2018 Day 613: A second woman publicly accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault; Kavanaugh and the White House denied the allegation; Christine Blasey Ford agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee; Trump called the allegations "totally political" and said he believes Kavanaugh "all the way"; and despite what you may have heard Rod Rosenstein did not resign. Sep 24, 2018
2019 Day 978: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will announce a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump; Trump ordered Mick Mulvaney to withhold more than $391 million in military aid from Ukraine days before he pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden's son; Trump admitted that he withheld military aid from Ukraine, but blamed it on the United Nations for not contributing more to the Eastern European nation; and the whistleblower has requested to speak to both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. Sep 24, 2019
2020 Day 1344: Trump refused to commit to a "peaceful transfer of power" if he loses the election; congressional Republicans dismissed Trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power, but failed to directly criticize his remarks; FBI Director Christopher Wray told senators that the U.S. has "not seen" large-scale voter fraud "by mail or otherwise"; and Trump suggested that the White House would overrule the FDA if the agency issued new, tougher standards for the emergency authorization of a coronavirus vaccine. Sep 24, 2020
2021 Day 248: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed four of Trump’s closest advisers; Biden will not invoke executive privilege to shield Trump White House records from the House's Jan. 6 committee; the hand recount of Maricopa County’s 2020 vote confirmed that Biden won and the election was not “stolen” from Trump; the FDA and CDC authorized coronavirus booster shots of Pfizer’s vaccine for people over 65, as well as those at risk of serious illness due to frequent exposure to the coronavirus at their jobs; and the House passed legislation that would create a statutory right for health care professionals to provide abortions. Sep 24, 2021
2024 Day 1344: Kamala Harris said she supports ending the Senate filibuster to restore Roe v. Wade to protect abortion rights nationally; more than 400 economists and former White House policy advisors endorsed Kamala Harris and her economic plan; a Haitian nonprofit group filed criminal charges against Trump and JD Vance for continuously repeating the baseless, false online conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants were eating pets; Trump’s campaign continued to be hacked until at least mid-September – and may be ongoing; and in his final speech as president before the United Nations General Assembly, Biden warned that the world is facing an “inflection point” and "the choices we make today will determine our future. Sep 24, 2024
2025 Day 1709: A shooter opened fire from a nearby rooftop at a Dallas ICE field office, killing one detainee and critically wounding two others; Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC after a weeklong suspension, defended free speech, and denied he mocked Charlie Kirk’s killing; former FBI director James Comey is expected to be indicted for allegedly lying to Congress, even though Justice Department prosecutors said there wasn’t enough evidence to bring a case; Trump privately promised Arab and Muslim leaders at the U.N. that he would block Israel from annexing the West Bank; Democrat Adelita Grijalva won Arizona’s 7th Congressional District special election by 42.9 points; measles cases in the U.S. climbed to 1,514 this year – the highest since 1992; U.S. Park Police removed a 12-foot statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein from the National Mall; and Trump replaced Biden’s White House portrait with an image of an autopen in his new “Presidential Walk of Fame.” Sep 24, 2025