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*[[May 20]] – A tornado touches down in [[Gaylord, Michigan]], killing two people and injuring another 44 as well as leaving thousands without electricity and causing widespread property damage.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/05/2-killed-44-injured-after-tornado-tore-through-gaylord-mobile-home-park-and-business-district.html 2 killed, 44 injured after tornado tore through Gaylord mobile home park and business district] MLive.com, May 21, 2022</ref> |
*[[May 20]] – A tornado touches down in [[Gaylord, Michigan]], killing two people and injuring another 44 as well as leaving thousands without electricity and causing widespread property damage.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/05/2-killed-44-injured-after-tornado-tore-through-gaylord-mobile-home-park-and-business-district.html 2 killed, 44 injured after tornado tore through Gaylord mobile home park and business district] MLive.com, May 21, 2022</ref> |
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*[[May 21]] – District Judge of [[United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana]] [[Robert R. Summerhays|Robert Summerhays]] grants a nationwide preliminary injunction to a group of [[State attorney general|state attorneys generals]] that sued the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]] over its plans to end [[Title 42 expulsion|Title 42]] on May 23, ruling that the federal government cannot end the policy while the broader legal challenge plays out in court.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rafael Bernal |first=Harper Neidig |date=2022-05-20 |title=Judge blocks Biden from rolling back Title 42 |url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3496264-judge-blocks-biden-from-rolling-back-title-42/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Ending Title 42 |url=https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-judge-blocks-biden-administration-from-ending-title-42 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=The Daily Wire |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Judge Blocks Biden From Ending Controversial Border Policy |url=https://time.com/6176711/title-42-biden-judge-blocked/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Time |language=en}}</ref> |
*[[May 21]] – District Judge of [[United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana]] [[Robert R. Summerhays|Robert Summerhays]] grants a nationwide preliminary injunction to a group of [[State attorney general|state attorneys generals]] that sued the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]] over its plans to end [[Title 42 expulsion|Title 42]] on May 23, ruling that the federal government cannot end the policy while the broader legal challenge plays out in court.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rafael Bernal |first=Harper Neidig |date=2022-05-20 |title=Judge blocks Biden from rolling back Title 42 |url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3496264-judge-blocks-biden-from-rolling-back-title-42/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Ending Title 42 |url=https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-judge-blocks-biden-administration-from-ending-title-42 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=The Daily Wire |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Judge Blocks Biden From Ending Controversial Border Policy |url=https://time.com/6176711/title-42-biden-judge-blocked/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Time |language=en}}</ref> |
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* [[May 23]] – [[Mayor]] [[Harry Sidhu]] of [[Anaheim, California| |
* [[May 23]] – [[Mayor]] [[Harry Sidhu]] of [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], California resigns as a result of an investigation by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] over various federal crimes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/23/anaheim-mayor-resigns-angel-stadium-00034559 |title=Anaheim mayor resigns amid corruption investigation involving Angel stadium deal |access-date=2202-05-23 |website=Politico |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/23/anaheim-mayor-harry-sidhu-resigns-amid-federal-investigation/ |title=Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu resigns amid federal investigation |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=The Orange County Register |language=en}}</ref> |
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The following is a list of events from the year 2022 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Joe Biden (D-Delaware)
- Vice President: Kamala Harris (D-California)
- Chief Justice: John Roberts (New York)
- Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi (D-California)
- Senate Majority Leader: Chuck Schumer (D-New York)
- Congress: 117th
Events
January
- January 1
- Eric Adams succeeds Bill de Blasio as the 110th Mayor of New York.[1]
- Following the 2018 enactment of the Music Modernization Act, all sound recordings fixed before 1923 enter the public domain in the U.S.; alongside that, books, films and other works published in 1926 enter the public domain as well.[2]
- January 2 – Twitter permanently suspends the personal account of U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R–GA) for violating policies on misinformation about COVID-19.[3]
- January 3
- Apple Inc. becomes the first publicly traded company to exceed a market value of $3 trillion.[4]
- Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO of Silicon Valley firm Theranos and once the youngest self-made female billionaire, is found guilty on four counts of defrauding investors.[5]
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: The number of daily infections in the U.S. exceeds one million for the first time, with a total of 1.08 million reported cases, driven largely by the Omicron variant.[6]
- January 4 – Hundreds are stranded on Interstate 95 between Richmond, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., in a standstill for over 24 hours following heavy snowfall in Virginia.[7]
