On This Day: November 7

7 posts spanning 2017–2024

2017

• Day 292 Nov 7, 2017

2018

• Day 657: Democrats won back the House; Republicans increased their majority in the Senate; Democrats flipped at least 7 governorships and at least 111 women were elected to office; and Jeff Sessions resigned at Trump's request. Nov 7, 2018

2019

• Day 1022: Trump asked Attorney General William Barr to hold a press conference and say that he didn't break the law during his July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; former national security adviser John Bolton is willing to defy the White House and testify in the House impeachment inquiry; Trump must personally pay $2 million in damages for unlawfully coordinating with the Trump Foundation charity to further his 2016 presidential campaign; and Trump and "The Apprentice" creator have discussed shooting "The Apprentice: White House" after Trump leaves office. Nov 7, 2019

2020

• Day 1388: Biden defeated Trump to become the 46th president of the United States; moments after Biden was projected by CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, AP, and Fox News, Trump refused to concede, falsely claimed that the election was "far from over," accused Biden of "rushing to falsely pose as the winner," and threatened legal action to contest the results in some states; the U.S. recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths for the fourth straight day; and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows tested positive for the coronavirus. Nov 7, 2020

2022

• Day 657: Earth is on track to see its 5th or 6th warmest year on record in 2022; U.N. Secretary General António Guterres called for the creation of a “climate solidarity pact” between rich and poor nations to meet the Paris Agreement's target and limit the severity of global warming; more than 41 million pre-election ballots have been cast across 47 states, but Republicans in at least three battleground states have sued to disqualify thousands of mail ballots; a Russian oligarch known as “Vladimir Putin’s chef” admitted that Russia had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue to do so; and Trump is reportedly planning to announce his 2024 presidential campaign before Thanksgiving. Nov 7, 2022

2023

• Day 1022: Trump "stands alone in American history" for his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that Israel will have “overall security responsibility” in Gaza “for an indefinite period” after its war with Hamas despite a warning from the White House that a "reoccupation of Gaza by Israeli forces is not good"; with 10 days left before a potential government shutdown and no strategy to keep the government funded, Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that the public “trust us”; and it's Election Day in America where voters in several states will participate in an off-year general election that will determine the next governor in two states, control of the state's legislature in another, and whether to enshrine abortion rights into one state's constitution. Nov 7, 2023

2024

• Day 1388: Biden vowed to ensure a “peaceful and orderly transition,” calling on Americans to “accept the choice the country made" and to "bring down the temperature"; Trump’s MAGA allies admit that "Project 2025" was always "the agenda" for a second term; Trump said there is "no price tag" on his plan for the "largest deportation effort in American history"; after spending more than $130 million to help Trump win re-election, Elon Musk aims to secure regulatory benefits for SpaceX and Tesla; and the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points for the second time this year. Nov 7, 2024