2018 Day 664: The White House argued that Trump has "broad discretion" to ban reporters from the White House; the Justice Department said Matthew Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general is constitutional; Jeff Flake threatened to vote against Trump's judicial nominees if legislation to protect Mueller does not receive a Senate floor vote; and Mueller's office is exploring whether Roger Stone tried to intimidate a witness. Nov 14, 2018
2019 Day 1029: A federal appeals court ruled that Trump's accounting firm must comply with a congressional subpoena for eight years of Trump's tax returns; Trump asked the Supreme Court to block his accounting from turning over his tax returns; a second U.S. official overheard the July 26 phone call between Trump and the ambassador to the European Union discussing the need for Ukrainian "investigations"; Trump made 67 false claims last week; and 47% of Americans believe it's difficult to identify true and factual information. Nov 14, 2019
2022 Day 664: Democrats won the Senate while Republicans appear on track for a narrow majority in the House; a federal appeals court blocked Biden's student loan forgiveness program while it considers a lawsuit brought by six Republican states to end the policy; Trump sued the Jan. 6 committee to avoid cooperating with its subpoena for documents and his testimony; Trump claimed that the highly sensitive national security documents he took to Mar-a-Lago were his "personal" property because he said so; and officials from six nations spent more than $750,000 at Trump’s hotel in Washington while they were trying to influence U.S. foreign policy in 2017 and 2018. Nov 14, 2022
2023 Day 1029: The House passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government open after Democrats stepped in to rescue Speaker Mike Johnson and his spending plan that many Republicans opposed; a former Trump attorney told Georgia prosecutors that in December 2020 Trump’s deputy chief of staff told her “the boss” didn't plan to leave the White House “under any circumstances”; Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked for an emergency protective order after portions of videos from key witnesses in her election interference case against Trump leaked; Trump's allies are reportedly pre-screening up to 54,000 pro-Trump loyalists as a type of government-in-waiting if Trump wins the 2024 election; and Mike Johnson endorsed Trump's 2024 presidential bid, saying he's "all in" on the twice-impeached former president, who is facing 91 felony charges stemming from four indictments. Nov 14, 2023
2024 Day 1395: Trump asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as secretary of health and human services, putting one of the nation's leading vaccine skeptics in charge of America's health care agencies; Matt Gaetz abruptly resigned from Congress hours after Trump announced his nomination for attorney general; Republican and Democratic senators called for access to the House Ethics Committee report into Gaetz as part of the confirmation hearing process; and a satirical fake news outlet bought an actual fake news site. Nov 14, 2024