2018 Day 614: Kavanaugh's high school yearbook page list a supposed sexual conquest with girls; Kavanaugh claimed he "never sexually assaulted anyone" in high school because he was a virgin at the time; Trump accused Democrats of playing "a con game" and using "false acquisitions" to derail Kavanaugh's nomination; a third woman is expected to publicly accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in the next 48 hours; and Trump bragged about his administration's accomplishments at the United Nations General Assembly only to have world leaders laugh at him. Sep 25, 2018
2019 Day 979: Trump urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to "do us a favor" and "look into" potential corruption by Joe Biden's son; the White House released the whistleblower complaint against Trump to the House and the Senate intelligence committees; the acting Director of National Intelligence threatened to resign over if he was not allowed to testify freely before Congress; and support for impeachment is at 36%. Sep 25, 2019
2020 Day 1345: The United States surpassed 7 million confirmed cases of COVID-19; White House chief of staff Mark Meadows called for FBI Director Christopher Wray to quit; in an unusual move, the Department of Justice announced that it opened an inquiry into nine ballots found “discarded” in northeastern Pennsylvania; Senior Pentagon leaders have discussed what to do if Trump invokes the Insurrection Act and orders the active-duty military to quell protests during the election; and Trump will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Sep 25, 2020
2023 Day 979: Trump vowed to investigate NBC News and MSNBC for “country threatening treason” and make them “pay a big price” if he gets reelected; Trump suggested that Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley should be executed for reassuring the Chinese that Trump was not planning an attack them following the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection; Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez refused to resign after a federal indictment accusing him of accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes” in exchange for his political influence; the House will reconvene and continue budget negotiations tomorrow with six days until a government shutdown; Trump argued that the First Amendment protects him from being barred from the 2024 ballot; and Ron DeSantis suggested that humans are “safer than ever” from climate change. Sep 25, 2023
2024 Day 1345: The House passed a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown; U.S. intelligence officials briefed Trump about the “real and specific threats" by Iran to assassinate him as part of “an effort to destabilize and sow chaos”; a panel of Trump-appointed U.S. Court of Appeals judges heard oral arguments over a Republican challenge to a Mississippi law that allows mail ballots to be counted if they arrive within five days of an election; and Trump told "lonely" women that he’s their “protector” and that they’ll “no longer be thinking about abortion” if he wins in November. Sep 25, 2024
2025 Day 1710: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals to assemble at Quantico for an in-person meeting without giving a reason; the FBI said the Dallas ICE shooter planned to “maximize lethality against ICE personnel” and cause “real terror”; the Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of making a false statement and obstruction; every living former chair of the Federal Reserve urged the Supreme Court to block Trump from firing Fed governor Lisa Cook; the Justice Department sued California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania for refusing to turn over full statewide voter registration rolls; Trump signed an executive order declaring a proposed TikTok deal compliant with U.S. national security requirements; Trump personally called Rupert Murdoch from Air Force One to try to kill a Wall Street Journal story about a 2003 Jeffrey Epstein birthday book, insisting a letter with his name “didn’t exist”; and the Trump administration ordered agencies to plan permanent layoffs if the government shuts down Oct. 1. Sep 25, 2025