2020 Day 1089: Defense Secretary Mark Esper "didn't see" intelligence backing up Trump's claim that Iran was planning to strike four U.S. embassies; Senior administration officials declined to confirm Trump's assertion that Iran was "looking to blow up" U.S. embassies; Trump authorized the assassination of Soleimani seven months ago; and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not rule out the possibility of a subpoena for testimony from John Bolton. Jan 13, 2020
2021 Day 1455: The House voted to impeach Trump, making him the only American president to be impeached twice; Trump issued a statement calling on Americans to "ease tensions and calm tempers"; Mitch McConnell rejected calls to bring the Senate back for an emergency session to begin Trump's impeachment trial before Jan. 19; and the United States reported more than 4,200 Covid-19 deaths Tuesday – a single-day record. Jan 13, 2021
2022 Day 359: The global average surface temperature in 2021 was the sixth-highest since reliable temperature record-keeping began in 1880; Kyrsten Sinema will not support changing the Senate filibuster to pass voting rights legislation under any circumstance; the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a vaccine-or-testing mandate for large employers; Kevin McCarthy will not cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee; and the Republican National Committee threatened to "prohibit" Republican nominees from participating in debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Jan 13, 2022
2025 Day 1455: A federal judge ruled that the Justice Department may release the portion of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election; Jack Smith resigned from the Department of Justice after completing investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and mishandling classified documents; California Governor Gavin Newsom accused Trump of spreading disinformation about the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires; Marjorie Taylor Greene questioned why “they” haven’t used “cloud seeding” to stop the California wildfires, despite the practice being ineffective in dry conditions; Steve Bannon publicly called Elon Musk a “racist” and “truly evil,” vowing to block his influence in the Trump administration; a coalition of health experts urged the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services; and the incoming Trump administration has questioned National Security Council staff about their political affiliations, voting history, and social media activity, raising concerns about loyalty to Trump. Jan 13, 2025
2026 Day 1820: At least six federal prosecutors in Minnesota and at least five senior prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division resigned over the Trump administration’s handling of the fatal shooting of Renée Good by an ICE officer; Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul sued the Trump administration to block what they called an “unprecedented” surge of thousands of federal immigration officers into the area; Trump encouraged Iranian protesters to “keep protesting” and to “take over your institutions,” saying “help is on the way”; Jeanine Pirro subpoenaed the Federal Reserve without seeking approval from senior Justice Department officials; Global central bank leaders issued a rare joint statement backing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell; consumer prices rose 2.7% in December from a year earlier; and about 1.4 million fewer people have enrolled in Affordable Care Act health plans so far this year. Jan 13, 2026