2019 Day 789: Mueller obtained warrants to search Michael Cohen's emails and cell phones in 2017; Trump exaggerated his wealth in order to secure additional loans from Deutsche Bank; the Supreme Court ruled that the government can detain immigrants indefinitely with past criminal records; and the House Judiciary Committee said it received "tens of thousands" of requested documents but the White House has ignored the requests. Mar 19, 2019
2020 Day 1155: The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee warned constituents three weeks ago to prepare for dire economic and societal effects from the coronavirus; the Trump administration simulated a series of pandemic outbreaks from China in 2019 and found the U.S. government response was "underfunded, underprepared, and uncoordinated"; Trump claimed that "Nobody knew there would be a pandemic or epidemic of this proportion"; Trump promised that a therapeutic drug would be available "almost immediately" only to be contradicted minutes later by the commissioner of the FDA; Trump directed governors to obtain their own medical equipment because the federal government is "not a shipping clerk"; the CDC advised health care workers to use bandanas or scarves when face masks are not available; and the State Department warned Americans against all international travel and advised those abroad to return to the U.S. or prepare to shelter in place "for an indefinite timeframe." Mar 19, 2020
2021 Day 59: The House passed two immigration bills that would establish a path to citizenship for roughly 3.4 million undocumented immigrants; more than 500 unaccompanied migrant children and teens have been held in jail-like detention centers for more than 10 days at the border; Biden urged Congress to “swiftly pass” the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act to address the rise in discrimination and violence against Asian Americans; the CDC revised its physical distancing requirements for children in school, from 6 feet to 3 feet; and the White House asked several staffers to resign or work remotely after past marijuana use was discovered during their background checks. Mar 19, 2021
2024 Day 1155: Biden and House Republicans reached a deal to fund the government, but Congress might not have time to pass the legislation before a partial shutdown this weekend; the Supreme Court will allow Texas to immediately begin enforcing a controversial immigration law that gives state police the power to arrest people suspected of crossing the border illegally; Trump urged the Supreme Court to declare that he’s absolutely immune from criminal charges for his attempts to subvert the 2020 election, which resulted in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol; Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News, arguing that George Stephanopoulos had harmed his reputation by saying multiple times on-air that Trump had raped E. Jean Carroll; former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to prison; a pro-Trump lawyer – who tried to overturn the 2020 election – was arrested and charged with conspiring to seize Michigan voting machines after the election; and former Trump White House intern Jared Kushner praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s “waterfront property” and suggested that Israel should "move the people out and then clean it up." Mar 19, 2024
2025 Day 1520: A federal judge blocked Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military; the Trump administration froze $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its policies allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports; Israel resumed ground operations in Gaza after breaking a two-month ceasefire with heavy airstrikes; a federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation challenge, ruling that his case must be heard in New Jersey; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to a 30-day ceasefire with Russia; Trump fired the only two Democratic commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission, consolidating Republican control over the agency that enforces antitrust and consumer protection laws; the Social Security Administration will eliminate phone-based verification and instead require millions of Americans to verify their identity online or in person before claiming benefits; the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at 4.25%-4.5%; 56% of federal workers believe the Trump administration will hurt government operations; and 49% of voters approve of Trump’s job performance, while 48% disapprove. Mar 19, 2025
2026 Day 1885: The Pentagon asked for more than $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran war; Iran attacked Gulf energy sites after an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field; Israel said it would stop attacking Iran’s South Pars gas field after Trump said he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “don’t do that”; the Justice Department subpoenaed former FBI Director James Comey as part of a "grand conspiracy" case against the former officials who investigated and prosecuted Trump; about 9% of people who had Affordable Care Act insurance in 2025 are now uninsured after the enhanced federal subsidies expired at the end of 2025; a coalition of 24 states and more than a dozen cities and counties sued the EPA over its repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding; and Trump's hand-picked federal arts commission approved a commemorative 24-karat U.S. gold coin depicting Trump leaning on a desk with clenched fists. Mar 19, 2026