page_title: Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2019 Q4)
section_title: Week 144
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2019 Q4) / Timeline / October 2019 / Week 144
caption_attribution_description: President Donald J. Trump addresses his remarks to the nation Sunday morning, Oct. 27, 2019, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, to announce details of the U.S. Special Operations Forces mission against notorious ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in Syria. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump during the fourth quarter of 2019. To navigate quarters, see Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency.
context_section_description: Monday, October 21
  Russ Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, refuses to testify in the House impeachment inquiry.
  During an interview on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Donald Trump says both The New York Times and The Washington Post treat him terribly with very negative stories and that he will cancel White House subscriptions to these newspapers.
  Tuesday, October 22
  Bill Taylor, an American diplomat to Ukraine, testifies to the House impeachment inquiry that President Trump directed officials to deny foreign aid to Ukraine if the country would refuse to open an investigation into Joe Biden and his son.
  Kelly Ann Shaw, a senior woman on President Trump's economic team, announces she will be leaving as deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs and deputy director of the National Economic Council.
  White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham confirms Trump's statements and says the White House is cancelling subscriptions to two both The Washington Post and The New York Times.
  Wednesday, October 23
  President Trump announces the removal of sanctions against Turkey, resulting from the negotiation of a ceasefire on Turkey's invasion of Kurdish-held Syria. President Trump also says American involvement in Syria is over, adding that he will "let someone else fight over this long bloodstained sand".
  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper, a Pentagon official in charge of Ukraine policy, testifies to the House Impeachment inquiry after a five-hour delay.
  Thursday, October 24
  President Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Roger Penske.
  A federal judge holds that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is in contempt of court for violating an order to stop collecting on student loans.
  Friday, October 25
  Saturday, October 26
  Philip T. Reeker, acting assistant secretary of state, testifies to the House impeachment inquiry that he was unaware of President Trump's request for an investigation of the Bidens by Ukrainian authorities until the whistle-blower report was made public.
  Sunday, October 27
  President Trump confirms that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated an explosive vest in a confrontation with American troops in northwest Syria, killing himself and three of his six children.
caption: President Trump announces the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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