2021 Day 190: The White House and bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on a $1 trillion infrastructure package, which Trump tried and failed to sabotage; four police officers testified at the first meeting of the House select committee on the 1/6 insurrection; Biden plans to announce a vaccine requirement for all federal employees and contractors; the CDC is urging vaccinated people to resume wearing masks indoors; and Nancy Pelosi called Kevin McCarthy a "moron" for opposing the House mask mandate. Jul 28, 2021
2022 Day 555: Biden hailed the Inflation Reduction Act as “a historic agreement to fight inflation” and “the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis”; the economy contracted for the second straight quarter; Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen rejected claims that the U.S. is in a recession; the House passed a $280 billion bill aimed at making the U.S. more competitive in the semiconductor industry; the Jan. 6 committee interviewed Trump's former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; and 60% of voters do not want Biden to run in the 2024 presidential election. Jul 28, 2022
2025 Day 1651: The U.S. and European Union reached a trade deal that sets a 15% baseline tariff on most European imports and avoids a 30% tariff threatened by Trump before the Aug. 1 deadline; during a meeting at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland to discuss the U.S.-UK trade agreement with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump spent most of the session defending himself over his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein; Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche gave Ghislaine Maxwell limited immunity during two days of closed-door interviews, allowing her to name roughly 100 individuals without risk of self-incrimination; Trump publicly rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that “there is no starvation in Gaza,” calling images of starving children “real starvation stuff” and saying, “you can’t fake that”; a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from stripping Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood, calling the law “punitive” and likely unconstitutional; and 63% of voters view the Democratic Party unfavorably – the worst rating in 35-year history. Jul 28, 2025