2020 Day 1258: Dr. Anthony Fauci warned a Senate committee that the U.S. is "not in total control" of the coronavirus and that infections could more than double to 100,000 a day if the country fails to contain the surge; the White House and the National Security Council learned that Russia was offering bounties on U.S. and coalition troops in early 2019; Trump received a second written presidential daily briefing earlier this year that Russia paid bounties for the killing of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan; and 87% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country. Jun 30, 2020
2021 Day 162: The House voted to establish a 13-member committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol; the Supreme Court denied a challenge to the pandemic-related federal eviction moratorium; the Manhattan district attorney’s office is expected to charge the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer with tax-related crimes on Thursday; Bill Cosby was released from prison after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; and the architect of the decades-long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is dead. Jun 30, 2021
2022 Day 527: The Supreme Court restricted the EPA's ability to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants; Biden called for eliminating the Senate filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade into law and federally protect access to abortion; Clarence Thomas cited a debunked claim that all Covid-19 vaccines are derived from the cells of "aborted children"; the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case promoting a controversial legal theory that state legislatures – not state courts – have the authority to decide how federal elections are conducted; the Jan. 6 committee issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to testify; and 66% of Americans believe Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results and he should be prosecuted for it. Jun 30, 2022
2025 Day 1623: Senate Republicans’ current version of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would be the largest rollback of the U.S. safety net in decades, cutting Medicaid by 18% and food assistance by up to 22%; Senate Republicans adopted a new budget method to reduce the "official" cost of their tax and spending bill by simply excluding the $3.8 trillion cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts; the Senate began voting on amendments to Trump’s 940-page, $3.3 trillion tax and spending bill; Canada dropped its digital services tax two days after Trump suspended trade talks and threatened new tariffs; U.S. intelligence intercepted Iranian officials privately saying Trump’s airstrikes caused less damage than expected; Trump threatened to sue The New York Times and CNN for reporting on a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment that contradicted his claim that airstrikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program; Trump sent a handwritten note to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell demanding interest rate cuts; and 58% of Americans say they are extremely or very proud to be an American – a record low. Jun 30, 2025