2020 Day 1103: Trump’s team continued with their opening statements, arguing about the basis of the House’s impeachment inquiry and the Trump's rights of due process and executive privilege; Trump told former national security adviser John Bolton in August that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until Ukrainian officials helped with investigations into Biden; congressional Democrats called for Bolton to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial; Senate Republicans have privately discussed a “one-for-one” witness deal; and a Fox News poll found that 50% of Americans think the Senate should vote to convict and remove Trump. Jan 27, 2020
2021 Day 8: The Department of Health and Human Services diverted millions of dollars in federal funds intended for vaccines research and public health emergencies; Homeland Security warned of “ideologically-motivated violent extremists” in the U.S.; House and Senate Democrats introduced legislation that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state; Democrats reintroduced the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025; the Biden administration started staffing a bipartisan commission to study reforms to the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary; and Biden warned the climate crisis poses an “existential threat” that needs to be addressed "with a greater sense of urgency." Jan 27, 2021
2022 Day 373: The U.S. economy grew 5.7% in 2021; the Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for health care workers takes effect in roughly half the U.S. today; a record 14.5 million Americans signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act for 2022; Biden reaffirmed his commitment to nominating the first Black woman to the court; the Biden administration approved nearly 900 more oil and gas drilling permits than the Trump administration; and Russia said there is “little optimism” about the diplomatic efforts by the U.S. and NATO to deescalate tensions along Ukraine’s border. Jan 27, 2022
2025 Day 1469: The Justice Department fired more than a dozen officials who worked on criminal investigations into Trump; Trump-appointed acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin ordered a review of Jan. 6 obstruction charges; Trump fired at least 12 federal inspectors general, bypassing legal requirements for congressional notice; the Trump administration initiated large-scale immigration enforcement operations in Chicago and other cities, leading to nearly 1,000 arrests nationwide; Colombia agreed to accept deported migrants after Trump threatened 25% tariffs, visa sanctions, and trade penalties; and Trump proposed relocating Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, calling for Jordan and Egypt to accept refugees as part of a plan to “clean out” Gaza. Jan 27, 2025
2026 Day 1834: Trump said he’ll be “watching over” an “honest investigation” into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis before blaming Pretti for carrying a gun he was legally permitted to have; House Democrats threatened to begin impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if Trump doesn’t fire her; Stephen Miller reportedly directed Noem to publicly claim that Alex Pretti wanted to “massacre” immigration agents after he was shot and killed in Minneapolis; Trump’s immigration policies coincided with a year-to-year drop in U.S. population growth; and U.S. consumer confidence fell in January to its lowest level since 2014 as Americans grew more pessimistic about the economy and the job market. Jan 27, 2026