2020 Day 1244: The FDA revoked the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 because it's "unlikely to produce an antiviral effect"; Trump and Pence downplayed the latest spikes in COVID-19 cases and misleadingly attributed the rise in new cases to increases in testing; the Trump administration plans to end the $600 enhanced unemployment benefit in July; Trump signed an executive order incentivizing police reform that includes an exception for chokeholds "if an officer's life is at risk"; the Secret Service admitted that it used pepper spray to clear crowds of peaceful protesters; the Supreme Court ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay and transgender employees from workplace discrimination; and the Trump administration sued former national security adviser John Bolton to stop the publication of his book about his time in the White House. Jun 16, 2020
2021 Day 148: After blocking major voting rights legislation for weeks, Sen. Joe Manchin finally outlined a list of changes he wants in a bid for a compromise; the Senate unanimously passed a measure to make Juneteenth a federal holiday; the Education Department issued new guidance that the rights of transgender and gay students are protected at school by Title IX; the Justice Department reversed a Trump-era immigration ruling that limited the possibility of asylum protections in the U.S. for women fleeing from domestic violence in other countries; and 21 House Republicans voted against awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who responded to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. Jun 16, 2021
2022 Day 513: Trump was told that his plan to overturn the 2020 election was illegal, but pressured Pence to go along with it anyway; shortly after the Capitol riot, John Eastman asked Rudy Giuliani if he could be on Trump's "pardon list" despite pushing a plan to overturn the 2020 election that he knew was illegal; Eastman claimed to have insight into a “heated fight” among the Supreme Court justices over whether to hear arguments about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election; the Jan. 6 committee has obtained emails between Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Eastman; Biden signed an executive order aimed at combating "discriminatory legislative attacks" on the LGBTQ community by Republican-controlled states; and there's a 72% chance that the Federal Reserve’s attempts to address inflation will trigger a recession by 2024. Jun 16, 2022
2025 Day 1609: Trump’s $45 million military parade to celebrate the Army’s 250th anniversary and his 79th birthday was met by the largest single-day protest in U.S. history; Trump ordered ICE to escalate deportations in Democratic-run cities; a federal appeals court allowed Trump to keep control of the California National Guard in Los Angeles; federal prosecutors charged Vance Boelter with six federal counts, including murder, stalking, and firearms offenses, after he allegedly killed Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and shot state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife; Israel expanded its military campaign against Iran and rejected calls for a ceasefire as both countries exchanged missiles for a fourth straight day; 81% of Americans want the Trump administration to comply with federal court orders; 31% of Americans think the country is on the right track; and 42% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing as president. Jun 16, 2025