On This Day: September 11

7 posts spanning 2017–2025

2017

• Day 235 Sep 11, 2017

2018

• Day 600: Trump began the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks by tweeting a defense of himself in the Russia investigation; the Trump administration plans to make it easier for energy companies to release methane into the atmosphere; the number of White House aides Trump trusts is "much smaller"; and Trump said his administration is "totally prepared" for Hurricane Florence. Sep 11, 2018

2019

• Day 965: Trump ordered his staff to have NOAA repudiate a tweet by weather forecasters that contradicted his statement; the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology opened an investigation into Ross pressuring the acting administrator of NOAA into supporting Trump's false claim about Hurricane Dorian; the Trump administration will not grant temporary protected status to Bahamians displaced by Hurricane Dorian; and Trump's trade war with China has reduced U.S. employment by 300,000 jobs. Sep 11, 2019

2020

• Day 1331: Trump claimed that the U.S. is “rounding the corner” on the coronavirus pandemic; Trump insisted that "everyone knew" the coronavirus was airborne in February; a top prosecutor working on Attorney General William Barr's probe of the Russia investigation resigned because of concerns about political pressure to deliver a report before the presidential election; a judge appointed to review the Justice Department's effort to dismiss its prosecution of Michael Flynn said it seems like a “corrupt and politically motivated favor” done in response to pressure by Trump; and 62% of Americans fear that political pressure from Trump will cause the FDA to approve a coronavirus vaccine. Sep 11, 2020

2023

• Day 965: The FDA approved updated Covid-19 vaccines targeting the omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant; a federal appeals court ruled that the Biden administration most likely violated the First Amendment when it urged social media platforms to remove Covid-19 disinformation; Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito rejected calls for him to recuse himself from an upcoming tax case; a federal judge denied a request by Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election interference case to federal court; the Fulton County special grand jury that investigated interference in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election recommended criminal indictments for 21 additional people who were not ultimately charged; and Trump inflated his net worth by at least $3.6 billion a year from 2011 to 2021. Sep 11, 2023

2024

• Day 1331: Trump had a bad night; Trump demanded that ABC News be shut down because the moderators fact-checked him and were “correcting everything” he said; Harris called for a second presidential debate, while Trump said he is "less inclined" to participate in another one before the election; Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris; inflation slowed to 2.5% in August; and Speaker Mike Johnson delayed a vote on his six-month stopgap funding plan to avert a government shutdown after more than a dozen of his Republican colleagues vowed to tank the measure. Sep 11, 2024

2025

• Day 1696: Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA and a central MAGA organizer who built a conservative student network tied to spreading false claims the 2020 election was stolen, organizing for Jan. 6, Christian nationalism, and anti-LGBTQ+ culture wars, was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University; Trump, without evidence, blamed “radical left political violence” for Charlie Kirk’s killing, saying liberal rhetoric was “directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today,” and vowed to target “the organizations that fund it and support it"; “THIS IS WAR”: Right-wing figures used Charlie Kirk’s killing to call for retribution against the left, even before authorities named a suspect or motive; Speaker Mike Johnson led a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk on the House floor that collapsed into a shouting match between Republicans and Democrats; a teenage student opened fire at Evergreen High School on Wednesday, shooting two classmates before shooting himself and later dying at the hospital; a federal judge blocked Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook; consumer prices rose 2.9% in August from a year earlier, up from 2.7% in July; and 42% of Americans approve of Trump’s job performance, with 56% disapproving. Sep 11, 2025