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
2026 Day 2004: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Jeffrey Epstein survivors after Sen. Thom Tillis said he would withhold the committee vote needed to advance Blanche’s nomination; the Justice Department refused to give New Mexico investigators unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records, leaving the state without the federal evidence it says it needs to investigate alleged abuse at Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch; the U.S. carried out a sixth consecutive day of strikes on Iran; Trump fired Seattle’s new U.S. attorney 54 minutes after after 17 federal judges unanimously appointed him; the FBI sent an evidence team to inspect the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool for alleged vandalism even as four waterproofing experts say the peeling strongly suggests an installation flaw; Trump Media will sell Wall Street firms real-time access to Trump's Truth Social posts; Trump promoted at least 21 companies on Truth Social within days of his investment accounts buying their stock; Trump's longtime teleprompter operator was placed on unpaid leave after allegations that he used advance knowledge of more than a dozen of Trump’s speeches to make around $100,000 betting on Kalshi; and Trump is expected to use a primetime national address tonight to revive his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen and allege that China compromised U.S. voter data. Jul 16, 2026