2019 Day 753: Negotiations to avoid another partial government shutdown fell apart; Mick Mulvaney "absolutely cannot" rule out the possibility of another partial government shutdown; Trump spent about 50% of his time last week in unstructured "Executive Time"; the average tax refund is down about 8% under the Republican-led tax cuts; and Robert Mueller's lead prosecutors disclosed that the special counsel is continuing to pursue collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia. Feb 11, 2019
2020 Day 1118: Trump’s Justice Department will overrule its own prosecutors and reduce Roger Stone's sentencing recommendation; two career prosecutors handling the Stone case resigned; the Office of Management and Budget was fully aware of the Pentagon's concerns about Trump’s hold on Ukraine funding and attempted to bury them; and Senate Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to unanimously pass three election security-related bills. Feb 11, 2020
2021 Day 23: The House impeachment managers prosecuting Trump rested their case; the Biden administration secured deals for another 200 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine; Biden rescinded Trump's national emergency declaration over the U.S.-Mexico border; senior Justice Department officials in 2020 repeatedly tried to block a search warrant for Rudy Giuliani’s records related to his activities in Ukraine; and 66% of Republicans still believe Biden’s election was not legitimate. Feb 11, 2021
2025 Day 1484: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut $4 billion in medical research funding; a federal judge ordered the CDC and FDA to restore public health websites taken down after Trump’s executive order restricting federal recognition of gender identities; Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency claimed it eliminated over $900 million in Education Department funding, and "terminated" 89 contracts and 29 diversity-related grants; the Trump administration fired four FEMA officials, including the agency’s chief financial officer, after Elon Musk falsely claimed that FEMA misused disaster relief funds to house migrants in luxury hotels; Trump warned that "all hell is going to break out" if Hamas doesn’t release all remaining hostages by Saturday at noon, urging Israel to cancel its ceasefire if the deadline is not met; Pope Francis condemned Trump’s mass deportation policies, warning they violate human dignity and “will end badly”; the Senate voted 52-46 along party lines to advance Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as Director of National Intelligence; Trump declined to endorse JD Vance as his Republican "successor"; a federal appeals court dismissed charges against two Trump aides accused of helping him hide classified documents at Mar-a-Lago; Trump removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics; and Elon Musk will submit a financial disclosure report to the White House, but it will not be made public. Feb 11, 2025
2026 Day 1849: Democrats accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of turning the Justice Department "into Trump’s instrument of revenge"; a federal grand jury refused to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a video that reminded active-duty military and intelligence personnel they must refuse unlawful orders; the House voted to rescind the national emergency Trump used to impose tariffs on Canada, with six Republicans joining nearly all Democrats in approving the resolution; U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January and unemployment fell to 4.3%; the Congressional Budget Office projected a $1.85 trillion deficit this fiscal year, rising past $3 trillion by 2036; and 60% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of border security and immigration. Feb 11, 2026