2018 Day 536: Trump will announce his Supreme Court nominee tonight at 9 p.m.; the Trump administration will miss a court-ordered deadline to reunite immigrant children under age 5; the U.S. opposed a United Nations resolution encouraging breast-feeding; Giuliani encouraged Cohen to "cooperate" with prosecutors as long as he tells the truth; and Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods don't apply to Ivanka Trump's foreign-made products for her fashion line. Jul 9, 2018
2019 Day 901: A federal judge rejected a Trump administration request to assign a new legal team to a lawsuit that blocked the addition of the citizenship question to the 2020 census; Democrats in Congress called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign over a controversial plea deal he brokered as a U.S. attorney that gave a lenient sentence to Jeffrey Epstein; Trump said he felt "very badly" for Acosta while praising him as "excellent" and "very good" at his job; and House Democrats plan to move forward with criminal contempt proceedings against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. Jul 9, 2019
2020 Day 1267: Another 1.3 million workers filed new claims for state unemployment benefits; the Supreme Court cleared the way for prosecutors in New York to enforce a subpoena for Trump’s financial and tax records; Dr. Anthony Fauci advised states "having a serious problem" with a surge in coronavirus cases to "seriously look at shutting down"; the CDC will not revise its guidelines for reopening schools despite pressure from Trump and the White House; and the World Health Organization acknowledged that the coronavirus may become airborne. Jul 9, 2020
2021 Day 171: Biden told Putin to take action against Russian cyberattacks; Michigan launched an investigation into people peddling election misinformation; Biden nominated ambassadors to India and France; the CDC is urging schools to fully reopen in the fall; Biden signed an anti-monopoly executive order; and the Dept. of Education is urging the White House to extend pandemic-related student loan relief. Jul 9, 2021
2024 Day 1267: Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, confirmed that Dr. Kevin Cannard, the Parkinson's expert who visited the White House eight times, "was the neurological specialist that examined President Biden for each of his annual physicals"; the Republican Party abandoned its explicit endorsement of a national ban on abortion for the first time in 40 years; Trump attempted to distance himself from the conservative "Project 2025" playbook that was spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation and numerous former Trump administration officials; an Oklahoma man who falsely claimed that climate change is “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people” is dead at 89; and 61% of Americans say their state should allow a person to obtain an abortion if they don’t want to be pregnant for any reason – up from 49% in June 2021. Jul 9, 2024
2025 Day 1632: Trump notified seven more countries they’ll face new tariffs and threatened Brazil with a 50% tariff over what he called a “Witch Hunt” trial against former leader Jair Bolsonaro; Trump backed a Russia sanctions bill after senators gave him more power to delay enforcement; Trump threatened to "bomb the shit out of Moscow" and Beijing in 2024 if Russia invaded Ukraine or China attacked Taiwan; the FBI is investigating former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey; and Trump threatened to take control of both New York City and Washington, D.C. Jul 9, 2025