2020 Day 1114: The White House fired a national security official who testified against Trump during the impeachment inquiry; the Trump administration is delaying $30 million in arms transfers to Ukraine; a federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit against Trump for violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution; and the Trump Organization charged Trump's Secret Service rates as high as $650 a night and $17,000 a month for a cottage at his properties to protect him. Feb 7, 2020
2022 Day 384: Jill Biden said that two years of tuition-free community college is “no longer” part of the Build Back Better agenda; New Jersey and Delaware will no longer require students and schools employees to wear masks; Biden’s top science adviser bullied and demeaned subordinates, and created a hostile work environment; the North Carolina Supreme Court blocked the state's new Republican-drawn congressional map; Pence rejected Trump's claim that he could have "overturned" the results of the 2020 election; and National Archives retrieved 15 boxes of documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence that should have been turned over to the agency when he left the White House. Feb 7, 2022
2023 Day 749: A federal judge suggested that the federal right to abortion might be protected by the Constitution’s 13th Amendment; more than 3 million people in the U.S. were forced to evacuate their homes in the past year because of natural disasters worsened by a changing climate; Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said "the process of getting inflation down has begun,” but is going to take time and interest rates may need to keep rising; and Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address tonight. Feb 7, 2023
2024 Day 1114: House Republicans failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; House Republicans failed to pass a standalone bill to send $17.6 billion in aid to Israel; Senate Republicans blocked the $118 billion bipartisan border package that Republicans had demanded but then rejected after pressure from Trump; Nikki Haley lost Nevada’s presidential primary to “None of These Candidates”; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’s terms for a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement. Feb 7, 2024