On This Day: January 16

5 posts spanning 2018–2025

2018

• Day 362 Jan 16, 2018

2019

• Day 727: The government shutdown is causing more economic damage than previously estimated; Trump continues force more federal workers back to work without pay; 9 T-Mobile executives booked rooms at Trump's hotel in D.C. a day after the company announced a merger that required Trump's approval; the GSA inspector general said the agency "ignored" concerns about that the Trump International Hotel lease violated the Constitution's emoluments clause; and ISIS claimed responsibility for an explosion that killed at least two U.S. troops in northern Syria. Jan 16, 2019

2020

• Day 1092: The Senate opened the impeachment trial; Parnas said Trump "knew exactly what was going on" in Ukraine; Trump denied knowing Parnas while also dismissing a photo of himself with the Giuliani associate; and Trump denied knowing Parnas while also dismissing a photo of himself with the Giuliani associate; and the Trump administration violated the law when it froze military aid to Ukraine, according to a nonpartisan congressional watchdog. Jan 16, 2020

2024

• Day 1092: Congressional leaders agreed on a short-term funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown; Trump won the Iowa Republican caucuses by an unprecedented margin; Biden is reportedly "running out" of patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; the U.S. has carried out its third military strike against Yemen-based Houthis; the Biden administration demanded that Texas stop blocking federal Border Patrol agents from accessing a section of the U.S. southern border after a woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande; and Trump returned to a New York courtroom for the start of his second civil trial over a defamation lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll. Jan 16, 2024

2025

• Day 1458: Biden, in his farewell address, warned of the rise of an oligarchy and a “tech-industrial complex” that he said threatens democracy, basic freedoms, and economic fairness in the United States; Big Tech executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and TikTok CEO Shou Chew, are playing prominent roles in Trump’s inauguration; Trump is considering an executive order to delay the impending U.S. ban on TikTok; House Democrats urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the second volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s handling of classified documents, even if it requires dropping charges against two of Trump’s co-defendants; House Speaker Mike Johnson removed Rep. Mike Turner as chair of the House Intelligence Committee; a recap of today’s Trump’s Cabinet confirmation hearings; the House passed a bipartisan bill mandating the deportation of immigrants with uncertain legal status who are convicted of committing sex crimes, domestic violence, or similar offenses, despite existing laws already permitting such deportations; Rudy Giuliani reached a settlement with two Georgia election workers he defamed; the White House issued long-overdue guidance on open government data; and Trump is set to enter his second term as president with higher public approval and optimism than his first term. Jan 16, 2025