2019 Day 893: A federal judge ordered Customs and Border Patrol to let health experts into detention facilities holding migrant children; inspectors warned Homeland Security in May that conditions at a migrant detention facility were so bad that border agents were arming themselves against possible riots; a federal judge blocked Trump from using $2.5 billion in military funding to build a wall at the southern border; and Trump requested tanks as a prop for his planned "Salute to America" Fourth of July address to the nation. Jul 1, 2019
2020 Day 1259: The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus deaths is "a substantial undercount" of the true tally; Trump said he's "all for masks" and would have "no problem" wearing one in public but thinks coronavirus will "disappear" someday; Trump claimed that reports that Russia offered bounties to Taliban fighters to kill American and coalition forces a "HOAX!" designed to "damage me and the Republican Party"; Trump called New York City’s decision to paint "Black Lives Matter" on Fifth Avenue a "symbol of hate"; and Trump recently told people that he regrets following some of Jared Kushner's political advice. Jul 1, 2020
2021 Day 163: The Supreme Court upheld a pair restrictive election laws in Arizona; the Manhattan district attorney’s office charged the Trump Organization with a 15-year-long "scheme to defraud" the government and charged its chief financial officer with grand larceny and tax fraud; 130 countries endorsed setting a 15% global minimum corporate tax rate; Nancy Pelosi appointed Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol; and the Supreme Court struck down a California law that required charities and nonprofits to disclose their top donors. Jul 1, 2021
2024 Day 1259: The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump is entitled to "absolute immunity from criminal prosecution" for "official acts," but enjoys "no immunity for unofficial acts"; the Supreme Court declined to rule on Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas that regulate the content moderation practices of social media companies; Steve Bannon reported to prison to begin a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena; and House Republicans sued Attorney General Merrick Garland to force the release of the audio recordings from Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur. Jul 1, 2024
2025 Day 1624: Senate Republicans passed Trump’s $3.3 trillion tax and spending bill by a 51-50 vote after JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote; Elon Musk threatened to support primary challengers against Republicans who support Trump’s tax and spending bill, calling it “DEBT SLAVERY”; Trump said he would “take a look” at deporting Elon Musk and threatened to investigate his companies; Senate voted 99-1 to remove a provision from Trump’s budget bill that would have blocked states from passing AI laws; Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed that the Fed would have already cut interest rates this year if Trump hadn’t imposed tariffs; and Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030. Jul 1, 2025