2018 Day 601: DHS diverted $10 million from FEMA to ICE; Trump called the mayor of San Juan "totally incompetent"; he signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against foreign entities caught interfering in U.S. elections; suspicious money transfers caught the attention of federal investigators; and former EPA head Scott Pruitt is gearing up to start consulting for coal company executives. Sep 12, 2018
2019 Day 966: The Trump administration repealed Obama's landmark clean water protections; the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can continue to deny most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S.; the CEOs of 145 companies called on the Senate to pass "common-sense gun laws"; and the Trump administration discussed offering China a limited trade agreement that would delay or roll back some U.S. tariffs. Sep 12, 2019
2022 Day 601: Trump asked a federal judge to deny the Justice Department’s request to limit the role of a special master in its review of classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago as part of its criminal investigation; the Justice Department issued about 40 subpoenas seeking information about Trump and his associates related to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 attack; child poverty in the U.S. fell by 59% from 1993 to 2019; Biden issued an executive order to encourage biomedical innovation in the U.S. as part of a “moonshot” effort aimed at “ending cancer as we know it”; a group of 22 Republican governors urged Biden to withdraw his student loan forgiveness plan; and 33% of Americans said they prefer strong, unelected leaders to weak elected ones. Sep 12, 2022
2023 Day 966: Kevin McCarthy directed three House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into Biden as far-right Republican lawmakers threaten to remove him as speaker; a group of Minnesota voters filed a lawsuit seeking to block Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot in the state; Trump demanded that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan recuse herself from presiding over his election subversion case; and child poverty in the U.S. more than doubled last year. Sep 12, 2023
2024 Day 1332: A North Dakota judge struck down the state's abortion ban; an Atlanta-area judge dismissed two charges against Trump in the Georgia election subversion case; the New York Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s efforts to overturn the gag order in his New York criminal case; and Trump ruled out another debate with Kamala Harris. Sep 12, 2024