Six months ago, the CDC forces Mississippi to stop collecting info on women’s experiences before, during and after pregnancy, even though the state recently declared a public health emergency over its surging infant mortality rate.
Six months ago, Trump launches a $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times, claiming it defamed him by reporting on his birthday card to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He claims the signature on the card isn't his, even though it's an exact match.
One year ago, Trump deports 261 alleged members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador despite a court order blocking such removals. The White House contends that the deportees had already left U.S. soil by the time the court order was signed; this was later found to be a lie.
Three months ago, Trump sues the BBC for $10 billion because of how it edited a news segment on the January 6th coup attempt. Trump says that they only included the parts where he called for violence, and none of the parts where he said they should be peaceful.
Six months ago, a gunman went to two homeless camps in Minneapolis and shot 13 people. The shooting was two days after Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggested killing the homeless.
Six months ago, at a White House Q&A with the press, Trump said he was "not familiar" with the June assassination of Minnesota State Speaker Melissa Hortman.
Six months ago, Trump announced he was sending the National Guard to Memphis. This is a week after he threatened to send them to Chicago, but backed down when the Illinois governor pushed back. Tennessee governor Bill Lee is okay with troops going after U.S. citizens, though.
One year ago, Trump invokes the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua within the U.S. District Judge James Boasberg blocks Trump from invoking the Alien Enemies Act.
Nine months ago, protests were held across the country in opposition to Trump. Between 4 and 6 million people attend the protests. It was the largest single-day protest in American history, and the second-largest single-day political event after Earth Day 1970.
Nine months ago, Trump throws himself a military parade in Washington, D.C. He claims it is also to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Army. Soldiers do not march but just wander down the parade route in front of creaky tanks. Trump seems to fall asleep.
Nine months ago, Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were assassinated in a politically-targeted killing. The assassin had put together a list of 70 Democratic and left-leaning politicians as other possible targets.
One year ago, Democrats cave on a bill which lets Republicans freeze the local D.C. budget, but the "deal" is that the Senate gets to vote on the D.C. budget separately. Before the deal, the House says it won't take any bill the Senate passes. The Democrat still cave and get nothing in return.
One year ago, Secretary of State Rubio declares South African ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool a "persona non grata", meaning he will need to leave the United States immediately. Elon Musk -- born and raised in apartheid South Africa -- denies involvement.
One month ago, DHS Secretary Noem orders a Coast Guard pilot to stop searching for a sailor who went overboard and instead fetch a blanket that Noem lost.
One month ago, Homeland Security head Kristi Noem illegally declares that she has authority over elections so she can make sure that people are "electing the right leaders" because the mission of DHS is "to defend the homeland." DHS does not and has never had this authority.
Six months ago, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggests killing homeless people, saying "involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
One month ago, the FDA rejects a new, more powerful flu vaccine from Moderna with no explanation. The vaccine has just completed trials on almost 50,000 people, showing it was more effective against more flu strains than earlier vaccines.
One month ago, after Trump sues or threatens to sue lots of pollsters who show that people don't like Trump, the Gallup polling company cancels its Presidential Approval tracking poll, which has been tracking Presidential approval non-stop since the end of World War 2.
One month ago, Trump receives a fake award from the coal industry, which is basically a bribe. He thanks them by ordering the Department of Defense to buy more electricity from coal sources. Companies buy less coal power because it is more expensive than other modern power sources.
Three months ago, Trump tries to pardon Tina Peters, a former election official in jail for tampering with the 2020 election in his favor. Peters broke state law, and Trump cannot pardon her since he can only pardon people for breaking federal law.
Six months ago, a full 15 judge panel of the 4th Circuit criticized the Supreme Court in open court for issuing proclamations with no explanation instead of actual rulings. The court has members appointed by every president going back to Reagan.
Six months ago, Trump announces that he will posthumously award podcaster Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
One year ago, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz added reporter Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat where Top Secret info around the ongoing US military operations in the Middle East were discussed. The chat included VP Vance and Secs. Hegseth and Rubio. No one noticed who Goldberg was.
One month ago, the Department of Justice tries to charge Democratic lawmakers with "seditious conspiracy" because they made a video reminding the troops of federal laws about illegal orders. Trump -- a convicted felon -- wants to jail lawmakers for talking about the law.
One month ago, the government says it will take back a nearly 20-year-old finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health. Greenhouse gases have been known for over 100 years to cause climate change in ways that hurt humans.
Three months ago, Trump announces that the U.S. military has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. He does not say why it was seized, but does say that he's thinking of a ground invasion of Venezuela, and that their President's "days are numbered".
Six months ago, right-wing activist Charlie Kirk is shot and killed while onstage at Utah Valley University. The shooter seems to have connections to another right-wing nationalist movement. Kirk had said that some gun-related deaths were a necessary sacrifice to preserve the 2nd Amendment.
One month ago, the Department of Justice finally lets some members of Congress search the unredacted Epstein files, even though the law says they should have been public weeks ago. A search for Trump's name finds over 1 million hits.
Three months ago, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis officially labels national nonprofit and civil rights organization the Council on American-Islamic Relations as a foreign terrorist organization. The official label is used for groups which kill people, such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
One year ago, Pro-Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident of the United States, is taken from his New York City apartment by ICE agents and detained in Louisiana.
