2019 Day 774: The House Judiciary Committee launched a broad investigation into possible obstruction of justice; Adam Schiff says there is "direct evidence" of collusion; the Senate Intelligence Committee said lawmakers found "enormous amounts of evidence" that Trump colluded with the Russians; the House Ways and Means Committee is expected to request Trump's personal tax returns; Mitch McConnell expects the resolution to overturn Trump's emergency declaration to pass in the Republican-led Senate; and 41% of voters say they would vote to re-elect Trump in 2020. Mar 4, 2019
2020 Day 1140: Congress reached an agreement on a $8.3 billion emergency spending bill to address the coronavirus; Trump blamed Obama for making it harder for his administration to respond to the coronavirus outbreak; a coalition of 19 states are suing to block the Trump administration's diversion of $3.8 billion from the Pentagon to the border wall; and the U.S. conducted an airstrike against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan days after signing a historic peace deal. Mar 4, 2020
2021 Day 44: The Senate voted to open debate on Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill; the Trump administration spent about $10 billion in hospitals funds on Operation Warp Speed contracts; the House passed an expansion of federal voting rights over unified Republican opposition; the Biden administration will convert immigrant family detention centers in Texas into quick-release intake facilities; and South Carolina senators added a firing squad to the list of execution methods in a bid to restart executions after nearly 10 years. Mar 4, 2021
2024 Day 1140: The Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Colorado Supreme Court decision to remove Trump from the ballot for engaging in an insurrection on Jan. 6; Trump’s former chief financial officer pleaded guilty to perjury related to testimony he gave during Trump’s civil fraud trial; Kamala Harris called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, citing the "humanitarian catastrophe" caused by the Israel-Hamas War; the United Nations reported that it had found “reasonable grounds” to believe that sexual violence occurred during the Hamas terror attacks on Israel; and Super Tuesday is tomorrow. Mar 4, 2024
2025 Day 1505: Trump launched a trade war by imposing a 25% tariff on nearly all Canadian and Mexican goods and an additional 10% on Chinese imports, which triggered immediate retaliation; economists and global trade experts warn of severe economic consequences from Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China; Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested Americans raise backyard chickens to combat rising egg prices; Trump paused all U.S. military aid to Ukraine following the Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, where Trump and JD Vance accused him of being ungrateful; JD Vance dismissed dismissing a proposed European peacekeeping force in Ukraine as "20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years"; White House adviser Alina Habba suggested that military veterans fired in the Trump administration’s federal workforce cuts may not be “fit to have a job at this moment; House Republicans were told to avoid hosting in-person town halls after facing angry constituents over federal spending cuts and layoffs by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency; and Trump will address Congress tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Mar 4, 2025
2026 Day 1870: The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a closed-door deposition about the Justice Department’s handling of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein; Senate Republicans rejected a war powers resolution to block Trump from ordering more strikes on Iran; Trump is “actively considering and discussing” America’s role in Iran after the war with his advisers and national security team; Texas state Rep. James Talarico won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Texas; Republicans Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton advanced to a May 26 Republican runoff; the Office of Congressional Conduct said it had “substantial reason to believe” Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, had a sexual relationship with a subordinate who later died by suicide; and 54% of voters disapproved of Trump’s handling of Iran, and 52% said the U.S. shouldn’t have taken military action. Mar 4, 2026