- January 5 – Twelve people are killed and two others are injured in a fire at a converted apartment complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[8]
- January 6
- The U.S. marks the one-year anniversary of the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[9][10]
- Cyber Ninjas, the company who conducted an audit of Maricopa County's election, announces that they will shut down after being held in contempt of court.[11]
- January 7 – The three defendants convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery are sentenced to life in prison. Travis McMichael and his father Greg are sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, while William Bryan is sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 30 years.[12]
- January 9 – Seventeen people are killed and at least 44 others are injured in a fire at an apartment complex in The Bronx, New York City, New York.[13]
- January 10
- The United States Mint announces that they have started shipping the first coins of the American Women quarters. American poet Maya Angelou will become the first African American woman to be featured on a U.S. quarter.[14][15]
- 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship: In American football, Georgia defeats Alabama to win the national championship, its first since 1980.[16]
- The world's first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human patient is reported at University of Maryland Medical Center.[17][18]
- January 11 – A special election is held in Florida to fill a vacancy in its 20th congressional district due to the death of Alcee Hastings on April 6, 2021. Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick wins the election with over 78% of the vote over Republican Jason Mariner.[19]
- January 12 – In New York, a judge rules that one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims, Virginia Giuffre, can proceed with a civil case against Prince Andrew, rejecting his attempt to have the sexual assault claims dismissed.[20][21]
- January 13 – COVID-19 vaccination in the United States: The Supreme Court blocks the Biden administration from enforcing its vaccine-or-test requirements for large private companies. However, it allows a vaccine mandate to stand for medical facilities that take Medicare or Medicaid payments.[22]
- January 15
- Glenn Youngkin is sworn in as governor of Virginia. After being inaugurated, Youngkin signed multiple executive orders, including barring the teaching of critical race theory in public schools.[23] Governor Youngkin also signed executive orders that would create a commission to help fight against antisemitism in the commonwealth and another that would combat human trafficking.[24]
- Tsunami warnings are issued for states on the Pacific coast, following the eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai, a submarine volcano in Tonga.[25]
- A gunman takes multiple people hostage at Congregation Beth Israel, a Jewish synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. He is later shot and killed by police, with no other fatalities and all four hostages being rescued.[26]
- January 18
- Smartmatic announces that it has sued My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell for defamation, accusing him of defaming the company to sell pillows.[27][28]
- Microsoft purchases Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The deal is the largest acquisition of a tech company in history.[29]
- January 19 – COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: The Biden Administration is reported to be freely providing 400 million N95 masks to Americans to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.[30]
- January 21 – The University of Rhode Island votes to revoke the honorary degrees of Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn.[31]
- January 26 – Associate Justice Stephen Breyer announces that he will retire from the United States Supreme Court.[32]
February
- February 3 – The share price of Meta falls by 26.4%, with Facebook losing $230bn in its market value, the biggest one-day loss in history for a US company. This follows an earnings report showing the company's first ever drop in daily user numbers.[33]
- February 4
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: The cumulative death toll from the virus exceeds 900,000.[34]
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: A study by the CDC finds that surgical masks worn at indoor public venues can reduce the chances of testing positive for COVID-19 by 66%, while tightfitting N95 masks can reduce the odds of infection by 83%.[35][36]
- During a speech before the Federalist Society in Orlando, Florida, former Vice President Mike Pence tells the audience: [Former] President "Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people, and the American people alone. Frankly there is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president."[37]
- February 7 – Freedom Convoy 2022: Protesters at the Ambassador Bridge, connecting Ontario with Detroit, Michigan, and one of the busiest international border crossings in North America, blockade the border crossing in response to vaccine mandates for truckers re-entering Canada. Four days later, on February 11, the Ontario Superior Court grants an injunction to remove protesters from the bridge.[38]
- February 13 – 2021 NFL season: The Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals, the second consecutive Super Bowl played at one of the teams' home field.[39][40][41][42]
- February 15 – NASA publishes its latest Sea Level Rise Technical Report, an update of the 2017 edition, which includes projections for sea level rise through to the year 2150. The agency warns that sea levels in the U.S. may rise as much over the next 30 years as during the previous 100.[43][44]
- February 17 – House Representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district Jim Hagedorn dies at age 59 after battling with kidney cancer.[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]
- February 24
