2018 Day 489: Michael Cohen's business partner took a plea deal and agreed to cooperate with state and federal investigations; Cohen received a secret payment of $400,000 to arrange talks with Trump and the Ukrainian president; Mueller asked the courts to begin the sentencing process for Papadopoulos; Trump bashes the press so no one believes negative stories about him; Jared Kushner's prison reform bill sailed through the House but likely won't make it to the Senate floor; and a federal judge ruled that Trump can't block people on Twitter. May 23, 2018
2019 Day 854: The Senate passed a $19 billion dollar disaster relief package by a vote of 85-5; Trump announced a $16 billion bailout to help American farmers weather his ongoing trade war with China; a 10-year-old migrant girl died in U.S. custody last September; the CEO of Federal Savings Bank was indicted for trying to buy a spot in Trump's cabinet by allegedly giving Paul Manafort $16 million in high-risk home loans; and the DOJ indicted Julian Assange on 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. May 23, 2019
2023 Day 854: The Texas billionaire and Republican megadonor with close ties to Clarence Thomas refused to answer questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his gifts to the Supreme Court justice; E. Jean Carroll is seeking “very substantial” monetary damages of no less than $10 million from Trump in response to his insults made about her at a CNN town hall; Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records related to a hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels is set to begin less than eight months before the 2024 presidential election; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will announce his 2024 presidential campaign in a Twitter Spaces livestream with Elon Musk on Wednesday; and 62% of Americans say they believe Biden's mental fitness is a real concern. May 23, 2023
2024 Day 1220: The Supreme Court approved a white-dominated congressional district drawn by the Republican-controlled South Carolina legislature; a second flag carried by rioters on Jan. 6 was flown outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s vacation home in New Jersey; House Republicans temporarily banned a Democrat from speaking in the chamber after he listed off Trump’s criminal charges; and the Republican-controlled Louisiana legislature reclassified abortion pills as controlled and dangerous substances, making the state the first to criminalize possession of the drugs without a prescription. May 23, 2024