2019 Day 747: Federal prosecutors in New York requested interviews with Trump Organization executives; Trump's inaugural committee was ordered to turn over documents related to donations and spending; Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed the Trump inaugural committee subpoena "has nothing to do with the White House"; SDNY prosecutors have been interviewing witnesses about foreign money flowing to three lobbying firms recruited by Paul Manafort; and Trump and Jared Kushner met with contractors at the White House to discuss building the border wall last week. Feb 5, 2019
2020 Day 1112: The Senate voted to acquit Trump on both articles of impeachment, rejecting the House’s charges that he should be removed from office for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Feb 5, 2020
2021 Day 17: The House and Senate both advanced a budget resolution, setting up passage of Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus plan over near unanimous Republican opposition; nearly 18 million Americans continue to receive unemployment benefits of some kind and there are about 10 million fewer jobs today than before the pandemic; Biden, responding to the jobs report, said “it is very clear our economy is still in trouble"; Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered more than 1,000 active-duty troops to help speed up state Covid-19 vaccination efforts; the House voted to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from her two committee seats for embracing baseless conspiracy theories and supporting violent rhetoric against Democrats, including the assassination of Nancy Pelosi; and 47% of Americans believe the Senate should vote to convict Trump. Feb 5, 2021
2024 Day 1112: House Republicans vowed to kill the Senate’s bipartisan $118.3 billion national security bill that pairs strict border enforcement policies with aid for Ukraine, Israel, and other U.S. allies; Trump's federal 2020 election trial was officially postponed indefinitely; and the Biden administration said it will take “further action” against Iranian-backed militias who have carried out attacks on U.S. troops in the Middle East. Feb 5, 2024
2025 Day 1478: Trump proposed that the U.S. "take over" and have a “long-term ownership position” over Gaza, relocate the Palestinian population to a “good, fresh, beautiful piece of land” in another country, and redevelop the territory under U.S. control; Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove accused FBI leadership of "insubordination" for refusing to identify a "core team" of agents involved in Jan. 6 investigations; the CIA offered so-called "buyouts" to the entire workforce; a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship; and WTF is Elon Musk doing? Feb 5, 2025
2026 Day 1843: Democrats threatened to block the Homeland Security funding bill unless Republicans accepted “dramatic changes” to ICE oversight and operations; Trump said Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to attend the FBI search of Fulton County, Georgia’s elections center; the last nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired; the Trump administration plans to reclassify about 50,000 senior career federal workers, making them easier to fire; U.S. job openings fell to about 6.5 million in December – the lowest since September 2020; Trump insisted that the Federal Reserve is “in theory” independent and that he wouldn’t have nominated Kevin Warsh to be the next Fed chair if he wanted to raise interest rates. Feb 5, 2026