2018 Day 546: Two weeks before his inauguration, Trump was briefed that Putin had personally ordered the cyberattacks; Trump now "disagrees" with Putin's "incredible offer" to exchange 11 Americans for 12 Russian military intelligence officers indicted for trying to sabotage the 2016 election; Russia's ambassador to the U.S. claimed Trump and Putin had reached several "important verbal agreements"; and Trump invited Putin to visit the White House this fall for a second summit despite his advisers struggling to ascertain what Trump and Putin agreed to. Jul 19, 2018
2019 Day 911: The Trump administration is considering admitting zero refugees next year; Trump is planning to update the naturalization test to become a U.S. citizen; the House Judiciary Committee has asked Hope Hicks to clarify her congressional testimony after newly unsealed documents showed "apparent inconsistencies"; and the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees intend to press Robert Mueller to tell a "much clearer narrative" about "the gravity of the president's misconduct." Jul 19, 2019
2021 Day 181: Merrick Garland prohibited the seizure of reporters' records; the U.S. formally accused China of hacking Microsoft; one of the Capitol rioters was sentenced to 8 months in prison; the Biden administration repatriated a GITMO detainee to Morocco; the DOJ won't prosecute former Commerce Department chief Wilbur Ross for misleading Congress about a Census question; and Trump's businesses hauled in $2.4 billion while he was president. Jul 19, 2021
2022 Day 546: Biden is reportedly planning to declare a national climate emergency in an effort to advance his environmental agenda that Joe Manchin has twice sabotaged; the House passed legislation to codify federal protections for same-sex marriage; the Secret Service said it could not recover the deleted text messages related to the Jan. 6 attack; Trump's former deputy national security adviser will testify publicly at Thursday's Jan. 6 committee hearing; the Justice Department said its investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results will continue even if he runs for president again; and 61% of Americans think Congress should do more to address global warming. Jul 19, 2022
2023 Day 911: The U.S. and China need more time to “break new ground” to reach new climate agreements despite “productive” conversations; Phoenix broke a 49-year-old record with its 19th consecutive day of high temperatures at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit; more than 44 million people in 28 states have been affected by wildfire smoke this week; Kevin McCarthy suggested that the U.S. could plant a trillion trees to combat climate change instead of phasing out fossil fuels; and 55% of Americans are expecting a “significant negative effect” from climate change during their lifetime. Jul 19, 2023