2018 Day 543: Trump rejected U.S. intelligence that Russia interfered in the election, saying he doesn't "see any reason why" Russia would; Trump called Mueller's probe "ridiculous" and "a disaster for our country"; the DOJ accused a Russian national of acting as a Russian spy; and GOP senators called the Trump-Putin press conference "tragic," "bizarre," "flat-out wrong," and "shameful." Jul 16, 2018
2019 Day 908: Republicans temporarily blocked a resolution denouncing Trump's racists tweets; Trump – again – denied that his racist tweets were racist; Kellyanne Conway responded a White House reporter's question about Trump's racist tweets with "What's your ethnicity?"; and the Justice Department will not bring federal civil rights charges against the New York Police Department officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner. Jul 16, 2019
2020 Day 1274: Another 1.3 million people filed unemployment last week; the U.K., U.S., and Canadian governments accused hackers from Russia's intelligence services of attempting to steal coronavirus vaccine research; previously public data disappeared from the CDC's website after the Trump administration directed hospitals to submit information on COVID-19 patients directly to the Department of Health and Human Services; a White House coronavirus task force document shows 18 states are in the “red zone” for COVID-19 cases; Trump replaced his campaign manager with four months to go before the presidential election; and the White House’s presidential personnel office has been conducting “loyalty tests” with health officials and political appointees across federal agencies. Jul 16, 2020
2021 Day 178: Arizona has identified fewer than 200 cases of potential voter fraud in the state; a federal judge ruled that DACA is unlawful; Manchin says he won't scrap the filibuster to protect voting rights; a witness directly implicated Trump in a tax fraud scheme; Biden selected new ambassadors to the U.K., New Zealand, and Samoa; and Matt Gaetz paid $25k to an attorney who defended Jeffrey Epstein. Jul 16, 2021
2025 Day 1639: Trump disavowed his supporters demanding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, calling them “weaklings” who “bought into this bullshit”; 79% of Americans want the government to release all documents related to the Epstein case; Trump told House Republicans he was considering firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell, showing them a draft termination letter, but hours later publicly said it was "highly unlikely"; the Justice Department asked at least nine states to turn over their voter rolls; the Trump administration deported five men from Vietnam, Laos, Jamaica, Cuba, and Yemen to Eswatini in southern Africa; and 61% of Americans oppose Trump’s domestic spending bill. Jul 16, 2025