2020 Day 1272: The Trump administration rescinded its rule barring international students from living in the U.S. while taking classes online this fall; Ivanka Trump announced a new campaign that encourages people who are unemployed due to the coronavirus to "find something new"; the Trump administration ordered hospitals to bypass the CDC; four former CDC chiefs rebuked Trump's "repeated efforts to subvert" CDC guidelines; and the Strategic National Stockpile may not have the capacity to supply medical professionals with personal protective equipment; Jul 14, 2020
2021 Day 176: Senate Democrats are moving forward with a $3.5 trillion spending package without Republican support; Kamala Harris said she's "having conversations with folks" about filibuster reform; Trump called for a leaker to be executed for treason; the DOJ tried to obtain Washington Post reporters' email data right before Barr left office; Chuck Schumer wants to federally decriminalize marijuana; and Tennessee has abandoned all vaccine outreach efforts to minors. Jul 14, 2021
2022 Day 541: Texas sued the Biden administration over federal rules requiring physicians and hospitals to provide abortions in medical emergencies; Indiana’s Republican attorney general is investigating the doctor who treated a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio; Trump tried to call a member of the White House support staff involved in the Jan. 6 committee investigation of the Capitol insurrection; the Secret Service erased text messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, shortly after oversight officials investigating the agency's response requested the electronic communications; and 1% of 18-to-29-year-olds strongly approve of the job Biden is doing as president. Jul 14, 2022
2025 Day 1637: The Supreme Court allowed Trump to move forward with dismantling the Education Department and laying off nearly half its staff; a group of 24 states and Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration for withholding $6.8 billion in education funding; House Democrats are attempting to force a House vote to make Attorney General Pam Bondi release all records related to Jeffrey Epstein; Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the Justice Department’s top ethics lawyer without explanation on the same day she dismissed at least 20 other DOJ staffers tied to former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Trump; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended FEMA’s response to the Texas floods, calling it “the best response we’ve seen”; and Trump said the U.S. would send new weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot missiles, through a NATO plan funded by European countries. Jul 14, 2025