2019 Day 799: The Justice Department plans to release a redacted copy of Robert Mueller's report "by mid-April, if not sooner"; Trump repeated his threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border as early as "next week"; and a federal judge blocked a Trump administration rule allowing millions of Americans to buy health insurance that doesn't conform to Affordable Care Act coverage requirements. Mar 29, 2019
2021 Day 69: CDC Director Rochelle Walensky warned of "impending doom" as Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths rise throughout the U.S.; Biden announced that 90% of adults will be eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine starting April 19; the Biden administration expects the number of unaccompanied children crossing the border to increase from more than 16,000 currently to as many as 26,000 by September; and Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to Trump's Homeland Security chief and members of the department’s cybersecurity staff, who were responsible for identifying threats from foreign countries. Mar 29, 2021
2022 Day 434: Trump's Jan. 6 White House records are missing seven hours and 37 minutes of phone logs; two dozen Democratic lawmakers demanded that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “promptly recuse himself”; the Jan. 6 committee urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to criminally charge Mark Meadows for contempt of Congress; the New York attorney general’s office said it has “uncovered significant evidence” suggesting that Trump "falsely and fraudulently valued" real estate assets for more than a decade; Russia said it will “drastically reduce military activity” near Kyiv and northern Ukraine; and the FDA authorized a second booster of Pfizer and Moderna for adults 50 years and older. Mar 29, 2022
2023 Day 799: Kevin McCarthy suggested that lawmakers need to see “all the facts” before they consider any gun legislation following the shooting in Nashville where seven people were killed; North Carolina residents no longer need a permit to buy a handgun; the Idaho Legislature will vote to establish a new crime – dubbed “abortion trafficking” – that would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent; the Senate voted to formally repeal the war authorizations that justified the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War; the Manhattan grand jury investigating Trump's alleged hush money payment isn’t expected to hear evidence in the case until late April; 57% of Americans believe Trump should be disqualified from running for president if he is criminally charged in any of the multiple state and federal investigations; 60% of Americans say the government spends too much money; and 31% of Americans say the economy is the most important issue facing the country – the top issue for respondents in the survey. Mar 29, 2023