2019 Day 776: Trump pressured John Kelly and Don McGahn to give Ivanka a security clearance against their recommendations; on 11 different occasions while in office time Trump issued personal checks to Michael Cohen; the U.S. trade deficit on goods ballooned to $891.3 billion in 2018 – the highest ever; and 40% of Florida voters believed Trump should be reelected. Mar 6, 2019
2020 Day 1142: The Trump administration claimed that the coronavirus outbreak was "contained" even as the number of U.S. cases have surpassed 250 and test kits remain in short supply; Trump abruptly canceled – then rescheduled – a planned trip to CDC headquarters; Trump signed an $8.3 billion emergency funding package to combat the rising number of coronavirus cases in the U.S.; White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said the Trump administration is considering “timely and targeted” relief to help workers and businesses economically vulnerable to the outbreak; and the Trump administration plans to collect DNA samples from undocumented immigrants held in U.S. detention facilities. Mar 6, 2020
2023 Day 776: Trump pledged to stay in the 2024 presidential race even if he's indicted; Trump asked a federal court to block Pence from testifying to a grand jury about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election; Paul Manafort agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case filed by the Justice Department; a cancerous lesion was removed from Biden's chest during his physical last month; and since 2017 nearly three-quarters of all new debt was approved in bills supported by Republicans. Mar 6, 2023
2024 Day 1142: The House passed a $460 billion package of spending bills; the Supreme Court will hear arguments April 25 about whether Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election; voting on Super Tuesday went as expected and Biden and Trump – facing 91 criminal charges – are all but certain to be headed for a rematch in 2024; Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, but stopped short of endorsing Trump; and Mitch McConnell endorsed Trump for president despite once denouncing Trump as “morally and practically responsible for provoking” the Jan. 6 insurrection in a “disgraceful dereliction of duty.” Mar 6, 2024
2025 Day 1507: Trump is preparing an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take steps toward closing the Department of Education; House Republicans can’t meet their own goal of eliminating $1.5 trillion in federal spending over the next decade without cutting Medicaid or Medicare benefits; two days after imposing them, Trump temporarily suspended his tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement; Trump told his Cabinet that agency heads – not Elon Musk – should decide staffing and policy; U.S. layoffs hit a five-year high in February; 49% of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track; and 10% of voters believe Democrats have a solid plan to counter Trump. Mar 6, 2025