2018 Day 645: Trump is considering closing the southern border to Central Americans and denying them the opportunity to seek asylum; FBI agents arrested a suspect in connection with the 13 suspected mail bombs; Trump tweets that 'this "Bomb" stuff' is hurting Republicans in the midterms because the "news [is] not talking [about] politics"; and FBI Director Chris Wray made it clear that "these are not hoax devices." Oct 26, 2018
2020 Day 1376: The U.S. hit an all-time high in new coronavirus cases two days in a row as the death toll surpassed 225,000; “we’re not going to control the pandemic,” Trump's chief of staff said while defending the White House response to the coronavirus; Trump has not attended a White House coronavirus task force meeting in months; at least five of Pence's aides, including his chief of staff and his senior political adviser, tested positive for COVID-19; and the Senate is expected to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court this evening Oct 26, 2020
2022 Day 645: Earth’s on track to warm above 2 degrees Celsius and global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are "nowhere near the scale" needed; the World Meteorological Organization warned that atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide levels are accelerating; a South Carolina judge ordered Mark Meadows to testify before the Georgia grand jury investigating Trump and his allies efforts to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state; Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the leak of his draft opinion eliminating the constitutional right to abortion after almost 50 years made some justices “targets for assassination”; and 65% of registered Republican voters don't believe Biden was elected legitimately. Oct 26, 2022
2023 Day 1010: A manhunt for the gunman suspected of killing 18 people and injuring 13 others in Maine is ongoing; the Israeli military briefly sent tanks into the Gaza Strip as part of a "targeted raid" in order "to prepare the battlefield" in preparation for the "next stages of combat"; Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a resolution to censure Rashida Tlaib; Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has discussed potential plea deals with at least six more Trump co-defendants in the Georgia election subversion case; special counsel Jack Smith asked a judge to reimpose a federal gag order on Trump in the election interference case; a federal judge ordered Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps before 2024; North Carolina Republicans approved a new congressional map that eliminates roughly half of the Democrats representing the state in the House; and the transition to clean energy is "unstoppable." Oct 26, 2023
2026 Day 2106: House Judiciary Democrats called for an independent special counsel to investigate Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein and allegations that the Justice Department covered up evidence of Trump's involvement in Epstein's sexual abuse of young women; a federal judge ruled the Justice Department unlawfully fired Maurene Comey, who worked on the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell; the average price of gasoline during Trump's second term is now more expensive than it was under Biden – by less than a cent; Trump ordered the Justice Department to sue Alaska to block certification of its Senate election if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan narrowly loses; two federal appeals court judges questioned the Trump administration’s attempt to block California from counting mail ballots from suspected noncitizens; and Trump said he'll soon decide whether to "make a deal" with Iran or "finish it off." Oct 26, 2026