2020 Day 1356: Trump ordered negotiators to stop talks with Democrats on a new coronavirus relief package until after the election; members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are self-quarantining; the White House hasn't conducted contact tracing for guests and staff members who attended the Rose Garden party where at least eight people, including Trump, are believed to have contracted COVID-19; the White House approved the FDA's new, tougher standards for coronavirus vaccine developers after the agency unilaterally published the guidelines; and Trump left Walter Reed Medical Center and returned to the White House where he stood outside and removed his mask, despite the fact that he is still infected and contagious. Oct 6, 2020
2021 Day 260: The Senate postponed a vote to suspend the nation's debt limit after Republicans planned to filibuster the effort for the third time in two weeks; Biden suggested that it's a “real possibility” for Democrats to revise the Senate's filibuster rules to overcome the Republican blockade on raising the debt ceiling; Mitch McConnell offered to allow Democrats to temporarily raise the debt ceiling; Trump praised Pence for downplaying the Jan. 6 Capitol riot; and 38% of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing as president – his lowest approval rating since taking office. Oct 6, 2021
2022 Day 625: Biden pardoned anyone convicted of marijuana possession under federal law; a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of large parts of New York’s gun law; Biden said the U.S. is eyeing "alternatives" to oil from OPEC Plus countries as gasoline prices begin the climb again; the Federal Reserve said inflation has remained “stubbornly persistent” and that its benchmark interest rate will probably be at 4.5% to 4.75% by next spring; initial unemployment claims increased by 29,000 to 219,000 last week; Covid-19 boosters could prevent about 90,000 U.S. deaths this winter if more people would get their booster by the end of the year; and 44% of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing as president. Oct 6, 2022
2025 Day 1721: Illinois and Chicago sued to block Trump’s deployment of 300 federalized National Guard troops to the city; a federal judge declined to stop the deployment, allowing 200 Texas Guard troops to move toward Illinois as part of the operation; federal agents shot and wounded a woman in Chicago after what Homeland Security said was a ramming and boxing-in of a law-enforcement vehicle; the Trump administration offered unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody a $2,500 stipend to voluntarily leave the U.S.; a federal judge blocked Trump from sending any National Guard troops from any state into Oregon, expanding an earlier order that said he lacked legal authority to federalize Oregon’s own Guard; the Supreme Court allowed Trump to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Venezuelans; Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired a whistle-blower three weeks after she filed a complaint alleging the Trump administration defied court orders and undermined vaccine research; the Supreme Court rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, keeping her conviction and 20-year sentence for recruiting and grooming girls abused by Jeffrey Epstein; the Treasury Department said it was considering a $1 Trump coin to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary next year; House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries challenged Speaker Mike Johnson to a live debate on the sixth day of the government shutdown; and 52% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the government shutdown. Oct 6, 2025