2020 Day 1251: Dr. Anthony Fauci told lawmakers "None of us have ever been told to slow down on testing — that just is a fact"; when asked whether he was joking that he asked officials to slow down coronavirus testing, Trump replied "I don't kid"; Dr. Deborah Birx told governors that it was vital to increase coronavirus testing to prevent further community spread; Trump threatened that anyone who vandalizes "any monument, statue or other such federal property" would be arrested and face up to 10 years in prison; and a former Roger Stone prosecutor will testify that he and his colleagues were repeatedly pressured to cut Stone "a break" because of his relationship with Trump. Jun 23, 2020
2021 Day 155: Nancy Pelosi plans to appoint a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol; Biden's Justice Department could end up defending Trump in lawsuits seeking to hold him accountable for the Jan. 6 attack; Attorney General Merrick Garland backed away from a comprehensive review of actions by the Trump Justice Department; four Saudi operatives who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the U.S. a year before; and roughly 900 Secret Service employees tested positive for the coronavirus since March 2020. Jun 23, 2021
2022 Day 520: The Supreme Court struck down a New York gun law enacted more than a century ago that limited who could carry a concealed handgun for self-defense in public; the Senate moved a step closer to approving bipartisan gun control legislation after clearing the 60-vote threshold needed to break a Republican filibuster; the Biden administration plans to reinstate Title IX protections for transgender students that were tossed out by the Trump administration; the Biden administration agreed to cancel about $6 billion in federal student loan debt; federal agents searched the home of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark; and Trump pressured top Justice Department officials to "just say [the election] was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen" in his bid to stay in power. Jun 23, 2022
2025 Day 1616: Iran launched a missile strike on the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, retaliating for U.S. airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites two days earlier; Trump called for regime change in Iran, posing on social media, “Why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???”; Pentagon officials can’t confirm whether U.S. strikes destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities despite Trump’s claim the program was “completely and fully obliterated”; Trump’s strike on three Iranian nuclear sites triggered bipartisan backlash in Congress, with lawmakers accusing him of violating the Constitution by bypassing congressional approval; and Trump demanded energy producers keep oil prices low after U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites raised fears of retaliation and supply disruptions. Jun 23, 2025