2018 Day 606: Christine Blasey Ford came forward to tell her story about Brett Kavanaugh; the tax cuts have brought back just 3.5 percent of the money Trump promised they would; and Ted Cruz is sending out donation mailers disguised as court summonses. Sep 17, 2018
2019 Day 971: The Trump administration will revoke California's right to set stricter air pollution standards for cars; Trump ordered two former White House aides not to testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing; Corey Lewandowski refused to answer dozens of questions about potential obstruction of justice; Trump administration officials suggested charging immigrants $975 to appeal of an immigration judge's deportation ruling; and Trump wants to put a proponent of torture in charge of U.S. human rights policy. Sep 17, 2019
2020 Day 1337: Another 860,000 people applied for unemployment insurance; Attorney General William Barr his called own Justice Department preschoolers and "headhunters"; Trump blamed nationwide protests against police brutality on schools teaching students about the impact of slavery and racism on American history; Barr argued that coronavirus-related lockdowns were the "greatest intrusion on civil liberties" in history "other than slavery," which he characterized as a "different kind of restraint"; FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that "Russia continues to try to influence our elections"; Trump continued his lies about mail-in voting, tweeting that the results “may NEVER BE ACCURATELY DETERMINED”; and another woman accused Trump of sexual assault. Sep 17, 2020
2021 Day 241: An FDA advisory panel rejected a plan to offer Pfizer Covid-19 boosters shots for everyone 16 and older; the United Nations warned that the global average temperature is on track to rise 2.7 degrees Celsius by the end of the century; the Pentagon admitted that the Aug. 29 drone strike in Kabul, which killed 10 civilians, including 7 children, was "a tragic mistake"; and 44% of Americans approve of Biden’s job performance – the lowest level of his presidency. Sep 17, 2021
2024 Day 1337: Senate Republicans blocked legislation to federally protect access to in vitro fertilization; a sheriff in Ohio urged residents to “write down” the addresses of Harris supporters for future reference; aearly 100,000 people in Arizona may not be eligible to vote after officials discovered an error; Florida law enforcement officials will conduct their own criminal investigation into the man with a rifle at Trump’s golf course; Speaker Mike Johnson set up a vote on a six-month stopgap government funding plan that is expected to fail, because it’s linked to legislation requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote; and Harris leads Trump by a record-high 6 percentage points among likely voters. Sep 17, 2024
2025 Day 1702: Former CDC director Susan Monarez told senators she was fired for refusing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s demand to preapprove vaccine recommendations from his handpicked advisory panel “regardless of the scientific evidence”; the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point for the first time in nine months; the Justice Department sued Oregon and Maine for refusing to turn over voter registration lists that include personal data such as birth dates, addresses, and partial Social Security numbers; FBI Director Kash Patel testified before Congress that he couldn’t release more Jeffrey Epstein records because of court orders, even though several judges have said the administration can disclose them; Democrats won the special election to replace former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June; Obama warned that the nation is at an “inflection point” after the killings of Charlie Kirk and Hortman; and Rep. Ronny Jackson called for transgender people to be institutionalized, calling them a “virus” and a “cancer” that must be taken “off the streets” and “off the internet.” Sep 17, 2025