2018 Day 508: Trump refused to endorse the G7 statement, threatened to impose tariffs on foreign auto imports, and accused Justin Trudeau of being "meek," "very dishonest and weak"; Trump's economic adviser accused Justin Trudeau of "betrayal" for making Trump look weak before his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un; Jeff Sessions ordered immigration judges to stop granting asylum to most victims of domestic abuse and gang violence; and Trump will leave the North Korea summit a day early because nuclear negotiations have moved "more quickly than expected." Jun 11, 2018
2019 Day 873: The White House will review and decide what evidence from Robert Mueller's report the House Judiciary Committee gets to see; the House authorized committee chairs to sue the Trump administration to enforce subpoenas; Trump Jr. will be interviewed by Senate Intelligence Committee behind closed doors on Wednesday; and Speaker Nancy Pelosi said impeachment is "not off the table." Jun 11, 2019
2020 Day 1239: Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. could reach 200,000 by early fall; more than 1.5 million Americans filed new unemployment claims last week; the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff apologized for participating in Trump's photo op at St. John's Church; Trump threatened to intervene and "take back" Seattle from protesters; and Trump will hold a campaign rally on Juneteenth, a holiday marking the emancipation of slaves, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of the 1921 massacre of hundreds of African Americans. Jun 11, 2020
2021 Day 143: Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to double the size of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division staff to protect every American’s right to vote; the Trump Justice Department secretly subpoenaed Apple for the metadata of at least two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee; the Justice Department’s inspector general opened an investigation into the Trump administration’s secret seizure of data; and the Biden administration will “repeal or replace” a rule allowing roads and development in more than half of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Jun 11, 2021
2024 Day 1239: Judge Aileen Cannon denied convicted felon Trump’s effort to dismiss his classified documents case, but did agree to delete a paragraph in the federal superseding indictment that alleges he mishandled classified materials after he left the White House and obstructed attempts to retrieve them; Attorney General Merrick Garland called the attacks on the Justice Department by Trump and his allies "baseless, personal and dangerous"; House Democrats launched a task force to prepare for the so-called Project 2025; a federal judge ruled that Florida could not prohibit transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming care; and Hunter Biden was found guilty on three counts related to his illegal purchase of a handgun when he was using narcotics. Jun 11, 2024
2025 Day 1604: California Gov. Gavin Newsom called Trump’s deployment of 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles “a brazen abuse of power" and an “assault on democracy”; Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will deploy National Guard troops ahead of planned anti-ICE protests; the EPA will repeal federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and weaken mercury pollution rules; Trump plans to begin dismantling FEMA after the 2025 hurricane season; the Justice Department said Trump can revoke national monuments created by past presidents; consumer prices rose 0.1% in May; the U.S. ordered nonessential staff to leave the Baghdad embassy and approved voluntary departures for military families across the Middle East; Trump will restore the Confederate-era names of seven Army bases, reversing changes Congress mandated in 2021; and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she used artificial intelligence to decide which JFK assassination documents to keep classified. Jun 11, 2025
2026 Day 1969: Trump called off planned U.S. strikes on Iran and claimed a peace deal was close hours after threatening to hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT,” and saying the U.S. would take Kharg Island and “assume total control” of Iran’s oil and gas markets; the House rejected a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, all but ensuring the government’s foreign surveillance authority expires at midnight on Friday; Trump said he would nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan and former SEC chair, as permanent director of national intelligence; and the Interior Department is investigating brown grass patches on the National Mall that appeared from above to form “8647.” Jun 11, 2026