2020 Day 1237: Trump tweeted an unfounded conspiracy theory that the 75-year-old man Buffalo police pushed to the ground and seriously injured during a protest may be an "ANTIFA provocateur"; Attorney General William Barr contradicted Trump's claim that he was "inspecting" the security bunker beneath the White House; Trump wanted to fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper for not supporting his idea to use active-duty troops to quell protests; and Trump Jr's hunting trip in Mongolia last year cost American taxpayers nearly $77,000 in Secret Service costs. Jun 9, 2020
2021 Day 141: Biden ended negotiations with a group of Republicans over infrastructure legislation; the Biden administration will buy 500 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to donate to 92 lower income countries; the U.S. is averaging fewer than 1 million vaccinations per day, threatening Biden’s goal of getting at least 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4; two days after Joe Manchin vowed to block the federal election reform bill, Mitch McConnell said he would not support the bipartisan John Lewis Voting Rights Act; the Senate passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act; Biden revoked and replaced three Trump executive orders that sought to ban TikTok and WeChat from the U.S. over national security concerns; and Harris warned Guatemalans thinking of migrating to the U.S.: "Do not come." Jun 9, 2021
2022 Day 506: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection will present its findings to the American public tonight; a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Michigan was arrested by the FBI on misdemeanor charges for participating in the attack on the Capitol; the House passed a broad package of gun control legislation; unemployment claims increased to the highest level in five months; and 59% of Americans think it is more important to control gun violence while 35% say it's more important to protect gun rights. Jun 9, 2022
2023 Day 871: The Justice Department charged Trump with 37 felony counts over his refusal to return classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, including 31 counts under the Espionage Act of "willful retention" of national defense information, making false statements, and conspiracy to obstruct justice; Trump acknowledged during a 2021 meeting that he had retained “secret” military information that he had not declassified; two of Trump’s top lawyers resigned; a Trump aide was indicted on six federal criminal charges connected to Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents; and a federal judge in Florida who handled Trump’s previous dispute with the Justice Department over classified documents will – initially – oversee the new criminal case. Jun 9, 2023
2025 Day 1602: California sued the Trump administration for deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles without Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approval; the Trump administration is moving to cancel large amounts of federal funding to California, targeting university grants and other programs; Kilmar Abrego Garcia – the Maryland resident the Trump administration deported to El Salvador in March in defiance of a federal court order – was returned to the U.S. to face human smuggling charges; Trump said he has no plans to reconcile with Elon Musk, warning that the billionaire could face “very serious consequences”; more than 340 National Institutes of Health employees and former staff accused the Trump administration of dismantling the agency’s core research work; Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel; the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security data on tens of millions of Americans; and five Proud Boys leaders who were pardoned by Trump sued the federal government for $100 million, claiming their Jan. 6 convictions amounted to “political persecution.” Jun 9, 2025