2019 Day 1005: Mick Mulvaney – again – tried to deny his public assertion of a quid pro quo; Rudy Giuliani asked the State Department and the White House to grant a visa to the former Ukrainian official who Joe Biden had pushed to have removed; the Justice Department confirmed that Trump Jr. and former White House counsel Don McGahn were never called to testify in front of a grand jury as part of Robert Mueller's investigation; Trump won't host next year's G7 summit at his Trump National Doral Resort after all; Trump insisted that he's "trying to get out of wars," but that we "we may have to get in wars, too." Oct 21, 2019
2020 Day 1371: The CDC said it's seeing a "distressing trend" in the United States’ coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19 cases grow "in all parts of the country"; the CDC expanded its definition of a "close contact" to a person who has been within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period; Trump abruptly ended an interview with “60 Minutes” host Lesley Stahl and then threatened to post their interview before it broadcasts Sunday night because "bulk of the interview was focused on coronavirus"; the Trump administration lost track of the parents for 545 migrant children who were separated at the U.S. border; and Trump maintains a bank account in China and has paid $188,561 in taxes. Oct 21, 2020
2024 Day 1371: With 15 days until the 2024 election, Harris and Trump are essentially tied across the seven battleground states that will decide the race; Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC will give away $1 million a day until Election Day to a "random" registered voter who signs his petition supporting "free speech and the right to bear arms”; U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered the release of a heavily redacted dossier of evidence in special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 case against Trump; the five men who were wrongfully convicted in the Central Park Five jogger rape case in 1989 filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump over his remarks during the presidential debate last month; and Trump, who has refused to disclose any details about his physical or mental well-being, is reportedly “exhausted and refusing interviews.” Oct 21, 2024
2025 Day 1736: A man pardoned by Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries; Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel “is not going to pass” following reports that Paul Ingrassia sent text messages that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and admitted he has “a Nazi streak”; Trump demanded that the Justice Department he now oversees pay him about $230 million for federal investigations into him, including probes of Russian election interference and the 2022 Mar-a-Lago search; Republican lawmakers in North Carolina approved a new congressional map designed to give the Republicans an additional U.S. House seat; Republican farm-state senators and major rancher groups called Trump’s idea to import more Argentine beef to lower U.S. prices a “betrayal of America first principles”; White House said there are “no plans” for Trump to meet Putin “in the immediate future”; and the Treasury Department told employees not to share photos of the White House East Wing demolition or construction on Trump’s ballroom. Oct 21, 2025