2020 Day 1133: Trump’s re-election campaign sued the New York Times for libel over a 2019 opinion article; Trump appointed Mike Pence to coordinate his administration's response to the coronavirus, saying his administration has the situation under control; during the press conference, the CDC confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in a person in Northern California who did not travel to a foreign country or have contact with a confirmed case; Trump is reportedly "furious" about the stock market’s slide after health officials warned that the coronavirus is “likely” to continue to spread; and a federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration can withhold law enforcement grant money from so-called sanctuary cities and states that don't cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement. Feb 26, 2020
2021 Day 38: The Senate parliamentarian ruled that the $15-an-hour minimum wage increase cannot be included in the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package; Biden authorized retaliatory airstrikes in Syria against two Iranian-backed militia groups; Biden won't hold Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accountable for approving the operation that led to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi; the Biden administration is planning to open another tent facility in Texas in the coming weeks to house migrant families and children; the FDA advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine for emergency use; and Mitch McConnell said he would "absolutely" support Trump as the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Feb 26, 2021
2024 Day 1133: Alabama lawmakers are considering “clarifying” legislation that would "protect" in vitro fertilization; a Republican Oklahoma state senator called the LGBTQ+ community "filth" following the death of 16-year-old nonbinary student Nex Benedict, who died after a fight in a high school bathroom; Trump claimed "the Black people" like him because they can relate to his criminal prosecutions and mug shot; Trump appealed the $464 million civil fraud judgment against him in his New York civil fraud case; and House Republicans’ effort to impeach Biden appears to have collapsed. Feb 26, 2024
2025 Day 1499: House Republicans narrowly passed a budget resolution advancing Trump’s domestic agenda in a 217-215 vote; the Trump administration ordered federal agencies to submit plans for large-scale layoffs; Trump’s first Cabinet meeting started with Elon Musk defending the Department of Government Efficiency; Trump plans to sell a $5 million “gold card” visa granting U.S. residency and a path to citizenship; and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin urged the White House to repeal the 2009 “endangerment finding,” which classifies greenhouse gases as a threat to public health. Feb 26, 2025
2026 Day 1864: Pro-Trump activists circulated a 17-page draft executive order urging Trump to declare an election emergency and use it to impose federal voting rules, including limits on mail ballots and voting machines; the Trump administration believes "the politics are a lot better if the Israelis" attack Iran first, thinking Tehran’s retaliation would build U.S. support for American attacks; the FBI subpoenaed phone “toll records” for Kash Patel and Susie Wiles in 2022 and 2023 during Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigating into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his mishandling of classified documents; Hillary Clinton’s closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation was briefly paused after an unauthorized photo from inside the room was posted on social media; a federal judge ruled that the IRS violated federal privacy law “approximately 42,695 times” by sharing taxpayer addresses with ICE; the U.S. recorded net negative migration in 2025 for the first time since the Great Depression; 61% of Americans say they support deporting unauthorized immigrants, but 60% say ICE agents have “gone too far"; and 56% of Americans say they don’t trust Trump to make the right decisions about using military force overseas. Feb 26, 2026