2018 Day 498: U.S. allies are retaliating against Trump's new metal tariffs and Trudeau refused to meet with Trump to renegotiate NAFTA; the new jobs report puts the unemployment rate an 18-year low of 3.8%; Trump broke protocol by commenting on the jobs report before the results were public; U.S. military operations killed or injured more than 600 civilians in 2016 and that's not even the final tally; Kushner's good friend is under scrutiny by Mueller's team; the North Korean nuclear summit is back on for June 12; and Trump made 3,251 false or misleading statements in his first year, an average of 6.5 per day. Jun 1, 2018
2020 Day 1229: After a weekend out of sight, Trump emerged from the White House bunker and called America's governors "weak" and demanded that they "dominate" the protesters, which he labeled "terrorists"; Trump blamed the “Lamestream Media” for the protests; Trump took shelter inside an underground bunker for nearly an hour; the White House turned off almost all the exterior lights Sunday night as more than 1,000 people gathered to protest outside of its gates; and public health and government officials warned that the ongoing protests against police brutality could lead to a new wave of coronavirus infections. Jun 1, 2020
2021 Day 133: Biden issued a presidential proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month; the Biden administration suspended oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Texas Democrats abandoned the state House floor late Sunday night to block a vote on one of the most restrictive voting bills in the nation; Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to defund the state Legislature; more than 100 scholars of democracy warned that “our entire democracy is now at risk”; and Trump has reportedly been telling confidants that he expects to be reinstated as president by August as a result of ongoing election audits in states like Arizona and Georgia. Jun 1, 2021
2022 Day 498: The Republican National Committee has reportedly recruited an "army" of trained operatives to contest votes in Democratic-majority polling places; the Supreme Court blocked Texas' social media censorship law; the Labor Department reported that U.S. job openings fell in April but remained close to record levels; the U.S. and Germany agreed to send Ukraine more advanced weapons to resist Russian forces; and 71% of Americans support same-sex marriage. Jun 1, 2022
2023 Day 863: A group of Republicans threatened to delay plans to fast-track the House-passed bill to suspend the debt ceiling and limit federal spending before Monday's default deadline; the Senate passed a Republican effort to overturn Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million borrowers; the largest property insurer in California will stop selling coverage to homeowners because of the state's “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure”; humans have pushed Earth past seven of the eight safety limits related to planetary health and human well-being; and two Alabama congressional representatives want to block funding for U.S. Space Command's temporary headquarters in Colorado. Jun 1, 2023