2019 Day 775: Trump accused House Democratic leaders of going "stone cold CRAZY" by opening an oversight investigation; New York State regulators issued a subpoena to the Trump Organization's insurance broker; the White House rejected a House Oversight Committee request for documents about Jared Kushner's security clearance; and former White House attorney Ty Cobb called Robert Mueller "an American hero." Mar 5, 2019
2020 Day 1141: The Trump administration won’t meet its promised timeline of having a million coronavirus tests available by the end of the week; a State Department official blamed Russia for “swarms of online, false personas” spreading misinformation about coronavirus; Trump – on Fox News – called the World Health Organization estimate that the global mortality rate for coronavirus is 3.4% "a false number"; and a federal judge criticized Attorney General William Barr’s handling of Robert Mueller's report, saying that Barr's public statements about the report were “distorted” and “misleading." Mar 5, 2020
2021 Day 45: Senate Democrats agreed to lower the federal unemployment benefits to $300 a week; passage of the relief bill, however, stalled for hours after Joe Manchin said he was unsatisfied with the concession; Kyrsten Sinema voted down a proposed minimum wage increase with a thumbs-down; Senate Democrats are reportedly warming to the idea of eliminating the filibuster as fears grow that Republicans will block Biden’s agenda; there are about 9.5 million fewer jobs today than a year ago; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s senior aides rewrote a June nursing home report by state health officials to hide the higher Covid-19 death toll; and former House impeachment manager Eric Swalwell sued Trump, Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Rep. Mo Brooks, alleging that they and others were "responsible for the injury and destruction" of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Mar 5, 2021
2024 Day 1141: Today is Super Tuesday; the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a new Texas immigration law; the U.S. continued to airdrop aid into Gaza as the humanitarian crisis deepens; and the Biden administration will cap all credit card late fees at $8, which regulators say will save Americans up to $10 billion a year. Mar 5, 2024
2025 Day 1506: Trump delivered a 100-minute address to Congress – the longest in history – and declared his administration’s first 43 days an overwhelming success; Sen. Elissa Slotkin, delivering the Democratic rebuttal to Trump’s address, warned that his economic policies could "walk us right into a recession"; Trump granted a one-month exemption from new 25% auto tariffs on Mexico and Canada, following pressure from automakers; Trump called for ending the $52 billion Chips Act; the State Department stopped a global air quality monitoring program "due to budget constraints"; the Trump administration paused intelligence-sharing with Ukraine; the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments; and Trump’s approval rating turned negative for the first time in his second term. Mar 5, 2025
2026 Day 1871: Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and replaced her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin; Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security for a third time; the House rejected a bipartisan effort to force Trump to seek congressional approval for continued military action in Iran; Trump said he wasn’t concerned about rising gasoline prices caused by the Iran war, saying "if they rise, they rise"; two dozen Democratic-led states sued Trump to stop his new 10% global import tariffs; and a Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for molesting two children. Mar 5, 2026