2019 Day 736: Roger Stone was arrested on seven counts of obstruction, lying to Congress and witness tampering as part of Mueller's investigation; Steve Bannon is the unidentified "high-ranking Trump campaign official" in Mueller's indictment; Trump agreed to reopen the government for three weeks without border wall funding; and 38% of voters gave Trump a failing grade for his first two years as president. Jan 25, 2019
2021 Day 6: Biden reversed Trump's ban on transgender troops serving in the military; Biden signed an executive order requiring the federal government to “Buy American” for products and services where possible; Trump considered a plan in early January to replace the acting attorney general with a different Justice Department lawyer who would pursue his baseless claims of voter fraud; the Justice Department's inspector general will investigate whether any department official "engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome" of the 2020 election; Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani; and the Supreme Court dismissed two cases over whether Trump illegally profited off his presidency. Jan 25, 2021
2022 Day 371: The seven-day average of Covid-19 deaths reached 2,188 a day; the Biden administration is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccination and testing mandate for businesses; the White House warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is "imminent"; federal prosecutors are reviewing fake Electoral College certifications that declared Trump the winner of states that he lost; Biden was caught on a hot mic calling Fox News reporter Peter Doocy “a stupid son of a bitch”; and 41% of Americans approve of Biden’s job performance – down from 44% in September and 59% in April. Jan 25, 2022
2023 Day 736: Kevin McCarthy blocked Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from serving on the House Intelligence Committee; a former senior FBI counterintelligence official in New York was arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch; about a dozen classified documents were found at Pence’s Indiana home; the U.S. has seen at least 39 mass shootings so far this month and more than 60 people have been killed; the Biden administration will send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, following agreement with Germany to deliver 14 of its Leopard 2 tanks; the Doomsday Clock moved up to 90 seconds to midnight; and Facebook will reinstate Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts "in coming weeks." Jan 25, 2023
2024 Day 1101: Trump threatened anyone who donates to Nikki Haley "will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp"; Mitch McConnell privately told Republicans that Trump has complicated an emerging bipartisan border deal; Trump accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of trying to "foment racial bias" in an effort disqualify her from prosecuting him and his allies; and Peter Navarro – who claimed credit for the plan to overturn the 2020 election – was sentenced to four months in jail and ordered to pay a $9,500 fine for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee. Jan 25, 2024