2019 Day 1054: The Justice Department inspector general's report concluded that the Russia probe was justified; Attorney General William Barr rejected the conclusion that the FBI's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election was justified; the House Judiciary Committee held its last hearing before considering articles of impeachment; and Barr told Trump that Giuliani has become a liability. Dec 9, 2019
2020 Day 1420: The U.S. recorded 2,249 COVID-19 deaths on average over the last seven days; more than a third of Americans are living in areas where hospitals have fewer than 15% of intensive care beds available; Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer rejected the Trump administration's $916 billion coronavirus relief proposal; the House passed a $741 billion defense authorization bill by a veto-proof margin; and Biden named Gen. Lloyd Austin, a retired four-star Army general, as his choice to lead the Department of Defense. Dec 9, 2020
2024 Day 1420: Trump “can’t guarantee anything” when asked whether his promised tariffs would increase prices for Americans; Trump confirmed that he will "most likely" pardon his supporters involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and that members of the Jan. 6 committee “should go to jail” for investigating him; Trump suggested he’ll end birthright citizenship; Trump plans to have Robert F. Kennedy Jr. investigate the repeatedly debunked conspiracy theory that vaccines cause autism; Trump confirmed that he has no plans to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell; Elon Musk spent over $250 million supporting Trump’s reelection, including $20 million to a super PAC that was named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Lara Trump resigned as co-chair of the Republican National Committee amid speculation that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will appoint her to fill the Senate seat vacated by Marco Rubio, who Trump tapped for secretary of state; Trump appointed venture capitalist and podcaster David Sacks as "White House A.I. and Crypto Czar" to guide policies on artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and online free speech; and 62% of Americans think it’s the federal government’s responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage while 44% say the quality of their healthcare is excellent (11%) or good (33%). Dec 9, 2024
2025 Day 1785: Trump called Europe "weak" and “decaying,” warning that some countries may no longer be “viable”; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out ceding any territory to Russia, rejecting a core part of Trump’s peace plan; Trump reversed his public pledge to release the full video of the Sept. 2 U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, instead saying “whatever Pete Hegseth wants to do is OK with me"; a federal judge granted the Justice Department permission to release grand jury transcripts and investigative records from the sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell; a federal judge rejected Trump’s effort to block permits and leases for new wind energy projects on federal lands and waters; Trump authorized Nvidia to sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China in return for 25% of the revenue; the Trump administration agreed to a proposed settlement with seven Republican-led states that would shut down the SAVE student loan repayment plan; and Texas announced a partnership with Turning Point USA to establish “Club America” chapters in every high school in the state and warned schools not to block the clubs. Dec 9, 2025