2018 Day 679: Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress; Trump called Cohen a liar despite his written responses to Robert Mueller aligning with what Cohen said; Trump abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Putin shortly after Cohen pleaded guilty; and Trump said he misses New York City. Nov 29, 2018
2021 Day 314: Biden called the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic”; the White House told federal agencies they can delay punishing the roughly 3.5% of federal workers who failed to comply with Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate; Trump argued that the pursuit of his White House records by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack could permanently damage the presidency; the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol plans to vote on holding a second Trump ally in contempt of Congress; the Supreme Court will take up a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade on Wednesday; and government funding runs out Friday. Nov 29, 2021
2022 Day 679: The Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages; congressional leaders vowed to pass legislation "ASAP" to avert a nationwide rail strike; a federal jury convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy; Mark Meadows was ordered to testify to the grand jury investigating Trump’s effort to overturn the election in Georgia; and Kevin McCarthy disavowed the white nationalist Nick Fuentes, but declined to criticize Trump for having dinner with him. Nov 29, 2022
2023 Day 1044: About 90 House Republicans plan to support the vote to expel George Santos from Congress; a grand jury indicted two Republican county supervisors in Arizona for delaying the certification of 2022 election results; Trump doubled down on his calls to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act if he’s elected president again; Biden criticized Lauren Boebert in her own district as “one of the leaders of this extreme MAGA movement”; and a co-founder of Students for Trump was arrested and charged with assault. Nov 29, 2023