- The Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 fall sharply in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Oil prices exceed $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014.[55]
- President Biden announces new, stronger sanctions that will "impose severe cost on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time." He condemns President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, calling him an "aggressor."[56]
- The three former officers involved in the murder of George Floyd (J Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao) are found guilty by a federal jury for civil rights violations.[57]
- February 25 –
- President Biden nominates District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat following the retirement of Judge Stephen Breyer.[58]
- The America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) is held. Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene appears as a surprise guest speaker at the conference, as do Paul Gosar, Wendy Rogers Republican member of the Arizona Senate, and lieutenant governor of Idaho Janice McGeachin.[59]
- February 26
- President Biden signs an order to provide $600 million of military assistance to Ukraine.[60]
- The US and its allies commit to removing Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, as well as imposing measures on the Russian Central Bank and further restrictions on Russian elites.[61][62]
March
- March 1 – President Biden gives his first official State of the Union Address.[63]
- March 7 – The Supreme Court of the United States denies the petition for a writ of certiorari to hear last year's bombshell ruling by Pennsylvania Supreme Court to release disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby, thereby allowing him to remain as a free man.[64]
- March 8
- In American football, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers signs a four-year, $200 million contract including a $153 million in guaranteed money, making him the highest paid player in the National Football League.[65][66] Rodgers confirmed his return but denied that that he has signed the contract.[67] He would later sign a three-year extension worth $150 million.[68]
- Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is indicted on conspiracy charges of obstructing the U.S. Congress during the January 6 attack at the United States Capitol.[69]
- In new court documents, the Texas State Bar files a lawsuit accusing Sidney Powell of misconduct and calls for disciplinary actions against her including disbarment.[70]
- March 9 – A 25-year-old woman in North Texas files a lawsuit against Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, accusing him of being her biological father and paying her mother to keep the information secret.[71]
- March 10 – The 2022 MLB Lockout comes to an end after 99 days after a new CBA is agreed to, with the season delaying its start to April 7 but still playing all 162 games.
- March 11 – A grand jury determines Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson will not be indicted or face criminal charges for sexual misconduct after 22 women accuse him of various crimes.[72]
- March 15
- Amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the Senate unanimously passes a resolution condemning President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal.[73]
- Russia announces sanctions on several U.S. officials, banning President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and others from entering the country.[74]
- March 18 – A transit bus shooting in Fort Lauderdale kills two people and injures two others.[75]
- March 21
- COVID-19 pandemic in Louisiana: New Orleans lifts their COVID-19 vaccine mandate for bars and restaurants.[76]
- 2022 NFL season: In American football, the Atlanta Falcons trade quarterback Matt Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts.[77]
- March 23 – The LAUSD lifts their mask mandate for schools in Los Angeles.[78]
- March 24
- A fire breaks out at the Empower Field at Mile High stadium in Denver, Colorado.[79]
- In New York City, Mayor Eric Adams lifts the vaccine mandate for unvaccinated athletes from teams like the New York Yankees, New York Mets, and Brooklyn Nets. The lifting of the mandate also clears the way for point guard Kyrie Irving to play home games for the Nets.[80]
- March 25
- A 14-year-old boy dies after falling off a drop tower ride at the Icon Park near International Drive in Orlando, Florida. The teen is identified as Tyre Sampson.[81]
- In basketball, Saint Peter's becomes the first 15th seed to advance to the Elite Eight following a 67-64 win against Purdue.[82]
- RaDonda Vaught, former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and impaired adult abuse after she mistakenly administered the wrong medication that killed a patient in 2017.[83]
- March 26 – U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry resigns from Congress after a California jury convicts him of lying to authorities about an illegal campaign donation from a foreign national. His resignation will be effective on March 31.[84]
- March 27 – The 94th Academy Awards, hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, are held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Sian Heder's CODA is awarded Best Picture, along with an additional two awards, including Troy Kotsur for Best Supporting Actor. Denis Villeneuve's Dune receives the most awards with six, while Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog leads the nominations with twelve, with Campion winning Best Director. Will Smith wins Best Actor for King Richard, Jessica Chastain Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Ariana DeBose Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story.[85][86] In a much talked about incident, Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on stage, after the comedian made a joke about his wife's alopecia. Smith later apologises.[87] The telecast garners 15.4 million viewers according to Nielsen estimates, with ratings slightly improved from the previous year, but still the second-lowest in Academy history.
