2020 Day 1216: Trump called the high number of US COVID-19 cases a “badge of honor” because it means the U.S. is testing more people; Trump threatened to permanently cut off funding to the World Health Organization and revoke U.S. membership; the White House said it didn't know "the exact rationale" behind Trump's decision to take hydroxychloroquine; the Trump administration will end deployments for more than 40,000 National Guard members currently helping states with coronavirus test and trace programs one day before thousands of members become eligible for key federal benefits; and the House Judiciary Committee told the Supreme Court they need Robert Mueller's secret grand jury materials to determine if there is new evidence of impeachable offenses involving Trump, saying Trump “did not cease with the conclusion of the impeachment trial." May 19, 2020
2021 Day 120: Mitch McConnell will oppose legislation to create a commission tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol; the New York attorney general's office opened a criminal investigation into the Trump Organization; Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law legislation that prohibits abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected; Tennessee will require businesses and government facilities to post a sign indicating that they allow transgender people to use their bathrooms; and U.S. Capitol Police are conducting a criminal investigation related to a subpoena for information about a parody Twitter account dedicated to mocking Rep. Devin Nunes. May 19, 2021
2025 Day 1581: House Republicans advanced Trump’s tax and immigration bill in a 17–16 committee vote after four Republican holdouts dropped their opposition but refused to endorse it; Moody’s stripped the U.S. of its last triple-A credit rating, citing unchecked debt growth and rising interest costs; consumer sentiment fell to 50.8 in May – the second-lowest level ever recorded since tracking began in the late 1970s; Trump told Walmart to “EAT THE TARIFFS” after the company said it would be forced to raise prices in response to Trump’s tariffs; the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to revoke deportation protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelans; the Department of Homeland Security is reportedly considering a reality TV show where immigrants compete in challenges for a chance at U.S. citizenship; and U.S. taxpayers will pay nearly $5 million to settle a lawsuit from the family of a Jan. 6 rioter who was shot by Capitol Police while trying to climb through a barricaded door near the House chamber as lawmakers were being evacuated during the disrupted certification of the 2020 election. May 19, 2025