2018 Day 501: Trump tweeted that Mueller's appointment is "totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!" and asserted that he has the "absolute right to PARDON [himself]"; Trump's lawyers claimed that Trump cannot be compelled to testify and that it's impossible for him to obstruct justice; and Trump's lawyers confirmed that Trump dictated a "short but accurate" statement about Trump Jr.'s 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer, which contradicts Sarah Huckabee Sanders' claim that Trump "certainly didn't dictate" the statement. Jun 4, 2018
2019 Day 866: The White House directed Hope Hicks not to cooperate with a House Judiciary Committee subpoena; the Justice Department agreed to reopen negotiations for Robert Mueller's the full, unredacted report if the House removes its threat to hold Attorney General Bill Barr in contempt; Trump vowed to move forward with imposing tariffs on Mexican imports next week; Republican senators warned Trump that they were prepared to block his effort to impose tariffs on Mexican imports; and the EPA blamed the media for the public's concerns about climate change. Jun 4, 2019
2021 Day 136: The economy added 559,000 jobs last month; CDC Director Rochelle Walensky urged parents to vaccinate their teenagers against Covid-19, citing a rise in the number of teens hospitalized with the disease; former White House counsel Don McGahn testified before the House Judiciary Committee about Trump's attempts to obstruct the Russia investigation; the senior vice president and controller at the Trump Organization testified before a special grand jury convened by the Manhattan District Attorney's office; Pence called the Jan. 6 pro-Trump riot attack on the U.S. Capitol "a dark day in the history of the United States" and that he doubts he'll ever see "eye to eye" with Trump on the event; and Trump's Facebook account will remain suspended until at least January 2023 and will only be reinstated "if the risk to public safety has receded." Jun 4, 2021
2024 Day 1232: Wisconsin charged three people involved in the “fake elector” scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election to keep now-convicted felon Trump in office; Speaker Mike Johnson floated a "three-pronged approach" to punish the Department of Justice for Trump’s felony conviction; Attorney General Merrick Garland condemned the “repeated attacks” from Republicans on the Justice Department, calling them "unprecedented," "unfounded," and "extremely dangerous" during a House Judiciary Committee hearing; Biden issued an executive order that temporarily suspends most asylum claims at the southern border when unauthorized crossings exceed a daily threshold; and Biden suggested that there is "every reason for people" to conclude that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dragging out the war in Gaza to cling to power. Jun 4, 2024
2025 Day 1597: Trump’s tax and spending bill would add $2.4 trillion to the federal deficit and push 10.9 million more Americans off health insurance by 2034; Marjorie Taylor Greene admitted that she didn’t read the Trump-backed spending bill before voting for it; Trump raised tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 50%; Trump called Chinese leader Xi Jinping “VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!”; Trump demanded the Federal Reserve cut interest rates after a private jobs report showed hiring slowed sharply in May, a drop economists linked to growing business uncertainty from his trade policies; Putin told Trump he’ll “have to respond” to Ukraine’s drone strike on Russian air bases housing strategic bombers, casting doubt on a ceasefire and undermining Trump’s repeated claims that he’d end the war “within 24 hours” of taking office; and the Trump administration revoked federal guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions when needed to stabilize a patient’s condition. Jun 4, 2025