiscal year; and Trump implied that the late Rep. John Dingell is "looking up" from hell while also mocking his widow. Dec 19, 2019
2022 Day 699: The Jan. 6 Committee formally accused Trump of inciting an insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and obstructing Congress’ Jan. 6 joint session, and unanimously voted to refer the crimes to the Justice Department for prosecution; the House Ways and Means Committee is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to make six years of Trump’s tax records public; a federal appeals court rejected an effort by 19 Republican-led states to keep a Trump-era border policy in place; the Senate gave final approval to an $858 billion defense spending bill; the national average for gasoline dropped to $3.14 a gallon; nearly half of 18-to-29-year-olds live at home with their parents; and 65% of Americans say the country is on the wrong track and not headed in the right direction. Dec 19, 2022
2023 Day 1064: The Colorado Supreme Court removed Trump from the state's 2024 presidential ballot, ruling that he engaged in an insurrection leading up to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021; Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed one of the harshest state immigration laws in modern U.S. history; after winning a $148 million defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, two Georgia election workers sued him again; and the U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on a new resolution calling for more humanitarian aid and a ceasefire in Gaza. Dec 19, 2023
2024 Day 1430: Trump killed the bipartisan spending deal to avert a shutdown, hours after Elon Musk called the plan a “piece of pork” and threatened that those who support it would “be voted out in 2 years”; after sinking the deal to fund the government, Trump demanded that Congress also eliminate the debt ceiling; House Speaker Mike Johnson offered a new proposal to avert a shutdown; and a Georgia appeals court disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from overseeing the criminal racketeering case against Trump and his allies. Dec 19, 2024