On This Day: January 22

8 posts spanning 2017–2026

2017

• Day 3 Jan 22, 2017

2018

• Day 368 Jan 22, 2018

2019

• Day 733: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its ban on transgender people serving in the military; Giuliani called Trump's involvement in the Moscow project "hypothetical," but also claimed it doesn't matter because it's not a crime; and 73% of Americans believe that climate change is real. Jan 22, 2019

2020

• Day 1098: House Democratic managers began formal arguments in Trump's Senate impeachment trial; Trump said he’s open to new witnesses at his impeachment trial, before immediately backtracking; and the Office of Management and Budget released 192 pages of documents related to the withholding of Ukraine military aid "that have not been produced to Congress in its impeachment investigation." Jan 22, 2020

2021

• Day 3: Nancy Pelosi will transmit the article of impeachment charging Trump with “incitement of insurrection” to the Senate on Monday; Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the new coronavirus variant first found in England “may be associated with a higher degree of mortality”; Biden is expected to sign an executive order to significantly increase federal food assistance for millions of families struggling amid the pandemic; the Senate confirmed Lloyd Austin to be the new Defense secretary; and Biden revoked Trump's order banning federal agencies, contractors, and recipients of federal funding from conducting diversity training. Jan 22, 2021

2024

• Day 1098: The Biden administration announced new steps to expand access to contraception, abortion medication, and emergency abortion care at hospitals on the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade; the Supreme Court allowed Border Patrol agents to cut through or move razor wire along the Mexican border that Texas installed to keep migrants from crossing into the state; Trump warned the Supreme Court that removing him from Colorado’s 2024 ballot would "unleash chaos and bedlam"; Nikki Haley questioned whether Trump was "mentally fit" to serve as president after he repeatedly confused her for Nancy Pelosi during a speech; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Trump; and the New Hampshire attorney general's office is investigating an "unlawful attempt" at voter suppression after voters received a robocall that appears to be an AI voice clone of Biden. Jan 22, 2024

2025

• Day 1464: The Trump administration ordered all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion employees to be placed on paid leave and directed agencies to dismantle DEI offices and programs entirely; the Pentagon will deploy an additional 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border; the Trump administration revoked policies protecting "sensitive locations" such as schools, churches, and hospitals from immigration enforcement, allowing federal agents to conduct arrests at these sites; Congress passed the Laken Riley Act, mandating the detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants charged with certain crimes; the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police condemned Trump’s pardoning of about 1,500 people convicted for their involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot; Trump directed federal health agencies, including the CDC, FDA, and NIH, to pause all external communications; and during an inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde urged Trump to "have mercy" on immigrants, LGBTQ individual and "the people in our country who are scared now.” Jan 22, 2025

2026

• Day 1829: An internal ICE memo signed by acting director Todd Lyons authorized immigration officers to forcibly enter a person’s home to arrest someone with a final order of removal using only an administrative warrant; House Democrats helped Republicans pass a Homeland Security funding bill that includes $10 billion for ICE; JD Vance said Minneapolis would be "less chaotic" if state and local officials would "cooperate" with the Trump administration on immigration enforcement; the Trump administration ordered most federal agencies to review funding sent to 14 Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C.; no written documentation memorializing Trump’s verbal "framework" deal with NATO about Greenland exists; Trump sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion; Former special counsel Jack Smith testified publicly before the House Judiciary Committee, saying his investigation produced “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump “engaged in criminal activity” and that “no one should be above the law in our country”; 49% of voters say the country is worse off than a year ago and 56% disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance; and Trump said he’s expanding his defamation lawsuit against the New York Times after an unfavorable public opinion poll. Jan 22, 2026