2019 Day 788: Trump attacked the late John McCain; Trump called "the fake news media" "so ridiculous"; Mick Mulvaney claimed Trump "is not a white supremacist"; and Trump tweeted for Fox News to bring back Jeanine Pirro after she was suspended for questioning a Muslim lawmaker's loyalty to the United States. Mar 18, 2019
2020 Day 1154: The Senate approved a coronavirus relief package; Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin warned lawmakers that unemployment could reach as high as 20%; the Dow closed below 20,000 points for the first time since February 2017; and 18% of Americans have experienced layoffs and reduced hours due to the coronavirus pandemic. Mar 18, 2020
2021 Day 58: The U.S. is on track to surpass Biden's goal of administering 100 million Covid-19 shots by Friday; Biden agreed to send about 2.5 million of doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Mexico; Mexico announced that it will limit travel across its northern and southern borders; an inspector general’s report found no evidence to support a Pennsylvania postal worker’s claim that his supervisors had tampered with mail-in ballots during the presidential election; a dozen House Republicans voted against awarding three police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol when it was attacked by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6; and Putin wished Biden “good health” after he agreed that the Russian leader was a “killer.” Mar 18, 2021
2024 Day 1154: Trump doesn't have enough money to post the $464 million appeal bond he owes in his New York civil fraud case; the EPA banned asbestos in the United States; Mike Pence declared that he will not endorse Trump in the 2024 general election; Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held their first phone call in a month amidst growing disagreements over the war in Gaza. Mar 18, 2024
2025 Day 1519: A federal judge ruled that Elon Musk’s attempt to unilaterally dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution in "multiple ways"; the Trump administration defied a federal judge’s order halting deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, refusing to disclose whether flights carrying suspected Venezuelan gang members departed after the ruling; Trump called for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg after he temporarily blocked the deportation of Venezuelan migrants; Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare public rebuke of Trump, saying: “Impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision"; Putin agreed to limited ceasefire that would stop strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, but only if Ukraine does the same; the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed as Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed over 400 people in the deadliest attack since the war began; and the Trump administration is considering eliminating the EPA’s Office of Research and Development. Mar 18, 2025
2026 Day 1884: Tulsi Gabbard refused to say whether U.S. intelligence assessed that Iran posed an “imminent” threat; oil prices jumped after an Israel airstrike on Iran’s South Pars gas field and Iran later attacked Qatar’s Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas facility; Trump waived the Jones Act for 60 days in an effort to contain rising fuel prices caused by the war in Iran; the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.5% to 3.75%, acknowledging increased uncertainty due to the Iran war; the FBI is buying Americans’ data and location histories – again; and the United States was downgraded from a liberal democracy to an electoral democracy due to Trump’s “rapid and aggressive concentration of powers in the presidency.” Mar 18, 2026