2018 Day 540: Rosenstein announced 12 indictments against Russian intelligence officials for hacking the DNC, DCCC, and state boards of elections; Democrats want Trump to cancel his meeting with Putin; Trump said he's open to canceling NATO exercises in the Baltic States if Putin asks; the White House ordered the FBI to hand over more classified information to lawmakers; Trump denied making comments during a recorded interview even though the audio had already been published; and the Trump administration wants the power to hold people in Guantanamo Bay prison for 100 years — without charging them with a crime. Jul 13, 2018
2020 Day 1271: Trump’s advisers anonymously sent media outlets a "lengthy list" of remarks made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in an effort to discredit him; Trump – without evidence – retweeted a former game show personality who accused doctors and the CDC of "lying" about the coronavirus; internal CDC documents warned that fully reopening K-12 schools and universities would be the "highest risk" for the spread of coronavirus; two top health officials in the Trump administration said they "expect deaths to go up"; and Trump commuted Roger Stone's jail sentence. Jul 13, 2020
2022 Day 540: Inflation climbed to 9.1% in June compared with a year earlier – the biggest 12-month increase in 40 years; the FDA authorized the use of Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine for adults; the Senate approved Biden's nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Lindsey Graham asked a federal judge to revoke a subpoena issued by a Georgia grand jury investigating criminal interference in the 2020 election by Trump; 18% of Americans say Biden should run for reelection in 2024; 41% of voters want Democrats to control Congress following the 2022 midterms; and 53% of voters say America’s political system is too divided politically to solve the nation's problems. Jul 13, 2022
2024 Day 1271: The shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination. Jul 13, 2024
2026 Day 2001: A federal judge ruled that Trump filed his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in bad faith to “manipulate the judicial process”; an ICE officer shot and killed a man during an immigration enforcement operation in Maine; the U.S. resumed strikes on Iran and reinstated its blockade of Iranian ports, while Trump claimed that America will now be “THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT” and charge a 20% fee on all cargo passing through it; South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham Nordone to serve the remainder of Lindsey Graham’s Senate term, who died Saturday at 71 after "a brief and sudden illness"; and Mitch McConnell said a fall left him briefly unconscious and hospitalized for nearly a month, but offered no timetable for returning to the Senate. Jul 13, 2026