2018 Day 509: The Justice Department argued that Trump could continue to profit from foreign governments visiting his hotel in Washington, D.C.; Michael Cohen believes he will soon be indicted and arrested; Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump earned at least $82 million in outside income while serving as Trump's advisers during 2017; and Trump believes Kim Jong Un will give up his nuclear weapons because they have a "terrific relationship." Jun 12, 2018
2019 Day 874: Trump asserted executive privilege over subpoenaed documents about the administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census; Trump Jr. said he's "not at all worried" about perjury charges over suspicions he previously lied to Congress; Hope Hicks agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee; and Kamala Harris – if elected – said her Justice Department "would have no choice" but to prosecute Trump after his term in office. Jun 12, 2019
2020 Day 1240: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff did not tell the White House that he planned to release a video admitting that it was a mistake for him to appear at Trump's photo-op outside of St. John's church last week; the Trump administration plans to reinterpret a Cold War-era arms treaty in order to allow U.S. defense contractors to sell armed drones to governments that been previously barred from buying them; Trump's advisers have urged him to fire his campaign manager; and people who attend Trump’s rally next week in Tulsa have to sign a waiver promising that they will not sue if they contract COVID-19 while at the event. Jun 12, 2020
2023 Day 874: Trump vowed to continue running for president even if he's convicted as part of the 37-count federal felony indictment; a Montana judge will hear arguments in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit by 16 young people challenging Montana's pro-fossil fuel policies; more than 725,000 Medicaid recipients have lost coverage since the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency; U.S. spy agencies have bought a “large amount” of “sensitive and intimate information” on Americans; 48% of Americans agree that Trump should've been indicted by a federal grand jury related to his handling of classified documents; and 61% of likely Republican primary voters said the federal indictment charging Trump with 37 felonies won't change their view of him. Jun 12, 2023
2024 Day 1240: The Republican-controlled House voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress; Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is mad that a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalism organization did its job and reported on the lavish gifts and travel that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted – but didn’t disclose – from a Republican megadonor; the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 23-year high after data showed inflation has eased over the past year; and 48% of Americans approve Trump’s recent felony conviction. Jun 12, 2024
2025 Day 1605: House Republicans’ tax and spending bill would cut $1,600 a year from the poorest U.S. households while giving the richest a $12,000 boost; the House narrowly approved Trump’s request to rescind $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports NPR and PBS; federal agents handcuffed and removed Sen. Alex Padilla on after he interrupted a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem; California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused Trump of lying about the National Guard deployment to Los Angeles and questioned his mental fitness, saying: “He’s not all there”; Trump admitted that his immigration policy is hurting farms and hotels; 53% of voters oppose Trump’s tax and spending bill; and 39% of Americans approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president. Jun 12, 2025