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
2026 Day 1941: The Supreme Court preserved nationwide mail and telehealth access to mifepristone; U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks resigned; Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned Trump of “clashes and even conflicts” if the U.S. “improperly” handles Taiwan; the EPA proposed relaxing wastewater limits for coal-fired power plants; FBI Director Kash Patel took a military-coordinated “VIP snorkel” around the USS Arizona memorial; the Trump administration wants to build Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch using an existing, unrelated White House engineering contract; Trump allies want the July 4 fireworks show in Washington to break the Guinness World Record for the world's biggest fireworks display; and 45% of Kamala Harris voters said Democrats should redraw House maps to help the party win more seats, even if that weakens some districts designed to protect Black and minority voters. May 14, 2026