On This Day: February 13

7 posts spanning 2017–2025

2017

• Day 25 Feb 13, 2017

2018

• Day 390 Feb 13, 2018

2019

• Day 755: Trump intends to sign the bipartisan border security deal; Paul Manafort and Rick Gates met with a Russian political operative in August 2016; House Democrats plan to launch their own probe into Trump's connections to Russia; a Manafort-linked super PAC failed to report a $1 million contribution it received just before the 2016 election; and Trump complained that getting a dog would make him feel "a little phony." Feb 13, 2019

2020

• Day 1120: Attorney General Bill Barr said Trump's "constant background commentary" about the Justice Department “make it impossible for me to do my job"; the former U.S. attorney in charge of the Roger Stone prosecution resigned; Former White House chief of staff John Kelly called Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate his political rivals “tantamount to an illegal order”; the Senate voted to limit Trump's ability to order future strikes against Iran; the House voted to eliminate the deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment; the White House plans to take $3.8 billion from the Defense Department to build Trump's wall along the U.S.-Mexico border; and Hope Hicks, Sean Spicer, and Reince Priebus will return to the White House. Feb 13, 2020

2023

• Day 755: The U.S. shot down three “unidentified object” flying over Alaska, Canada, and Michigan; a Georgia judge ruled that portions of a Fulton County grand jury's investigation into Trump and his allies’ actions after the 2020 election be made public; the special counsel investigating Trump's role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed Pence for documents and testimony; Trump’s legal team turned over more materials with classified markings, including a laptop belonging to an aide who works for Save America PAC; Trump’s 2020 campaign hired a research firm to prove Trump's electoral-fraud claims; and CDC researchers reported that teen girls in the U.S. are “engulfed in a growing wave of violence and trauma,” showing increases in rape, suicidal thoughts, and record levels of feeling sad or hopeless. Feb 13, 2023

2024

• Day 1120: The Senate approved $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan; the Supreme Court gave special counsel Jack Smith one week to respond to Trump’s request to delay his federal criminal election subversion trial; inflation eased in January, slowing from 3.4% to 3.1% on a 12-month basis; more than 125 million Americans will be exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution by 2054 as a result of climate change; and the Atlantic Ocean’s currents are heading towards a "tipping point" that would be “bad news for the climate system and humanity.” Feb 13, 2024

2025

• Day 1486: Senate Republicans confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, putting the prominent anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in control of nearly $2 trillion in health spending and 13 federal agencies, including the CDC, FDA, and National Institutes of Health, as well as Medicare and Medicaid, which provide health insurance to more than 150 million Americans; the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director; a federal judge allowed Trump’s "deferred resignation" buyout program to proceed; Elon Musk called on Trump "to delete entire agencies"; federal agencies began mass firings, issuing termination notices to employees at the Education Department, Small Business Administration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, General Services Administration, and the Energy Department; Trump directed his administration to assess and impose "reciprocal" tariffs on trading partners, including longtime allies; and a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19. Feb 13, 2025