2019 Day 757: Trump declared a national emergency; the Justice Department warned the White House that a national emergency will be blocked by the courts; House Democrats plan to pass a joint resolution disapproving of Trump's emergency declaration; the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Trump administration can add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census; and Robert Mueller's team interviewed Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Feb 15, 2019
2021 Day 27: Trump was acquitted for the second time in 13 months; before the vote to acquit, House impeachment managers unexpectedly called for witnesses after Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told her that Trump supported the mob in a phone call as the Jan. 6 attack was unfolding; Mitch McConnell denounced Trump minutes after voting to acquit, saying Trump was guilty of a "disgraceful dereliction of duty"; Trump celebrated his acquittal, calling the proceedings "yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt" perpetuated against him by "one political party"; and lawmakers in both parties called for a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to investigate why government officials and law enforcement failed to stop the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Feb 15, 2021
2022 Day 392: Biden warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine "remains distinctly possible" despite Putin's claim that Moscow had withdrawn some troops from the border; NOAA reported that U.S. shorelines are projected to rise by as much as a foot over the next 30 years as climate change accelerates; Senate Republicans boycotted and a vote on Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve because one of the candidates pledged to focus on the ways climate change threatens financial stability; the Senate confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as FDA commissioner; a 30th House Democrat will not seek re-election in 2022; and 28% of Democrats said the party didn't take advantage of having control of the White House and Congress in 2021. Feb 15, 2022
2023 Day 757: The U.S. is track to add nearly $19 trillion in new debt over the next decade; the U.S. could default as soon as July if the Congress doesn't reach an agreement on lifting the debt ceiling; the 19-year-old white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole; the Justice Department closed its sex trafficking investigation into Matt Gaetz and will not charge the congressman; and federal prosecutors investigating Trump’s handling of classified documents asked a court to force one of Trump's lawyers to answer questions before a grand jury. Feb 15, 2023
2024 Day 1122: The first of Trump’s four criminal trials will start March 25; the district attorney overseeing Trump’s election interference case in Georgia took the stand to defend her romantic relationship with the top special prosecutor in the case; Israel Defense Forces raided the main hospital in southern Gaza; Joe Manchin – who still hasn’t said whether he’ll launch a third party bid for president – suggested Mitt Romney would be his hypothetical running mate; and up to half of the Amazon rainforest may cross a tipping point as soon as 2050. Feb 15, 2024