2018 Day 525: Paul Manafort owed $10 million to a Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the U.S.; Trump and Putin will meet on July 16 in Helsinki; Mike Pompeo said Trump will warn Putin that it is "completely unacceptable" to interfere in U.S. elections; and immigrant children as young as three are being ordered to appear in court for their own deportation hearings without legal representation. Jun 28, 2018
2019 Day 890: The House passed a $4.6 billion emergency spending bill for the humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border; the Supreme Court it will hear arguments over whether the Trump administration illegally tried to end DACA; Tump suggested he'll delay the 2020 Census – "no matter how long" – until the citizenship question can be added; and Trump jokingly told Putin "don't meddle in the election" while touting his "very, very good relationship" with the Russian leader. Jun 28, 2019
2021 Day 160: Biden walked back his threat to veto the bipartisan infrastructure deal if lawmakers don't also pass the rest of his infrastructure proposals; Nancy Pelosi introduced legislation to create a select committee to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob; Biden ordered airstrikes Sunday against “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups”; the Supreme Court rejected a Virginia school board's appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban; and a federal judge dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the FTC and a coalition of 48 state attorneys general. Jun 28, 2021
2022 Day 525: Trump knew some of his supporters were armed when he directed them to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6; the FBI seized the phone of the attorney who developed Trump's strategy to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election results; the White House signaled that Biden will not pursue Senate Democratic proposals to build abortion clinics on federal land, fund people seeking abortions out of state, expanding the Supreme Court, or end the filibuster; and global methane emissions "appear to be going in the wrong direction" despite a coalition of more than 100 nations voluntarily pledging to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030. Jun 28, 2022
2023 Day 890: Roughly 87 million people in 17 states – representing nearly a third of the American population – are at risk for poor air quality as smoke from the Canadian wildfires spreads; Trump sued E. Jean Carroll for defamation after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed her; Rudy Giuliani recently met with federal prosecutors investigating Trump's his efforts to reverse the 2020 election results; 44% of voters overall say they would consider voting for third-party candidate in a 2024 matchup between Biden and Trump; 63% of women disapprove of the Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis; 30% of voters say the economy is the most important to issue in the 2024 presidential election; and 60% of Americans say gun violence is a "very big problem" in the country. Jun 28, 2023
2024 Day 1256: The first presidential debate between the two oldest candidates to ever seek the White House was an embarrassment for America – and a disaster for Biden; the Supreme Court ruled that the Justice Department improperly charged charge more than 300 people with obstructing Congress during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, including Trump’s; the Supreme Court upended a 40-year-old decision and weakened the executive branch's ability to interpret laws it's charged with implementing; the Supreme Court ruled that cities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places; and the Iowa Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban. Jun 28, 2024