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
2026 Day 1959: Trump insisted that talks with Iran to extend the April ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and set terms for future nuclear negotiations were continuing “at a rapid pace,” despite Iran’s state-affiliated media reporting that Tehran had suspended talks and was threatening to "completely block" the strait; White House economic director Kevin Hassett insisted that Americans are better off despite rising inflation, high gas prices, and worsening consumer sentiment; Trump plans to drop his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund after a federal judge blocked it; a federal judge ordered Trump to answer allegations that his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was a pretext to create a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund for his political allies; a federal judge ordered Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center and blocked his handpicked board from closing the venue for a two-year renovation; former Attorney General Pam Bondi shifted responsibility for the release of the Epstein files to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche; a former Colorado county clerk who was convicted for breaching voting systems in search of election fraud in 2020 was released from prison; Trump will headline the opening ceremony for the Great American State Fair after more than half of the performers withdrew saying they had been misled about the event’s political ties; and the White House released a medical memo from his third Walter Reed checkup in 13 months, saying Trump's in “excellent health” and “fully fit” to serve despite persistent questions about bruising on his hands, swelling in his legs, and apparent drowsiness in televised meetings. Jun 1, 2026