2020 Day 1146: Trump – again – downplayed the severity of the coronavirus epidemic, saying "everything is working out" and "it will go away"; Trump pitched Republican lawmakers on a 0% payroll tax rate that would last through the rest of this year; Trump's incoming White House chief of staff quarantined himself after possibly coming in contact with a confirmed carrier of the coronavirus; and a federal appeals court granted House Democrats permission to access grand jury material from Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Mar 10, 2020
2021 Day 50: The House passed Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package; Biden ordered an additional 100 million doses of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine; thousands of unaccompanied migrant children are being held in U.S. Border Patrol custody for more than four days on average in facilities unfit for minors; the Senate confirmed Merrick Garland to be the next U.S. attorney general; and an expert on Georgia’s racketeering law was hired to help prosecutors investigating potential efforts by Trump and others to influence the 2020 election. Mar 10, 2021
2022 Day 415: The Biden administration warned that Russia could be preparing to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine; the 2020 Census missed 18.8 million Americans; the Consumer Price Index rose by 7.9% over the past year; TSA will extend its travel mask mandate through mid-April; the Republican National Committee sued the Jan. 6 committee; Michael Flynn testified before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack but didn't answer any questions, exercising his 5th Amendment right. Mar 10, 2022
2025 Day 1511: Trump declined to rule out a recession, but instead called the current economic situation a "period of transition" as he imposes tariffs and cuts government jobs; House Republicans released their spending bill to fund the government and avoid a shutdown on March 15; Trump accused Canada of “ripping us off for years" and said he may impose new, “reciprocal” tariffs on Canadian dairy and lumber; the U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in February – short of the 170,000 forecast – as the unemployment rate edged up to 4.1%; Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed will keep interest rates steady as it assesses the economic impact of Trump’s shifting trade policies; Trump signed an executive order establishing a strategic bitcoin reserve using cryptocurrency seized by the government; Trump said he is “strongly considering” imposing new sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace deal are reached in Ukraine; Trump signed an executive order restricting student loan forgiveness for nonprofit workers linked to immigration aid, gender-affirming care, and other activities the Trump administration deems harmful to "national security and American values"; Republicans and the White House are pushing a tax credit plan that would divert billions in federal tax revenue to private school voucher programs; the Trump administration canceled $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University; federal immigration agents arrested a Palestinian activist and former Columbia University graduate student; and the Department of Homeland Security is using polygraph tests to find employees leaking immigration enforcement details. Mar 10, 2025
2026 Day 1876: Seven U.S. service members have been killed and 140 troops have been wounded in the first 10 days of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran; Energy Secretary Chris Wright posted – and then deleted – that the U.S. Navy had "successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz," sending oil prices down nearly 20%; U.S. military destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as Trump warned Tehran to remove any mines “IMMEDIATELY” or face military consequences "at a level never seen before"; the Trump administration told Israel to stop striking Iranian energy infrastructure, saying it was "not happy"; House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to condemn anti-Muslim remarks by Reps. Andy Ogles and Randy Fine, saying instead that he had spoken to them about “our tone and our message”; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the Supreme Court’s use of emergency orders is “not serving the court or our country well”; a federal judge ruled that three Justice Department lawyers jointly leading the New Jersey U.S. attorney's office were unlawfully appointed; and a whistleblower complaint alleges that a former DOGE engineer copied two Social Security databases that contain records for more than 500 million Americans and took them to his new job at a government contractor. Mar 10, 2026