2021 Day 1461: Trump claimed that he “took on the tough battles” during his four years in office and vowed that “the movement we started is only just beginning”; Mitch McConnell said the mob that stormed the Capitol was “fed lies” and “provoked by the president” into violence; federal prosecutors filed conspiracy charges against three members of the Oath Keepers for their role in the attack on the Capitol; more than 400,000 people have died of the coronavirus in the United States; and 60% of voters think Trump will be remembered as either below average or one of the worst presidents in U.S. history. Jan 19, 2021
2022 Day 365: Senate Democrats are pressing ahead on voting rights despite unified opposition from Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, and Senate Republicans; Biden conceded that in order to get his Build Back Better agenda passed, Congress will have to “break it up” to get as much of it through as possible; the U.S. will distribute 400 million N95 masks for free; New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Trump’s business of repeatedly using “fraudulent or misleading” valuations of its assets to get loans and tax benefits; the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and two other members of Trump's legal team; and Biden said he expects Putin to invade Ukraine. Jan 19, 2022
2023 Day 730: The Supreme Court cannot identify the person who leaked a draft of the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade; the U.S. reached its $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, forcing the Treasury Department to begin resorting to "extraordinary measures" to pay the bills; the State Department will allow private citizens to financially sponsor the resettlement of refugees in the U.S.; and a federal judge declined to dismiss the contempt of Congress charges against Peter Navarro for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 Committee. Jan 19, 2023