2019 Day 746: Trump said he doesn't "have to agree" with his intelligence chiefs' assessment of worldwide threats; Trump won't commit to making Robert Mueller's final report public; Trump claimed to have "set the table beautifully" for his next fight with Democrats over his border wall; and Trump spent about nearly 60% of his time in unstructured "Executive Time." Feb 4, 2019
2020 Day 1111: Trump will deliver his State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET; results for the Iowa presidential caucuses were delayed after the state Democratic Party said it found "inconsistencies" in the reporting; the Senate reconvened for floor speeches by members a day before a final vote in Trump's impeachment trial; and 49% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing as president – his highest job approval rating since taking office. Feb 4, 2020
2021 Day 16: U.S. Covid-19 hospitalizations are at the lowest point since Thanksgiving; weekly unemployment claims fell to the lowest level since the end of November; House impeachment managers requested that Trump testify under oath during his own Senate impeachment trial; Biden will halt and reverse several Trump administration foreign policy initiatives; and 61% of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of his job in his first days in office. Feb 4, 2021
2025 Day 1477: Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for Health and Human Services secretary advanced to a full Senate vote; Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for director of national intelligence advanced to a full Senate vote; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent assured Republican lawmakers that Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency do not control the federal payment system; the Trump administration is drafting an executive order to dismantle the Education Department, though Trump even acknowledges he needs congressional approval to fully eliminate the agency; the FBI provided the Trump Justice Department with details on 5,000 employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases, prompting a pair of lawsuits from agents who argue the move violates their constitutional rights and exposes them to retaliation; more than 20,000 federal workers have accepted the Trump administration’s so-call “buyout” offer; Trump suggested that Palestinians “have no alternative” but to leave Gaza due to the destruction from Israel’s war with Hamas; and Trump said he has given advisers instructions to "obliterate" Iran if it assassinates him. Feb 4, 2025
2026 Day 1842: Trump doubled down on his call to “nationalize” voting, saying the federal government should “get involved” in state elections; the Supreme Court allowed California to use its voter-approved congressional map for the 2026 midterms; the Trump administration said it would pull 700 federal immigration officers from Minnesota; the Justice Department removed a Department of Homeland Security attorney in Minneapolis after she told a judge that “this job sucks” and asked to be held in contempt so she “could get 24 hours of sleep”; the man who tried to assassinate Trump at his Florida golf club in 2024 was sentenced to life in prison; the Washington Post laid off about one-third of its staff, calling the elimination of more than 300 newsroom jobs a “strategic reset”; and 37% of voters approve of the job Trump is doing as president. Feb 4, 2026