- March 28 – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs Florida House Bill 1557, which would ban certain discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in school classrooms from kindergarten to third grade. The bill is known by its critics, especially supporters of the Democratic Party, as the Don't Say Gay bill.[88]
- March 29 – President Joe Biden signs the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, which makes lynching a federal crime.[89]
- March 30
- Bruce Willis announces that he will end his acting career due to aphasia, a brain disorder affecting speech and writing abilities.[90]
- The United States Men's National Team qualifies for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, their first appearance since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.[91]
- March 31
- Wildfires in 2022, Wildfires in the United States
- Evacuations and school closures are issued in Sevier County, Tennessee after a wildfire, known as the Hatcher Mountain Road/Indigo Lane Fire, breaks out last night near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park grows to 1,000 acres.[92]
- Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters announces that two firefighters are injured, and five firetrucks were damaged during the wildfire that broke out near the Wears Valley community.[93]
- Evacuation orders are lifted in Gatlinburg after no structures were damaged during the wildfire. Firefighters also say that the wildfires in the area are under control.[94]
- Wildfires in 2022, Wildfires in the United States
April
- April 1
- All data from the 1950 U.S. Census is released to the public.[95][96]
- Amazon workers at the JFK8 in Staten Island vote 2,654–2,131 to form the Amazon Labor Union, making them the first workers to unionize.[97]
- April 3 – A mass shooting occurs in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. Six people are killed and twelve others are injured; the gunmen remain at large.[98]
- April 4
- In college basketball, the Kansas Jayhawks rally from a 16-point deficit to defeat the 8th-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels, 72-69, in the National Championship Game. This is the fourth championship for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, and their first since 2008.[99][100]
- A 26-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the name of Patrick Lyoya is killed by a police officer in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
- April 5 – Elon Musk is appointed to the board of Twitter after becoming its largest shareholder, with a 9.2% stake.[101]
- April 6 – American writer and media critic Eric Boehlert is killed in a bicycle accident with a NJ Transit train near Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey.[102]
- April 7
- In a unanimous vote of 100–0, the Senate passes a ban on imports of oil, gas, and coal from Russia.[103]
- Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice.[104]
- The 2022 Major League Baseball season begins.[105]
- April 8
- Will Smith is banned from attending the Oscars and other AMPAS events for 10 years following the slapping incident at the 94th Academy Awards.[106]
- Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot – Two men are acquitted in the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, while the trials for two other suspects result in a hung jury.[107]
- April 9 – Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins dies in a vehicle collision with a dump truck off of Interstate 595 in South Florida.[108][109]
- April 12
- 2022 New York City Subway attack: Twenty-nine people are injured, 10 by gunfire, in a mass shooting at 36th Street station, in Brooklyn, New York.[110]
- 2022 Major League Baseball season: In baseball, San Francisco Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken becomes the first woman to coach on the field during a Major League Baseball regular season game during the team's matchup against the San Diego Padres.[111]
- Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signs a law criminalizing abortion in the state, with the exception of cases when the mother's health is in danger. According to the law, anyone performing an abortion could face a fine of up to $100,000 and up to 10 years in prison, although the woman undergoing the abortion would not be penalized.[112][113]
- New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigns after being indicted for bribery, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and two counts of falsification of records.[114]
- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is impeached over the 2020 car crash, in which he killed a pedestrian but initially said he might have struck a deer or another large animal.[115]
- April 13
- Abortion in the United States: A bill banning abortion after 15 weeks of gestation (styled on Mississippi's bill) and restricting its access to minors comes into force after the legislature overrides Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear's veto.[116]
- Two people are killed and 200 homes are reportedly damaged during the McBride Fire in Ruidoso, New Mexico.[117]
- April 15 – 2021–22 NBA season: In basketball, Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Clippers game in the NBA Play-In Tournament against the New Orleans Pelicans that would determine the 8th seed in the upcoming NBA playoffs.[118]
- April 16
- The inaugural 2022 USFL season begins with the Birmingham Stallions taking on the New Jersey Generals, marking the return of the USFL for the first time since 1985.[119][120]
- Columbiana Centre shooting – a shooting occurs at the Columbiana Centre in Columbia, South Carolina.
- The 2022 NBA playoffs begin.
