2018 Day 636: Mueller is expected to issue findings after the midterm elections on whether Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia and if Trump obstructed justice during the probe; Rosenstein defended Mueller's investigation as "appropriate and independent"; Trump asked Turkey for recordings related to Jamal Khashoggi "if it exists"; and Trump claimed he has a "natural instinct for science" when it comes to climate change. Oct 17, 2018
2019 Day 1001: Mick Mulvaney confirmed that Trump blocked military aid to Ukraine to force Kiev to investigate his political rivals; the U.S. ambassador to the European Union told House impeachment investigators that Trump delegated American foreign policy on Ukraine to Rudy Giuliani; Rick Perry spoke with Giuliani at Trump's direction earlier this year about Ukraine; the U.S. and Turkey agreed to a five-day ceasefire in Syria; and Trump decided the U.S. will host next year's G-7 summit at the Trump National Doral Miami Golf Club. Oct 17, 2019
2022 Day 636: The Biden administration launched the online application for student loan forgiveness; the U.S. is forecast to "100%" enter a recession in the coming 12 months; the Trump Organization charged the Secret Service more than five times the recommended government rate for hotel stays at Trump properties while protecting the Trump family; the Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to end the special master review of documents seized during an FBI search of Trump’s Florida estate; the Jan. 6 committee asked the Secret Service for records of all contacts between its agents and members of the far-right Oath Keepers group prior to and on the day of the attack; the Justice Department recommended that Steve Bannon be sentenced to six months in jail and a $200,000 fine after he defied a subpoena to testify before the Jan. 6 committee; and 49% of likely voters said they plan to vote a Republican in this year's election for Congress. Oct 17, 2022
2023 Day 1001: Biden will travel to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and show solidarity with the U.S. ally “in the face of Hamas’s brutal terrorist attack”; the U.S. secretly supplied Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles for the first time; the Supreme Court – again – allowed the federal government to ban "ghost guns"; and Jim Jordan failed to win the House speakership in the first round of voting after 20 of his Republicans colleagues voted against him. Oct 17, 2023
2024 Day 1367: Israel Defense Forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a strike in Gaza; Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for allowing Russia to invade Ukraine; JD Vance outright denied Trump lost the 2020 election, flatly answering "no"; Trump’s described the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol a “day of love”; Trump asked a federal judge to delay the court-ordered release of special counsel Jack Smith’s evidence against him until after the 2024 election; Mitch McConnell, who has endorsed Trump for president this year, called Trump a “despicable human being,” a "narcissist," “stupid,” and “ill-tempered" after the 2020 election; and Trump – again – tried to silence Stormy Daniels before an election. Oct 17, 2024