2019 Day 859: Mueller reportedly drafted a three-count obstruction of justice indictment against Trump before deciding to shelve it; a congressional Republican accused Attorney General Bill Barr of intentionally misrepresenting the Mueller report to further Trump's "false narrative"; the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee accused Trump of giving Barr "the right to selectively declassify certain information for purposes of political gain"; and Trump denied that North Korea fired any ballistic missiles or violated the United Nations Security Council resolutions, siding with Kim Jong Un over his national security adviser and Japan's prime minister. May 28, 2019
2020 Day 1225: 2.1 million more Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week; the Trump administration will not release updated economic projections this summer; Trump signed an executive order seeking to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms; Trump singled out a Twitter employee in a tweet complaining that Twitter's decision to fact check his tweets about mail balloting could “taint” the U.S. election; and Trump's signed coronavirus post card cost the U.S. Postal Service $28 million. May 28, 2020
2021 Day 129: Senate Republicans blocked the creation of an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol; Senate Republicans delayed passage of a $195 billion bipartisan bill aimed at countering China's global economic and political influence; the Biden administration defended a Trump-era oil and gas project in Alaska; Biden ordered the 90-day review into the origin of the coronavirus pandemic after intelligence officials told the White House they had unexamined evidence that required additional analysis; Hackers linked to Russian intelligence hacked the email system used by the U.S. Agency for International Development. May 28, 2021
2024 Day 1225: The judge presiding over Trump’s classified documents case denied a request from federal prosecutors to block Trump from making false claims that FBI agents were prepared to kill him; Trump was repeatedly booed and heckled at the Libertarian National Convention after he asked members for their support; the International Court of Justice on Friday ordered Israel to immediately halt its military assault on Rafah, citing an "immediate risk" to Palestinians; and on Sunday, two Israeli airstrikes on a tent camp where displaced civilians were sheltering ignited a deadly fire that killed at least 45 people and wounded 249 other people in Rafah, the Gaza city where more than 1 million people are seeking refuge in dire conditions. May 28, 2024
2025 Day 1590: Elon Musk said he’s “disappointed” with Trump over the House-passed tax and spending bill, calling it a “massive spending bill” that “increases the budget deficit” and “undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing”; the White House will send a $9.4 billion rescissions package to Congress to formalize a portion of spending cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency; a federal judge allowed the Trump administration to give DOGE access to the Treasury systems that handle trillions in payments and store Americans’ Social Security numbers and bank data; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may ban government scientists from publishing in top medical journals; and Trump defended his pattern of threatening and then reversing tariffs after investors began using the term “TACO” – short for “Trump Always Chickens Out” – to describe his behavior. May 28, 2025