2019 Day 777: Michael Cohen asked one of his attorneys last summer to raise the possibility of a pardon; Giuliani confirmed that several people have reached out to him about presidential pardons; Cohen, meanwhile, sued the Trump Organization; and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the Trump administration practice of separating migrant children from their families at the border. Mar 7, 2019
2022 Day 412: A bipartisan group of lawmakers reached a deal to ban the import of Russian energy and suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus; the Biden administration has discussed a possible deal to send Poland's Soviet-era MiG fighter jets to Ukraine; after Trump described Putin as “smart,” “savvy,” and “a genius,” Pence said there was no room in the Republican Party for “apologists for Putin”; researchers identified Covid-associated brain shrinkage equivalent to as much as a decade of normal aging; Florida’s surgeon general recommends against vaccinating healthy children for Covid-19; and the Amazon rainforest is nearing its “tipping point” and more than half of the rainforest could irreversible turn into a savanna. Mar 7, 2022
2023 Day 777: The Biden administration is reportedly considering restarting the practice of detaining migrant families who cross the border illegally; Walgreens – the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain – will not dispense abortion pills in 20 states; the Federal Reserve warned that it will likely lift interest rates higher and faster than previously expected; Biden proposed raising taxes on Americans earning more than $400,000 in an attempt to ensure that Medicare is funded for at least the next 25 years; and Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger denounced Tucker Carlson for airing an “offensive and misleading” portrayal of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Mar 7, 2023
2024 Day 1143: Biden will order the U.S. military to build a temporary port and pier in Gaza so more humanitarian aid can reach 2.3 million Palestinian civilians in need; despite facing criminal charges for mishandling of classified documents, despite facing criminal charges for mishandling of classified documents, Trump will receive U.S. intelligence briefings after he secures the Republican nomination; Sweden formally joined NATO as the 32nd member; Alabama’s governor signed a bill to protect in vitro fertilization into law after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered unborn children and that individuals could be held liable for destroying them; and Earth posted its warmest February ever – setting a monthly record for the ninth time in a row. Mar 7, 2024