2018 Day 512: A federal judge revoked Manafort's bail and sent him to jail; Giuliani suggested that "things might get cleared up with some presidential pardons"; a federal judge refused to grant Michael Cohen a restraining order against Michael Avenatti; federal prosecutors have pieced together 16 pages of shredded documents seized from Michael Cohen and recovered 731 pages of encrypted text messages; and Homeland Security has separated at least 2,000 children from parents at the border. Jun 15, 2018
2021 Day 147: The number of confirmed U.S. deaths from Covid-19 surpassed 600,000; a National Institutes of Health study suggests that the coronavirus may have been circulating in the U.S. as early as Dec. 24, 2019; the FBI warned lawmakers that QAnon "digital soldiers" could be compelled to shift “towards engaging in real-world violence" as they come to "no longer 'trust the plan'"; the White House released a national strategy devoted to addressing domestic terrorism; and a federal judge will allow the Justice Department to keep secret part of the memo used to back then-Attorney General William Barr's decision not to charge Trump with obstruction of justice. Jun 15, 2021
2022 Day 512: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points; the FDA’s independent vaccine advisers voted unanimously to recommend the authorization of two Covid-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months old; the U.S. will send an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine; Trump, Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state's civil investigation into their business practices; a federal judge rejected Steve Bannon's motion to dismiss the criminal contempt charge against him for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee; and a Republican member of Congress led an unofficial tour through the Capitol complex on Jan. 5, which included at least one person who marched to the Capitol the following day. Jun 15, 2022
2023 Day 877: Multiple federal agencies were hacked; the White House will continue to use the term "MAGA" despite the Office of Special Counsel ruling that it's a violation of the Hatch Act; the Supreme Court upheld a 1978 law that prioritizes Native tribes when American Indian children are adopted; FDA advisers unanimously recommend that the COVID-19 vaccine be updated to target emerging subvariants of omicron; and 61% of Americans say overturning Roe v. Wade was a "bad thing." Jun 15, 2023