On This Day: October 7

4 posts spanning 2019–2025

2019

• Day 991: Trump announced that he plans to withdraw U.S. troops from northeastern Syria and allow the Turkish military to launch an attack against Kurdish militias in the area, eliciting outrage from the heads of both parties; another whistleblower came forward about Trump's dealings with Ukraine, about which three House committees subpoenaed the DoD and the White House OMB for documents; Trump blamed Rick Perry for his call with Zelensky; and a federal judge ruled that sitting presidents are not immune to criminal investigations, a decision which Trump's team quickly appealed, winning a temporary administrative stay. Oct 7, 2019

2020

• Day 1357: A federal appeals court ruled that Manhattan's district attorney can enforce a subpoena for eight years' worth of Trump's tax returns; top Justice Department officials were "a driving force" behind Trump’s child separation policy; Trump urged Congress to pass a new coronavirus stimulus package hours after abruptly ordering his negotiators to stop talks with Democrats until after the election; and Trump told the White House medical staff "I feel great!" and that he has been "symptom-free" from the coronavirus for over 24 hours, as White House aides offered conflicting statements about whether Trump had returned to the Oval Office. Oct 7, 2020

2024

• Day 1357: The Supreme Court refused to require doctors in Texas to perform certain emergency abortions; the Georgia Supreme Court reinstated the state’s six-week abortion ban; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to take calls from Biden or Harris as Hurricane Milton "explosively" intensified into a Category 5 storm headed for the Tampa Bay region; and Trump accused undocumented immigrants of having “bad genes,” suggesting that immigrants are predisposed to murder. Oct 7, 2024

2025

• Day 1722: Trump floated invoking the Insurrection Act to “get around” court orders blocking his National Guard deployments to Democratic cities; Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly refused to answer questions from Senate Democrats about the Justice Department’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, the review of Jeffrey Epstein’s files, or the closure of a bribery probe into border czar Tom Homan; the FBI used a grand jury subpoena in 2023 to obtain phone toll records for nine Republican lawmakers as part of its “Arctic Frost” investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election; the Trump administration plans to withhold back pay from furloughed federal employees after the government shutdown ends; flight delays continued nationwide as the government shutdown left air traffic controllers working without pay and short-staffed at major airports; ICE furloughed its entire Office of Detention Oversight during the government shutdown – the only team that inspects detention centers for safe and humane conditions; Trump blamed Democrats for the government shutdown, calling them “insurrectionists” and comparing their opposition to a funding bill that doesn’t include enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies to a “kamikaze attack”; Marjorie Taylor Greene broke with Republican leaders over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits, accusing them of having “no plan” to stop insurance premiums from “DOUBLING” at the end of the year; the Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled it may strike down Colorado’s 2019 ban on conversion therapy for minors, saying the law likely violates free speech protections; and the White House will host a UFC fight for Trump’s 80th birthday. Oct 7, 2025