2018 Day 533: Trump mocked the #MeToo movement; challenged Elizabeth Warren to take a DNA test to prove that she has Native American ancestors; Mar-a-Lago Club applied for permission to hire 61 foreign workers; the Trump administration requested more time to reunite families it separated at the border because many of the records linking separated children to their parents have either disappeared or been destroyed; and Trump's trade war with China officially began today. Jul 6, 2018
2020 Day 1264: Trump used the Fourth of July weekend to sow division during a global pandemic that has killed over 130,000 Americans; Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that the country was still "knee-deep in the first wave" of the pandemic; The White House's new message to Americans is that they need to learn to "live with the virus being a threat"; Trump falsely claimed that 99% of coronavirus cases are "totally harmless"; and ICE announced that international students pursuing degrees in the United States will have to leave the country if their universities switch to online-only courses for the fall semester. Jul 6, 2020
2022 Day 533: Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone agreed to testify after receiving a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee; Lindsey Graham will challenge the subpoena from a special grand jury in Georgia investigating Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election; Biden planned to nominate an anti-abortion Republican to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge in Kentucky the day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade; the seven states that make up the Colorado River Basin have less than 60 days to come up with a plan to significantly reduce their collective water consumption in the next 18 months or risk a potential collapse of the Colorado River system; the Biden administration announced plans to "fix" the "broken" federal student loan system; and Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020 and 2021. Jul 6, 2022
2023 Day 898: Earth recorded its hottest day ever for three straight days; Texas' strict abortion law led to nearly 10,000 more births than expected over a nine-month period; U.S. companies added 497,000 jobs last month; the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed to 6.81%; and a Trump aide pleaded not guilty to six charges related to the mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, including conspiracy to obstruct justice and concealing records. Jul 6, 2023