2019 Day 720: Trump stormed out of a meeting with congressional leaders; the Supreme Court refused to intervene in a dispute between Mueller and a mysterious foreign company; and the leaders of seven House committees want Steven Mnuchin to explain why he decided to ease sanctions on three of Oleg Deripaska's companies. Also the government has been shut down for 18 days. Jan 9, 2019
2020 Day 1085: Nancy Pelosi said she would send the articles of impeachment to the Senate "when I'm ready – and that will probably be soon"; two Senate Republicans called the Trump administration's classified briefing on the strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani "insulting and demeaning"; the House took a preliminary vote to advance a war powers resolution that would force Trump to go to Congress for authorization before taking further military action against Iran; and 52% of American called Trump's behavior with Iran "reckless." Jan 9, 2020
2023 Day 720: The Georgia special grand jury investigating “coordinated attempts to unlawfully alter the outcome of the 2020 elections” in the state by Trump and his allies has completed its work; Trump and two Jan. 6 rioters were sued over the death of a U.S. Capitol Police officer; Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on the 15th round of voting, which followed four days of defeats, a series of concessions to ultraconservative Republicans, a confrontation with Matt Gaetz on the floor, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee being physically restrained from attacking Gaetz, and Trump calling two Republican lawmakers who refused to back McCarthy; newly sworn-in Congressman George Santos violated campaign finance law; and Justice Department is reviewing roughly 10 classified documents found in the office space of Biden’s vice-presidential office in Washington. Jan 9, 2023
2024 Day 1085: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reacted with skepticism to Trump’s unprecedented claim that a president could only be charged with a crime if they’ve been impeached and convicted by Congress first; Trump said he hoped the economy would crash this year so the blame falls on Biden rather during his hypothetical second term; Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Israel to "stop taking steps that undercut the Palestinians' ability to govern themselves effectively"; and last year was Earth’s hottest in recorded history. Jan 9, 2024
2025 Day 1451: The New York Court of Appeals – the highest court in the state – denied Trump’s request to block his Friday sentencing; Trump called Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito shortly before asking the court to block his sentencing in the New York election interference case involving falsified business records; Trump urged a federal appeals court to block the release of both volumes of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his handling of classified documents after he left office and his refusal to return them; the Senate advanced the Republican-led Laken Riley Act in a bipartisan 84-9 procedural vote; Trump reportedly plans to issue nearly 100 executive orders starting on his first day in office to address immigration, energy, and federal workforce policies; and a federal judge in Kentucky blocked Biden’s Title IX rule that expanded anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ students. Jan 9, 2025