On This Day: January 28

6 posts spanning 2017–2026

2017

• Day 9 Jan 28, 2017

2019

• Day 739: The shutdown cost the economy $11 billion; Nancy Pelosi invited Trump to give the State of the Union; Trump's golf course in New York relied on a dozen undocumented workers while Trump was demanding border wall funding during the shutdown; and 48% of Americans say they have no confidence "at all" in Trump. Jan 28, 2019

2020

• Day 1104: Trump's legal team concluded its oral arguments; the Senate will return Wednesday for eight hours of question-and-answers followed by another eight hours on Thursday; John Bolton told Attorney General William Barr last year that he had concerns that Trump was granting personal favors to the autocratic leaders; Trump announced his plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians; and 75% of voters say witnesses should be allowed to testify in Trump's impeachment trial. Jan 28, 2020

2021

• Day 9: Democrats plan to bypass Republicans and approve a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on a party-line basis using budget reconciliation; Biden signed two executive actions to expand access to reproductive health care and health insurance through the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid; the U.S. economy shrank by 3.5% in 2020; senators are contemplating censuring Trump as an alternative to an impeachment trial; and House Republicans appointed a conspiracy theorist – who called school shootings a hoax – to the committee overseeing education. Jan 28, 2021

2025

• Day 1470: The Trump administration ordered a temporary freeze on all federal grants and loans; a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to freeze federal grants and loans, delaying its implementation until February 3; Democrats criticized Trump’s federal funding freeze as unconstitutional, calling it a direct attack on Congress’s authority and American families; Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans disrupted Medicaid operations nationwide, with state officials reporting that the federal portal used for Medicaid reimbursements was inaccessible; the Trump administration placed dozens of senior U.S. Agency for International Development officials on administrative leave; Trump fired Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and Gwynne Wilcox, one of its Democratic members; the Trump administration halted the distribution of HIV medications purchased through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and froze funding for global health programs; Trump signed executive orders targeting transgender service members; ICE plans to target three U.S. cities each week for large-scale immigration operations; the U.S. resumed deportation flights to Colombia after Trump threatened tariffs, visa cancellations, and customs delays in response to Colombia's brief refusal to accept military flights carrying migrants; and Trump’s second term begins with a net approval rating of +7, the lowest for a newly elected president since World War II – except for his own first term. Jan 28, 2025

2026

• Day 1835: FBI agents executed a search warrant at Fulton County’s election facility near Atlanta, seeking records related to the 2020 election; Senate Democrats demanded new restrictions on ICE in any deal to avert a partial U.S. government shutdown; Trump’s domestic National Guard deployments are costing taxpayers about $93 million a month; the two federal officers who fired guns during the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis were placed on administrative leave; Rep. Ilhan Omar was attacked at a Minneapolis town hall when a man approached the lectern and used a syringe to spray her with an unknown liquid; the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady at 3.5% to 3.75%, defying pressure from Trump and pausing after three consecutive quarter-point cuts; Trump warned that a “massive Armada” led was heading toward Iran and threatened another U.S. attack if Tehran did not “make a deal” on its nuclear program; and a record 45% of Americans identified as political independents in 2025. Jan 28, 2026