On This Day: July 23

7 posts spanning 2018–2026

2018

• Day 550: The Justice Department released a previously classified application to wiretap Carter Page; Trump – providing no evidence – claimed the released documents prove the Justice Department and FBI "misled the courts"; Trump called Russia's interference in the 2016 election "all a big hoax" and renewed his call to end the Mueller investigation, tweet-claiming that it's "totally conflicted and discredited." Jul 23, 2018

2019

• Day 915: Trump sued the House Ways and Means Committee and the New York state officials to block his state tax returns from being turned over; the Trump administration proposed ending food stamp benefits for 3.1 million people; Trump is on track to add another $1 trillion dollars to the national deficit this year; more than 180 human rights groups and 22 senators demanded that the Trump administration's new Commission on Unalienable Rights be abolished; and FBI Director Christopher Wray said Russia is "absolutely intent" on interfering in the 2020 presidential election. Jul 23, 2019

2020

• Day 1281: The U.S. surpassed four million coronavirus cases a little over two weeks after reaching three million; another 1.4 million U.S. workers filed for unemployment insurance last week; the White House and Senate Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a coronavirus legislative package; and Trump insisted that the cognitive test he recently took was “difficult" and "not that easy" because he had to correctly recall the phrase “person, woman, man, camera, TV.” Jul 23, 2020

2021

• Day 185: Trump's PAC collected $75 million this year but is spending it on Trump's expenses instead of election audits; the governor of Alabama blamed the rise in COVID cases on "the unvaccinated folks;" Tom Barrack posted bail for $250 million; the Freedom Caucus is trying to remove Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House; Biden is expected to nominate Caroline Kennedy as the ambassador to Australia; and the state of Mississippi asked the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Jul 23, 2021

2024

• Day 1281: Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president; Trump's running mate, JD Vance, claimed that the Democrats are "a threat to democracy" because Biden voluntarily stepping down as the party's nominee after his poor debate performance; at age 78, Trump is now the oldest presidential nominee in U.S. history following Biden’s exit from the race; Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned; Trump asked a New York appeals court to throw out the $454 million civil fraud judgment; Iowa’s strict abortion ban will take effect next week; and Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history. Jul 23, 2024

2025

• Day 1646: Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump in May that his name appeared multiple times in Justice Department documents related to Jeffrey Epstein; House Oversight Chair James Comer issued a subpoena for Ghislaine Maxwell to testify under oath at a Florida federal prison on August 11; a Florida judge denied the Trump administration’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the 2005 and 2007 federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein; the Trump administration plans to end the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions by repealing the 2009 “endangerment finding,” which established that such emissions harm human health; the International Court of Justice ruled that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right and countries have a legal "duty" to protect the climate; and the Supreme Court let Trump fire three Democratic members of the independent Consumer Product Safety Commission, despite federal law shielding them from removal without cause. Jul 23, 2025

2026

• Day 2011: Trump said he's “close” to deciding whether to launch a “massive attack” on Iran that would be larger than the opening strikes of the war; the House passed a nonbinding resolution directing Trump to end the war in Iran, while Senate Republicans blocked a separate measure that could have required him to seek congressional authorization or withdraw U.S. forces; the Trump administration will impose 10% tariffs on imports from the European Union, Canada, Mexico, and India, and 12.5% tariffs on goods from China, Japan, South Korea, and dozens of other countries; House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan referred former special counsel Jack Smith to the Justice Department, alleging that Smith lied to Congress; the Secret Service has opened roughly 10,000 investigations into threats against Trump and other protectees since January; the Secret Service placed a member of JD Vance’s protective detail on leave while investigating if the employee compromised “operational and information security”; the Justice Department withdrew subpoenas seeking phone records and grand jury testimony from three New York Times reporters; Trump used the dignified transfer of four U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war to promote his war, claiming that all four had said “we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon"; and Bill O’Reilly suggested that Trump should “take the next month off.” Jul 23, 2026