- April 17 – 2022 Pittsburgh shooting – Two people are killed and 14 are injured in a shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[121]
- April 18 – Judge of the District Court for the Middle District of Florida Kathryn Kimball Mizelle strikes down the federal mask mandate on public transportation, ruling that the CDC failed to follow proper rule-making procedures.[122][123]
- April 19 –
- Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis suggests that the Florida legislature revoke Disney World's special self-governing privileges over its 25,000-acre (10,000-hectare) property—privileges that were granted to the company in 1967. The move was generally interpreted as retaliation against Disney for opposing Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act.[124]
- NASA publishes its Planetary Science Decadal Survey for 2023-2032. The future mission recommendations include a Uranus orbiter, the first visit to the planet since 1986.[125][126]
- April 20 – Netflix loses more than one-third of its share value, following news that the streaming giant has lost 200,000 subscribers and is expecting to lose a further two million in the next quarter.[127]
- April 21 – Carl Wayne Buntion is executed for the 1990 murder of police officer James Irby, becoming the oldest inmate put to death in Texas, at the age of 78.[128]
- April 23
- 2022 Major League Baseball season
- The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 21–0, marking it the largest defeat in Pirates history and the largest victory in Cubs history.[129][130]
- Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera becomes the 33rd member of the 3,000 hit club, and the first Venezuelan-born player to join.[131]
- 2022 Major League Baseball season
- April 25 – After weeks of speculation, Elon Musk acquires social media website Twitter for $44 billion. The buyout must be approved by the Federal Trade Commission.[132]
- April 28
- The 2022 NFL Draft is held in Las Vegas, with the Jacksonville Jaguars selecting former Georgia Bulldogs defensive end Travon Walker with the first overall-pick.[133]
- Andrew Fahie, Premier of the British Virgin Islands, is arrested along with two others in a drug sting by the DEA in Miami. He is charged with conspiracy to import more than 5kg (11lb) of cocaine into the US and conspiring to commit money laundering.[134]
- The Bureau of Economic Analysis releases data showing that in the first quarter of 2022 GDP declined at an annual rate of 1.4%, marking the first time GDP shrank since the second quarter of 2020.[135][136][137]
- April 29 – The Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, celebrates its 50th anniversary on this date.[138][139]
May
- May 1 – Oregon Route 224 reopens after being closed during the 2020 Oregon wildfires.[140]
- May 2
- Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis convenes a grand jury to start a process to decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump over his role in allegedly pressuring Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election results.[141][142]
- A bombshell report by Politico leaks the first version of draft opinion by the Supreme Court of the United States. Written for the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Associate Justice Samuel Alito writes a majority opinion overturning the landmark decisions in the cases of both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which would thereby remove constitutional protections for abortion access.[143]
- May 3
- In California, an anti-abortion activist is detained by the San Francisco Police Department after a video of him is seen climbing the top of the Salesforce Tower.[144][145]
- Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court of the United States responds to the bombshell report from the previous day by both confirming that the first draft of the opinion is authentic and ordering the Marshal of the United States Supreme Court to commence an investigation into the source of the leak.[146]
- May 4 – The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point from a range between 0.25 percent and 0.50 percent to a range between 0.75 percent to 1 percent, the biggest increase since May 2000.[147]
- May 7 – Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) calls the police due to a message written on the sidewalk right outside of her house in chalk which merely urges her to "clean up her mess" by supporting the Women's Health Protection Act in Congress. She claims that it was a personally threatening defacement of public property.[148][149]
- May 8 – The office of an anti-abortion group known as Wisconsin Family Action in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin is looted. A Molotov cocktail is discovered. Madison police investigates the incident as arson.[150][151]
- May 9 – Casey White is caught in Evansville, Indiana alongside former corrections officer Vicky White during their prison break. Vicky later takes her own life and Casey is sent back to Alabama where he was being held.
- May 10
- An earthquake with a measurement of 4.2 magnitude on the Richter scale happens in the morning near Yellowstone.[152]
- Elon Musk states that he will reinstate Donald Trump's previously banned account on Twitter if his deal to acquire personal ownership of the company is completed. The only basis that he gives is that the termination of the former president's Twitter profile was "morally wrong" in the first place.[153]
- More chalk writing appears on the sidewalk in front of the house of Senator Susan Collins.[154]
- May 11 – Entertainer Andy Dick is arrested by law enforcement at a camping ground in Orange County, California for the felony of sexual battery.[155][156]
- May 12
- The United States Senate seeks to pass a bill of bipartisan support on sorely needed aid to Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) blocks the bill from obtaining a speedy vote.[157]
- A shooting occurs at several Asian owned businesses in Dallas, Texas. The suspect is arrested several days later and it is determined that the attack was caused by delusions the suspect had about Asians.
- May 13
- A federal judge blocks the implementation of a law in the state of Alabama that criminalizes prescribing gender-affriming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors.[158]
- A shooting occurs in the vicinity of the Deer District in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during Game 6 of the Bucks-Celtics playoff series, injuring seventeen.
