2018 Day 538: Trump accused Germany of being "totally controlled" and "a captive of Russia" then says the U.S. has a "tremendous relationship" with Germany; Trump wants NATO allies to double their military-spending target to 4% of gross domestic product despite allies not meeting the current 2% target; the Justice Department said it may have mistakenly separated a family of U.S. citizens for as long as a year; and Rod Rosenstein asked federal prosecutors to help with Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. Jul 11, 2018
2019 Day 903: The Trump administration is scheduled to begin coordinated raids to arrest at least 2,000 immigrants; Trump is expected to abandon his effort to issue an executive order to include a citizenship question to the 2020 census; Trump hosted a "social media summit" at the White House for his political allies, including a conspiracy theorist, a meme creator, and a plagiarist; and the Trump administration withdrew a proposal to lower prescription drug prices. Jul 11, 2019
2022 Day 538: A federal judge refused to delay Stephen Bannon’s trial on charges of criminal contempt of Congress; a Fulton County judge ordered Lindsey Graham to testify before the special grand jury in Georgia that's investigating Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election; the FDA is reviewing its first-ever application for an over-the-counter birth control pill; the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that most ballot drop boxes aren't allowed in the state; the latest Omicron subvariant has quickly become dominant in the U.S.; and 64% of Democratic voters want someone other than Biden to run for president in 2024. Jul 11, 2022
2023 Day 903: Trump asked a federal judge to postpone his trial on charges of illegally retaining classified documents until after the 2024 election; Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis seated a grand jury in Atlanta, which will likely decide whether Trump or his Republican allies should face criminal charges for their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia; the Justice Department won't defend Trump from civil liability in E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit against him; and Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville finally condemned White nationalists, saying “White nationalists are racists.” Jul 11, 2023
2024 Day 1269: Trump claims he has nothing to do with Project 2025 – the plan developed by the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation to transform the American government – despite the fact that at least 140 people from his administration were involved in putting together the 900-page playbook, including six Cabinet members and four of his ambassadors; Trump will meet with Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister and autocrat, at Mar-a-Lago; the Senate Judiciary Committee will conduct a review of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling; inflation eased to 3% in June; at least 16 House Democrats and one Democratic senator have publicly called Biden to drop out of the 2024 race "for the good of the country"; there is growing concern among many Democrats that Biden will not only lose to Trump, but perform so poorly that he drags down the party’s ticket and threatens their ability to reclaim the House majority and hold onto the Senate; the Biden campaign has reportedly started testing Kamala Harris’s strength against Trump in a head-to-head survey of voters; 67% of Americans say Biden should end his reelection campaign “given his performance in the debate"; and 49% of Americans would prefer Kamala Harris to Trump (46%) if she were to replace Biden as the Democratic nominee. Jul 11, 2024