2020 Day 1110: House impeachment managers and Trump’s lawyers delivered their closing arguments in the Senate impeachment trial; the trial is now adjourned until Wednesday when the Senate will vote on the two impeachment charges against Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress; some Republican senators have acknowledged that Trump’s pressuring of Ukraine was inappropriate; Sen. Joe Manchin called on the Senate to consider censuring Trump; and the Justice Department admitted that it is withholding 24 emails related to Trump’s involvement in withholding security aid to Ukraine. Feb 3, 2020
2021 Day 15: Biden urged congressional Democrats to press ahead with the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan; the Senate approved a power-sharing agreement; more than 370 Democratic congressional aides signed an open letter to senators urging them to convict Trump; the House will vote Thursday on whether to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments; and 24% of Americans say they will likely never get the coronavirus vaccine if they can help it. Feb 3, 2021
2022 Day 380: The U.S. accused Russia of planning to fabricate a video showing an attack by Ukraine as a pretext for an invasion; the leader of the Islamic State killed himself during an overnight raid by U.S. Special Operations commandos in Syria; less than three weeks before the Capitol riot, Trump's allies circulated a memo arguing that he should use the National Security Agency and Defense Department to find evidence of election fraud and foreign interference; and Rudy Giuliani was unmasked as a contestant on "The Masked Singer." Feb 3, 2022
2025 Day 1476: Trump signed executive orders imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, but agreed to “immediately pause” tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month; Elon Musk said Trump agreed to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, calling it “beyond repair” and a “criminal organization. Time for it to die"; USAID closed its Washington headquarters, with yellow police tape and officers blocking the entrances; Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he’s taken over as the acting administrator of USAID; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency "full access" to the federal payment system; Trump appointed Bessent as "acting director" of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after firing Rohit Chopra; Trump is considering an executive order to dismantle the Education Department by shutting down non-legally mandated functions and shifting some responsibilities to other agencies; the Trump administration warned over 1,100 EPA employees that they could be fired "immediately" for their work on climate initiatives, air pollution, or environmental law enforcement; and Trump ordered the creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund that could be used to potentially buy TikTok. Feb 3, 2025
2026 Day 1841: Trump signed the roughly $1.2 trillion spending package into law, ending the three-day partial federal government shutdown; the U.S. military shot down an Iranian drone after it “aggressively approached” the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea and wouldn’t turn away; a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitians; Tulsi Gabbard told Congress that Trump asked her to show up while the FBI searched Fulton County, Georgia’s election office; Congress still hasn’t received a whistleblower complaint filed last May accusing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard of wrongdoing; and 62% of Americans said ICE officers had gone too far, up from 58% in a poll conducted just before Alex Pretti was shot and killed in Minneapolis. Feb 3, 2026