- May 14
- Across the country, thousands of people organize to protest the leaked draft from the Supreme Court of the United States in defense of abortion rights.[159]
- A mass shooting occurs at a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. In an alleged hate crime, ten people are killed by an 18-year-old gunman who livestreamed the carnage on Twitch. Reports indicate that this was motivated by white supremacy and the suspect is arrested shortly thereafter.[160]
- May 15
- A mass shooting occurs at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, Orange County, California and results in the death of one person. The suspect was arrested and authorities determined that the hate crime was motivated by tensions and disputes related to Political status of Taiwan and China.[161]
- Three shootings occur in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina at three different locations. Seven people are injured.[162]
- A shooting occurs at a flea market in Houston, Texas after an argument escalates into violence, killing two and injuring three.[citation needed]
- May 16
- In the case of Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, the Supreme Court of the United States holds that the provision of the McCain-Feingold law which limits the amount of money that can be donated to a campaign after an election for the purposes of repaying a political candidate who self-funded such campaign is unconstitutional.[163]
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: The official death toll since the start of the pandemic exceeds one million.[164]
- May 17
- The United States House of Representaives holds a hearing on UFOs, the first such hearing in over fifty years.[165]
- May 18
- An adult male in Massachusetts becomes the first person in the U.S. to be infected during a new outbreak of monkeypox, as growing case numbers are reported in several other countries.[166]
- President Joe Biden invokes the Defense Production Act of 1950 to handle a shortage of baby formula across the country.[167]
- May 19
- The Department of Energy announces a multibillion-dollar project to encourage the development of carbon dioxide removal technologies.[168][169]
- The United States Senate passes another $40 billion USD in aid to Ukraine.[170]
- My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell is sanctioned by federal judge Carl J. Nichols for filling a frivolous lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic.[171]
- Disgraced hedge fund manager and convicted felon Martin Shkreli is transferred from prison to community confinement.[172]
- May 20 – A tornado touches down in Gaylord, Michigan, killing two people and injuring another 44 as well as leaving thousands without electricity and causing widespread property damage.[173]
- May 21 – District Judge of United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Robert Summerhays grants a nationwide preliminary injunction to a group of state attorneys generals that sued the Biden administration over its plans to end Title 42 on May 23, ruling that the federal government cannot end the policy while the broader legal challenge plays out in court.[174][175][176]
- May 23 – Mayor Harry Sidhu of Anaheim, California resigns as a result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation over various federal crimes.[177][178]
Predicted and scheduled events
- June – Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: The Supreme Court of the United States will announce whether the landmark case Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States, would be overturned.[179]
- June 7 – A special election will be held in California to fill a vacancy in its 22nd congressional district due to the resignation of Devin Nunes on January 1, 2022 to become the CEO of the Trump Media & Technology Group.[180]
- June 13 – The three other officers involved in the murder of George Floyd (J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao) are scheduled to begin their trial.[181]
- June 14 – A special election will be held in Texas to fill a vacancy in its 34th congressional district due to the resignation of Filemon Vela Jr. on March 31, 2022 to work at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.[182]
- June 28 – A special election will be held in Nebraska to fill a vacancy in its 1st congressional district due to the resignation of Jeff Fortenberry on March 31, 2022.[183]
- July – A special election will be held in New York to fill a vacancy in its 23rd congressional district due to the resignation of Tom Reed on May 10, 2022.
- July 16 – The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the United States will adopt the new three-digit N11 code 9-8-8.[184]
- July 18 – U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols set a trial for this date for former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. Bannon faces criminal charges for contempt of Congress after defying the January 6 committee, which investigated the 2021 attack at the United States Capitol.[185]
- August – A special election will be held in New York to fill a vacancy in its 19th congressional district due to the resignation of Antonio Delgado in May 2022 to lieutenant governor of New York.
- August 9 – A special election will be held in Minnesota to fill a vacancy in its 1st congressional district due to the death of Jim Hagedorn on February 17, 2022.[186]
- August 16 – A special election will be held in Alaska to fill a vacancy in its at-large congressional district due to the death of Don Young on March 18, 2022.[187]
- November 8 – The 2022 United States elections will select the 118th Congress as well as various state and local officials. This will be the first set of federal elections after redistricting reflecting the 2020 U.S. Census.[188] Thirty-six states and three territories will have gubernatorial elections, and Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. will hold mayoral elections.[189][190]
Deaths
See also
- 2022 in American music
- 2022 in American soccer
- 2022 in American television
- 2022 in American radio
- List of American films of 2022
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