2020 Day 1145: Trump had contact with two Republican congressmen before they learned they had been exposed to someone diagnosed with coronavirus; the White House overruled health officials who wanted to warn Americans to avoid commercial airlines because of the coronavirus; the White House and national health agencies have grown distrustful of one another over the mixed messaging on coronavirus; U.S. stocks fell more than 7.5% in the worst day on Wall Street since the financial crisis; and the Taliban reportedly has "no intention" of honoring the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement. Mar 9, 2020
2021 Day 49: House Democrats plan to pass the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Wednesday; the coronavirus relief bill will expanded subsidies for health plans under the Affordable Care Act; since the pandemic, about 700,000 mothers have dropped out of the U.S. workforce in states where most students are learning from home; more than 3,400 migrant children are in Customs and Border Protection custody; the Biden administration is "not ending family detention"; Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a Republican-backed bill into law that makes it harder to vote; and the Georgia Senate passed a bill to repeal no-excuse absentee voting and require more voter ID. Mar 9, 2021
2022 Day 414: The Pentagon rejected Poland's offer to transfer its MiG-29 fighter jets to the U.S. for delivery to Ukraine; congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement to send $13.6 billion in new humanitarian, military, and economic aid for Ukraine; House Democrats stripped Biden’s $15 billion coronavirus relief package from the $1.5 trillion government funding bill amid disputes about how to cover the cost; Biden directed the federal government to explore the possible uses and regulations for cryptocurrencies; the Biden administration restored California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution standards for cars; and the Senate approved a $107 billion overhaul of the Postal Service. Mar 9, 2022
2023 Day 779: A Trump attorney admitted to knowingly making 10 public “misrepresentations” about the 2020 presidential election being stolen; House Republicans launched an investigation into the Democratic-controlled Jan. 6 committee from last Congress; Mitch McConnell was hospitalized and is being treated for a concussion after falling; and U.S. companies cut nearly 80,000 job last month – up from 15,245 in February 2022. Mar 9, 2023
2026 Day 1875: Trump claimed that fighting in Iran was “very complete, pretty much” and would end “very soon,” but then threatened to strike Iran "at a much, much harder level" if Tehran disrupted oil supplies; Trump demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender" even as a classified U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that even a large-scale military assault was unlikely to lead to regime change in Iran; the U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, its third loss in five months, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%; the FBI subpoenaed records from the Arizona Senate’s 2021 review of roughly 2.1 million Maricopa County ballots; Trump threatened to not sign any legislation until Congress passes the SAVE America Act; a plaque honoring law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, was installed at 4 a.m. Saturday – three years after Congress required it by law and with no ceremony or announcement; and the Justice Department released three FBI interview summaries it had withheld from the Epstein files, including one by a woman alleging that Trump sexually assaulted her as a minor in the 1980s after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them. Mar 9, 2026