2018 Day 526: Trump wants the US to withdraw from the World Trade Organization; the Trump administration ran a family separation "pilot program" months before the announcement of the "zero tolerance" policy; the Justice Department wants to prevent people from getting asylum if they entered the country illegally; and Justice Anthony Kennedy's son worked at Deutsche Bank and helped Trump secure more than $1 billion in loans at a time when other banks wouldn't lend to him. Jun 29, 2018
2020 Day 1257: Russian intelligence officers offered bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan; Trump denied receiving an intelligence briefing on the alleged Russian bounty program; the White House insisted that Trump still “has not been briefed on the matter"; Trump promoted a video of a supporter shouting "White power! White power!” from a golf cart bearing “Trump 2020” and “America First” signs; Trump retweeted a video of a white man and woman aiming a semiautomatic rifle and a handgun at peaceful black protesters; Twitch temporarily suspended Trump's channel and Reddit banned its biggest community devoted to Trump; and the World Health Organization warned that the coronavirus pandemic is "speeding up" and the “worst is yet to come.” Jun 29, 2020
2021 Day 161: Joe Manchin agreed to support the use of budget reconciliation to pass a broader tax and social spending bill; Maricopa County will replace all of the voting equipment that was turned over to contractors hired by the Republican-controlled state Senate to conduct its audit of 2020 presidential election results; the House will vote to remove statues honoring Confederate and other white supremacist leaders from public display in the Capitol; Trump Organization attorneys met with New York prosecutors to argue why Trump's company should not be criminally charged; and the Justice Department is investigating Rudy Giuliani over possible foreign lobbying for Turkish interests. Jun 29, 2021
2022 Day 526: Virginia Thomas – the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas – told the Jan. 6 committee she saw no reason testify; Harris called for abortion-rights supporters "to stand together" and "win the midterms," but declined to support the idea of term limits for Supreme Court justices; consumer spending was weaker in early 2022 than previously reported; Justice Stephen Breyer will retire from the Supreme Court tomorrow; and 85% of Americans say the country is on the wrong track. Jun 29, 2022
2023 Day 891: The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, undercutting 45 years of legal precedent; Biden assailed the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action in college admissions, calling it a "severe disappointment" because "discrimination still exists in America"; the Supreme Court's liberal justices blasted the court’s decision on affirmative action, warning that it “makes things worse, not better” for the country; the Koch Network has raised more than $70 million to stop Trump from winning the Republican nomination for president in 2024; and 53% of Americans believe Trump has done something illegal regarding the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. Jun 29, 2023