2019 Day 845: The White House is reviewing plans to attack Iran; global stocks plummeted in response to the escalating trade war with China, which will soon escalate even more; the House is investigating obstruction claims against Trump's lawyers; Trump promised not to use stolen material as part of his 2020 campaign; he praised Hungary's authoritarian leader; and newly obtained photos show migrant children and families sleeping on the ground at a detention camp in Texas. May 14, 2019
2020 Day 1211: Another 2.98 million people filed unemployment claims last week, bringing the two-month total to 36.5 million; the White House threatened to veto a $3 trillion pandemic relief bill; Trump criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci's warning about the risks of reopening schools and businesses too soon as "not an acceptable answer"; the Trump administration plans to extend its coronavirus border restrictions indefinitely; Sen. Richard Burr stepped down as chairman of the Intelligence Committee following an FBI investigation into whether he sold stocks after secret briefings on the threat of the coronavirus pandemic; and a federal appeals court revived a lawsuit accusing Trump of illegally profiting from the presidency; May 14, 2020
2021 Day 115: The House Homeland Security Committee agreed to create a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol; House Republicans elected Rep. Elise Stefanik as their new No. 3 leader; the executive director of a top conservative group bragged in a leaked video that her organization had crafted the new voter suppression law in Georgia; several Project Veritas operatives were reportedly involved in a secrete plot during the Trump administration to discredit perceived "enemies" of Trump inside the government; and a Rep. Matt Gaetz associate agreed to cooperate with federal investigators and admitted to paying an underage girl to have sex with him and other men. May 14, 2021
2024 Day 1211: Biden announced new tariffs on $18 billion in Chinese imports, including electric vehicles, semiconductors, steel and aluminum products, and medical products; Democrats on the House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into the meeting where Trump promised oil executives he’d repeal regulations intended to lower climate emissions if they contributed $1 billion to his 2024 campaign; Michael Cohen resumed testifying against Trump in the election interference trial involving falsified business records; the Justice Department asked a federal judge to order Steve Bannon to begin serving his four-month jail sentence for contempt of Congress; and Arizona prosecutors have been unable to serve Rudy Giuliani his indictment. May 14, 2024
2025 Day 1576: Trump scaled back tariffs on Chinese imports after being warned that his trade policies were hurting “Trump’s people"; Trump still plans to accept a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar, even though converting the 13-year-old aircraft into Air Force One could cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1 billion and may not be completed before he leaves office in 2029; Trump claimed Saudi Arabia pledged $600 billion in investment during his Middle East trip, but the White House released details for only $283 billion; a Chinese tech company with no revenue and just eight employees plans to buy up to $300 million of Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin; Rep. Shri Thanedar forced a House vote on impeaching Trump, filing seven articles that accuse him of corruption, abuse of power, and unconstitutional conduct; 59% of Americans pessimistic about the state of politics in the U.S.; and 40% approve of Americans Trump’s job performance, while 56% disapprove. May 14, 2025