2020 Day 1279: Trump told Americans that the coronavirus pandemic "will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better"; the CDC estimates that the actual number of coronavirus infections in the U.S. is anywhere between 2 to 13 times higher than the reported cases; the Justice Department accused a pair of Chinese hackers of targeting U.S. firms involved in coronavirus research; Trump signed a memorandum seeking to ban undocumented immigrants from being counted in the census; and Trump plans to deploy federal law enforcement officers to Chicago and threatened to send agents to other "Democrat" cities to quell ongoing protests over racism and police brutality. Jul 21, 2020
2021 Day 183: Nancy Pelosi rejected two of the five Republicans selected to serve on the 1/6 committee; Trump's longtime friend and ally was arrested for violating foreign lobbying laws; Ted Cruz is blocking U.S. diplomats from being confirmed; U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020; and Senate Republicans blocked a vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Jul 21, 2021
2022 Day 548: Biden tested positive for Covid-19; the Jan. 6 committee will hold the eighth and final hearing tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern; Trump had "extreme difficulty" with his taped speech the day after Jan. 6, refusing to say the election was over and attempted to call the rioters patriots; the Homeland Security inspector general knew in Feb. 2021, that the Secret Service had deleted text messages related to the Jan. 6 attack, but chose not to tell Congress; unemployment claims rose to the highest level in more than eight months; the House passed legislation to codify access to contraception nationwide with all but eight Republicans voting in opposition; 53% of Americans said they disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade; 57% of Americans blame Trump for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot; and 31% of American approve of the way Biden is handling his job. Jul 21, 2022
2024 Day 1279: Following intense pressure from nearly 40 Democratic members of Congress to withdraw from the race after his shaky June debate performance, Biden ended his presidential re-election campaign and endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominee; and House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Biden to resign as president after ending his campaign. Jul 21, 2024
2025 Day 1644: Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will add $3.4 trillion to the national deficit over 10 years and leave 10 million more people uninsured by 2034; Affordable Care Act insurers proposed a median premium increase of 15% for 2026; the White House removed the Wall Street Journal from the press pool for Trump’s trip to Scotland after it published a story about a sexually suggestive letter he allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein; a former Jeffrey Epstein employee told the FBI in 1996 and again in 2006 to investigate Trump’s ties to Epstein; House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House will not vote on a resolution to release Jeffrey Epstein-related documents before the August recess; Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a report accusing Obama-era officials of staging a “treasonous conspiracy” during the 2016 election; Trump posted a fake video showing Obama being handcuffed and arrested in the Oval Office, as “Y.M.C.A.” plays and Trump smiles in the background; the Trump administration released over 230,000 pages of FBI and CIA files related to the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from King’s family and civil rights groups and Trump threatened to block a stadium deal in Washington unless the NFL team now called the Commanders changes its name back to Redskins – a name long criticized as a racial slur against Native Americans. Jul 21, 2025