On This Day: March 12

8 posts spanning 2017–2026

2017

• Day 52 Mar 12, 2017

2018

• Day 417 Mar 12, 2018

2019

• Day 782: The New York attorney general's office opened an investigation into Trump Organization loans from Deutsche Bank; Adam Schiff wants Trump to be indicted when he leaves office; there might be a second Mueller report; and House Democrats introduced an immigration proposal that would provide as many as 2.5 million immigrants a path to citizenship. Mar 12, 2019

2020

• Day 1148: Trump banned foreign visitors from most of Europe for 30-days in an effort to curb the growing COVID-19 pandemic; the CDC tested 77 total people for coronavirus on Monday and Tuesday; Trump met with a Brazilian official at Mar-a-Lago who later tested positive for coronavirus; Trump is expected to sign a limited federal disaster declaration but is concerned that it would undermine his narrative that the coronavirus is similar to the seasonal flu; and the Trump administration and House Democrats are negotiating a bipartisan deal on an economic coronavirus relief package. Mar 12, 2020

2021

• Day 52: Biden directed states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccinations no later than May 1; the Justice Department expects to charge at least 100 more still-unidentified people connected to the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jerry Nadler, and at least 13 other House Democrats from New York called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign; the Biden administration will end a Trump-era policy that allowed the Department of Homeland Security to deport caregivers for unaccompanied migrant children; and the Manhattan district attorney leading the criminal investigation against Trump and the Trump Organization will not run for re-election. Mar 12, 2021

2024

• Day 1148: A group of senators urged Biden to suspend U.S. military aid to Israel until it allows humanitarian assistance to reach Gaza; the Biden administration announced a $300 million weapons package for Ukraine; Trump may not have enough cash to cover his full $464 million civil fraud judgment; Trump plans to argue in his hush money trial that he was unaware his actions were illegal because his lawyers were involved; and a bipartisan panel of North Carolina judges ruled that a Republican-led effort to restructure the state's election boards is unconstitutional. Mar 12, 2024

2025

• Day 1513: The House passed a Republican spending bill to fund the government through September and avoid a shutdown; Senate Democrats are divided and face a Friday deadline on whether to oppose the bill and risk a shutdown or allow Trump broad control over federal funds; Trump imposed 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports; Canada and the EU responded with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods; Trump doubled down and threatened but backed off his plans to raise Canadian metal tariffs to 50% after Ontario withdrew an electricity surcharge; inflation eased in February, but economists warn that Trump’s escalating trade war could undermine that progress; the Education Department laid off over 1,300 employees – nearly half its workforce – as Trump pushes to dismantle the agency; the Social Security Administration is considering eliminating phone services for claims processing and direct deposit transactions, potentially cutting off millions of elderly and disabled Americans from accessing their benefits; Trump bought an $80,000 Tesla to support Elon Musk, falsely claiming that boycotts against the company were "illegal"; a federal judge ruled that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency must comply with public records requests, citing its “unprecedented” power and secrecy; 56% disapprove of Trump’s economic handling; 47% of Americans approve of Trump’s job performance, while 45% disapprove; and 69% of voters say Democrats are “too focused on being politically correct,” 56% believe Democrats don’t look out for working people, and only 39% think the party values work. Mar 12, 2025

2026

• Day 1878: Trump dismissed rising oil prices caused by the Iran war, saying "when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money," as Brent crude settled above $100 a barrel and the major U.S. indexes fell about 1.5% or more; the White House is considering a 30-day waiver of a 1920 statute requiring goods shipped between U.S. ports to move on American-flagged vessels as the Trump administration tries to contain fuel prices driven up by the war in Iran; the Senate passed the largest housing bill in roughly three decades; the Senate again blocked a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security; current and former UFC fighters will train FBI agents to provide them with "exciting, innovative training options"; Rep. Jim Clyburn, the 85-year-old South Carolina Democrat, will run for an 18th House term; and 59% of voters say the economic and political systems are stacked against them. Mar 12, 2026