On This Day: July 29

4 posts spanning 2019–2025

2019

• Day 921: Trump called Elijah Cummings a "brutal bully" and his Baltimore-based district a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess"; Mick Mulvaney defended Trump's attacks; Jared Kushner owns more than a dozen apartment complexes in Baltimore that have been cited for hundreds of code violations; Dan Coates will step down as director of national intelligence next month; and the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can use $2.5 billion in Pentagon money to expand the border wall with Mexico. Jul 29, 2019

2020

• Day 1287: More than 150,000 people have died in the United States from the coronavirus; Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter all removed a video shared by Trump that baselessly claimed that there is a "cure" for the coronavirus; Trump falsely claimed that large portions of the U.S. are "corona-free"; and Trump wondered aloud why "nobody likes me." Jul 29, 2020

2024

• Day 1287: Biden called for a constitutional amendment to reform the Supreme Court, pressing Congress to establish 18-year term limits and a binding, enforceable code of conduct for the court’s nine justices; Trump told Christians “you won’t have to vote anymore” if he wins in November; Trump promised to "fire" the Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler “on day one” and make the U.S. the “crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world” by picking crypto-friendly regulators if he returns to the White House; Trump leads Harris 48% to 47% among likely voters; and Harris’s favorability rating increased to 43% from 35% last week. Jul 29, 2024

2025

• Day 1652: The Trump administration moved to repeal the scientific finding that allows the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases, calling it a $1 trillion drag on the economy; Ghislaine Maxwell offered to testify before Congress but only if granted immunity, advance access to questions, and a delay until the Supreme Court rules on her appeal; Trump said Jeffrey Epstein “stole” young women from his Mar-a-Lago spa, including Virginia Giuffre, who was 16 at the time, in April 2025, the Trump administration cut $158 million in federal grants for gun violence prevention, eliminating 69 DOJ-funded intervention programs across cities like New York, Chicago, and Memphis; on Monday, a gunman killed four people and injured one at a Manhattan office tower; a third whistleblower gave Congress an audio recording that appears to contradict testimony from Emil Bove, a former Trump lawyer nominated for a lifetime seat on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; the U.K. said it will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and a long-term peace plan; 32% of Americans support Israel’s war in Gaza; and 40% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing as president – the lowest of his second term. Jul 29, 2025