2018 Day 665: Trump accused Mueller of "horribly threatening" witnesses to force them to cooperate in the Russia probe; a federal judge denied a Russian firm's motion to dismiss charges filed by Mueller's team; Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five people involved in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the Trump administration sanctioned 17 Saudis accused of involvement in the killing; and Palm Beach County missed the deadline for recounting votes in the state's Senate, governor's and agriculture-commissioner races. Nov 15, 2018
2019 Day 1030: The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testified that Trump's comment – that she was "bad news" and is "going to go through some things" – "sounded like a threat"; Trump attacked the former ambassador on Twitter as she was testifying about how she felt threatened by his comments; the White House released the rough transcript of Trump's first call with Zelensky and it does not match the White House readout from April 21; federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Rudy Giuliani for possible campaign finance violations and a failure to register as a foreign agent; and Roger Stone was found guilty on all seven counts. Nov 15, 2019
2021 Day 300: Biden signed the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan into law; nearly 200 nations reached a climate agreement that falls short of what's needed to avert a crisis; a federal court kept its block on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses; the Trump administration covered up a 2019 airstrike in Syria that killed 80 people; Steve Bannon surrendered to federal authorities; and Republicans have added a net of five seats in the House based on redrawn district maps so far. Nov 15, 2021
2022 Day 665: Kevin McCarthy won the Republican nomination for speaker; the director of the CIA warned his Russian counterpart against the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine; the Customs and Border Protection commissioner resigned after a standoff with Biden's Homeland Security secretary; federal prosecutors closed their investigation in whether Rudy Giuliani violated U.S. lobbying laws while doing business in Ukraine; and U.S. intelligence reports that the United Arab Emirates attempted to steered U.S. foreign policy in its favor through a series of legal and illegal activities. Nov 15, 2022
2023 Day 1030: Israel Defense Forces raided and seized the largest hospital in Gaza; the world’s two largest climate polluters agreed to work together to speed their transition away from fossil fuels and to renewable energy; climate change is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States”; Fulton County prosecutors asked a judge to jail one of Trump's co-defendants charged in the 2020 election subversion case for his alleged “effort to intimidate codefendants and witnesses”; and Trump asked for a mistrial in his $250 million New York civil fraud case, claiming that the judge and his clerk are biased against him. Nov 15, 2023