2020 Day 1265: Trump administration officially notified the United Nations that it will withdraw from the World Health Organization; Trump pressed schools to physically reopen in the fall despite a surge in COVID-19 cases in parts of the country; Dr. Anthony Fauci called Trump's recent focus on the coronavirus’s decreasing mortality rate in the U.S. a “false narrative"; and companies tied to Trump family members and associates were approved for up to $21 million in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program, which are meant to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic. Jul 7, 2020
2021 Day 169: Trump filed a class-action lawsuit against Google, Facebook, and Twitter; a new book says Trump told his chief of staff that Hitler "did a lot of good things;" Russian hackers breached an RNC contractor and launched a major ransomware attack; a Republican senator told a GOP luncheon that climate change is "bullshit;" an associate of Matt Gaetz asked for a 90 day sentencing delay; the FBI infiltrated a "Bible study" group that discussed acts of domestic terrorism; and Americans' life ratings are at a record high. Jul 7, 2021
2022 Day 534: Federal Reserve officials expressed concern that elevated inflation posed a “significant risk” of becoming "entrenched" in the economy; the number of open U.S. jobs fell to 11.3 million in May; Senate Democrats reached an agreement with Joe Manchin to raise taxes on some high earners to keep Medicare from going bankrupt; and the IRS audited former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Jul 7, 2022
2025 Day 1630: Trump threatened tariffs of 25% to 40% on imports from 14 countries unless they reach trade deals with the U.S. by August 1, reviving his “reciprocal” tariff plan and extending a previous July 9 deadline; at least 104 people, including 27 children and camp staff, died in last week’s Texas floods after emergency warnings failed to reach communities in time; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will introduce a bill making weather modification a felony, citing conspiracy theories with no scientific basis; the Trump administration ended deportation protections for about 76,000 migrants from Honduras and Nicaragua who have lived and worked legally in the U.S. for over 25; six national medical groups sued Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women; measles cases in the U.S. hit a 33-year high as vaccination rates fell and public health funding declined; and the Justice Department contradicted Attorney General Pam Bondi and said it found no “incriminating client list” tied to Jeffrey Epstein. Jul 7, 2025