2018 Day 671: The Trump administration authorized troops deployed at the border to use lethal force; the White House attacked "activist judges" for temporarily blocking Trump's attempt to refuse asylum to migrants; the Senate Foreign Relations Committee demanded that Trump say whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi; and 15% of Americans say they are "looking forward" to talking about politics at Thanksgiving. Nov 21, 2018
2019 Day 1036: The former White House adviser on Russia accused Republican lawmakers of weaponizing "falsehoods" with the "fictional narrative" that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election; the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia testified that Ukrainian officials asked her staff about the military aid on July 25; White House officials and Senate Republicans agreed that a full trial should be conducted if the House impeaches Trump; and Trump promised to "release my financial statement" "sometime" before the 2020 election. Nov 21, 2019
2022 Day 671: A gunman killed five people and injured 18 others at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance; diplomats from nearly 200 countries failed to reach an agreement to phase out fossil fuels; Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to oversee two Justice Department criminal investigations into Trump; the Jan. 6 committee plans to release "all the evidence" it has collected "within a month"; the Manhattan district attorney’s office has restarted its long-running criminal investigation into Trump and the $130,000 hush money Michael Cohen paid to Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 presidential election; and the Chief Twit reinstated Trump's Twitter account after posting a poll asking the platform's users, bots, and fake accounts if the former president's permanent ban for inciting the Jan. 6 violence at the Capitol should be reversed. Nov 21, 2022
2023 Day 1036: A Colorado judge ruled that Trump "engaged in an insurrection," but said the 14th Amendment doesn’t apply to the presidency; Israel and Hamas are near a “truce deal” to release some hostages seized by Hamas in Israel in exchange for a pause in fighting in Gaza; and the owner of the social media company formerly known as Twitter sued a nonprofit organization for defamation after it published research highlighting antisemitic and pro-Nazi content on the social media platform. Nov 21, 2023
2024 Day 1402: Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general following scrutiny over allegations of sex trafficking an underage girl and drug use that threatened his confirmation; a woman told police that Pete Hegseth – Trump’s pick for defense secretary – sexually assaulted her in 2017; the Republican-led House Oversight Committee will establish a new subcommittee led by Marjorie Taylor Greene to work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on Trump's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency"; the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza; and the House passed legislation that allows the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it accuses of supporting terrorism. Nov 21, 2024