2019 Day 790: Trump called Mueller's report illegitimate because he was never elected and complained to reporters that he now has to deal with "somebody writing a report" despite having "won one of the greatest election of all time"; Trump then called for Robert Mueller's report to be made public; and Robert Mueller's team told a federal judge that they're very busy this week because they "face the press of other work." Mar 20, 2019
2020 Day 1156: Senate Republican and Democratic negotiators, as well as senior Trump administration officials kicked off talks on a $1 trillion economic stabilization plan; Trump said he's put the Defense Production Act into "high gear" two days after saying he'd only use it "in a worst case scenario"; Trump attacked a reporter on live TV who asked what his message would be to Americans who are frightened by the coronavirus pandemic; and at least four senators sold off millions of dollars’ worth of stocks just before the market dropped amid fears of the coronavirus pandemic. Mar 20, 2020
2023 Day 790: Trump claimed he will be arrested Tuesday and urged his supporters to "protest, take our nation back”; three House Republican committee chairmen are demanding that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg testify before Congress; Trump asked a Georgia court to scrap the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the state's presidential election by him and his allies; a federal judge ordered Trump's attorney to testify as part of the special counsel investigation into his handling of classified documents; Wyoming became the first state to ban the use of pills for abortion; Biden vetoed legislation that would bar investment managers from weighing environmental, social, and corporate governance factors when selecting investments; and Earth will likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade and the world’s current plans to avoid catastrophic warming are inadequate. Mar 20, 2023
2024 Day 1156: A federal appeals court blocked a Texas law allowing state police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border hours after the Supreme Court had allowed it to go into effect; the Biden administration issued the strictest-ever rules for tailpipe emissions to ensure that the majority of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. are all-electric or hybrids by 2032; the Biden administration awarded Intel with about $20 billion in grants and loans to fund an expansion of its semiconductor factories across four states; the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, but still expects to cut rates three times in 2024; and Alabama Republicans passed legislation that bans state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public schools, universities, and state agencies. Mar 20, 2024
2025 Day 1521: Trump signed an executive order to "eliminate" the Department of Education, calling it “the first step” toward getting rid of the department "once and for all"; a federal judge accused the Trump administration of failing to comply with his order to provide details on deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants; a federal judge temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security Administration systems containing personal data; Elon Musk donated the maximum legal amount to multiple Republican lawmakers supporting judicial impeachments; after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady, Trump lashed out and insisted that Chair Jerome Powell “would be MUCH better off CUTTING RATES” to help Trump's tariffs “ease” into the economy; and House Democrats and progressive groups are pressuring Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down after he helped pass the Republican-backed spending bill. Mar 20, 2025