2021 Day 7: Global Covid-19 cases topped 100 million; the Biden administration plans to purchase an additional 200 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine; Mitch McConnell dropped his demand that Democrats promise to preserve the filibuster; the House formally delivered the article of impeachment to the Senate; Republicans voted en masse in an attempt to dismiss the impeachment charge against Trump as unconstitutional because he is no longer in office; the Pentagon restricted the commander of the D.C. National Guard's authority ahead of the riot at the Capitol; and 56% of Americans approve of the House impeaching Trump for "incitement of insurrection," while 42% disapprove. Jan 26, 2021
2022 Day 372: Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at the end of the current Supreme Court term; Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. offered Russia a “serious diplomatic path forward” to de-escalating military threats against Ukraine; the Biden administration canceled two mining leases in Minnesota that had been granted under the Trump administration; the Federal Reserve said it would "soon" raise interest rates in order to tackle the highest inflation in a generation; and 46% of Americans believe Biden's Build Back Better plan could lead to more inflation. Jan 26, 2022
2023 Day 737: The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9% annualized rate in the fourth quarter last year; Adam Schiff announced that he is running for U.S. Senate in 2024; the Biden administration banned mining for 20 years in the watershed upstream from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; the FBI seized the computer infrastructure used by a ransomware gang; Florida students threatened to sue Gov. Ron DeSantis over his administration's decision to reject an Advanced Placement African American studies course; and 73% of Americans say House Republican leaders haven’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems. Jan 26, 2023
2026 Day 1833: Trump agreed to “look into reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota” after a Border Patrol agent killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and U.S. citizen; Trump sent border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to oversee ICE operations; Senate Democrats threatened to block the House-passed funding package unless Republicans strip out the Department of Homeland Security bill; the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel said polio, measles, and possibly all shots should be optional; and the American Academy of Pediatrics told parents to ignore the CDC’s revised federal guidance and instead follow its full childhood vaccine schedule. Jan 26, 2026