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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.[7]
January 5 – Twelve people are killed and two others injured in a fire at a converted apartment complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[8]
January 6 – 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.[9]
January 7 – The three defendants convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery are sentenced to life in prison. Both of the McMichaels are sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, while William Bryan is sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 30 years.[10]
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.[20]
Glenn Youngkin is sworn in as governor of Virginia. Youngkin subsequently signs multiple executive orders, including barring the teaching of critical race theory in public schools, creating a commission to help fight against antisemitism, and enacting various measures to combat human trafficking.[21][22]
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.[31]
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.[33]
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".[44]
President Biden signs an order to provide $600 million of military assistance to Ukraine.[46]
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.[47][48]
March 3 – Biden signs a bipartisan law which bans motions to compel arbitration and class action waivers from being enforced in disputes involving sexual assault or harassment.[50]
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.[53]
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.
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.[56]
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, effective March 31.[61]
Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters announces that two firefighters are injured, and five fire trucks were damaged during the wildfire that broke out near the Wears Valley community.[69]
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.[70]
April 18 – Federal judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle strikes down the federal mask mandate on public transportation, ruling that the CDC failed to follow proper rule-making procedures.[92][93]
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.[100][101][102]
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.[108]
May 9 – Casey White prison escape: 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. Casey's trial is scheduled to begin on December 12.
May 13 – Federal judge Liles C. Burke blocks the implementation of a law in the state of Alabama that criminalizes prescribing gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors.[110]
The Supreme Court rules that section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, 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.[114]
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.[117]
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.[124]
The last public payphone is removed from New York City and transferred to a museum.[129]
May 24 – In one of the deadliest school shootings in American history, nineteen children and two adults are killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The 18-year-old shooter is killed at the scene in a shootout with police.[130]
In response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, students around the country walk out of classes to protest inaction over gun violence on the part of the government.[132]
The husband of one teacher who was killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School from two days earlier dies while preparing for his wife's funeral. The cause of death is determined as a heart attack that is suspected to be the result of grief.[133]
The National Rifle Association holds its annual convention in Houston, Texas. In the wake of the shooting at Robb Elementary School three days earlier, the pro-gun convention is met with protests from local residents.[136]
The United States Forest Service admits that it started the two forest fires that escalated into the largest wildfire in New Mexico state history. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is subsequently compelled to demand the federal government to take full responsibility for the disaster.[137]
A grand jury in New York indicts Payton Gendron, the gunman in the mass shooting in Buffalo from the previous month, on both hate crime and terrorism charges.[146]
The New York Court of Appeals upholds the conviction of disgraced film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein as well as his sentence of twenty-three years in prison for rape.[148]
Norm Pattis, defense attorney for far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, asks to be dropped from the defamation case against his client over his conspiracy theories related to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.[149]
Attorney Thomas J. Henry files a lawsuit in a Texas district court on behalf of four families of victims in the Robb Elementary School shooting. Levied against the estate of the suspected gunman, the lawsuit is a part of the investigation into the massacre.[155]
Lawyers representing dozens of previously abused Olympic gymnasts announce that they intend to seek US$1 billion from the FBI. The basis for their lawsuit is that the agency failed to intervene against Larry Nassar when it was initially informed about the sexual abuse on the part of the former osteopathic physician that he committed while serving for years as the team doctor of the United States women's national artistic gymnastics team.[160][161]
The FBI also raids the home of Nicholas John Roske in Simi Valley, California after being arrested yesterday for the attempted murder of Justice Kavanaugh.[164]
The Supreme Court issues a decision which limits the ability to sue officials for violations of rights.[165]
Texas Federal judge Christopher Lopez dismisses the case of the bankruptcy protection for radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as his attempt to avoid the Sandy Hook lawsuits.[167]
A widespread heat wave affects at least 120 million Americans in the central and southern regions of the country with several areas reaching 100 °F (38 °C) and thousands losing electricity.[172]
In a reversal from a 2018 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court holds that abortion is not a protected right in the state.[179]
Oxford High School shooting: Twenty students announce that they have filed a federal lawsuit against the school district and several administrators. The lawsuit seeks a third-party investigation into the shooting as well as better security for the school amongst other demands.[180]
The Supreme Court rules that California's Private Attorneys General Act does not preempt the Federal Arbitration Act and therefore mostly allows for companies to compel claims brought under the act into arbitration if an arbitration clause exists with respect to the claim. The decision is widely seen as a win for corporations and employers.[181]
June 19 – The Republican Party of Texas holds its party's convention in Houston. Attendees approved many controversial resolutions, including the assertion that President Joe Biden "was not legitimately elected", calling for the full repeal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, declaring homosexuality as "an abnormal lifestyle choice", as well as declaring that "Texas retains the right to secede from the United States, and the Texas Legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum consistent thereto" amongst other provisions.[183][184][185]
June 20 – President Biden calls on Congress to pass a three-month-long gas and diesel tax holiday as a proposal to lower the cost of fuel.[186]
The South Dakota Senate votes to convict Attorney GeneralJason Ravnsborg on two impeachment charges relating to his fatal September 2020 car crash, thus removing him from office. He is the first official in South Dakota's history to be impeached and convicted.[188]
An attorney for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson announces settlements in 20 of the 24 civil suits brought against him.[189]
The Supreme Court rules that New York's requirement for a need to carry a firearm in public violates the Second Amendment.[191]
The Supreme Court also rules that law enforcement cannot be sued over Miranda rights violations. It does not overturn the 1966 case Miranda v. Arizona, but does weaken it to an extent.[192][193]
The FBI raids the home of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark in connection to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.[194]
The Senate passes the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major gun reform legislation in decades.[195] President Biden signs the bill into law on June 25.[196]
The Arizona Senate is evacuated after police use tear gas to disperse a mob of pro-choice protesters in opposition to the overruling of Roe v. Wade and teachers, opposing an education funding bill after the rioters try to breach security and enter the Arizona State Capitol.[202][203]
The Supreme Court rules that schools and public employers cannot regulate employees exercising religion. The ruling in this case overturns that of the 1971 caseLemon v. Kurtzman, by the same court.[205]
The Nevada Supreme Court rules that ranked voting in the state is able to go to ballot, but both tax petitions and vouchers are unable to go to ballot.[211]
June 29 – The Supreme Court rules that states can prosecute non-tribal cases in Indian country, partially overturning a similar case in 2020.[212]
Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn into the Supreme Court, becoming the first black woman to serve on the court.[215]
Bitcoin falls below US$19,000 amid mounting pressure of economic concerns.[216]
A mass shooting targeting police officers occurs in Allen, Kentucky. Three police officers and a police dog are killed and four other people are injured, including three officers. The alleged shooter is arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder of a police officer.[217][218][219]
A law in the state of Minnesota legalizing beverages and edibles which are infused with THC takes effect.[221]
July 2 – Pete Arredondo, the chief of police for Uvalde, Texas, steps down from the local city council. His resignation comes amidst nationally widespread concern about the response by law enforcement to the Robb Elementary School shooting in May.[222]
GovernorKathy Hochul signs legislation to extend a two-year mayoral control over city schools into state law. The law itself was previously established in the state back in 2020.[226]
The Department of Justice reports that it is investigating potential violations of civil rights by the state of Texas in its multi-billion dollar border mission.[232]
North Carolina GovernorRoy Cooper signs an executive order to protect access to abortion by shielding out-of-state patients from extradition to other states as well as preventing state agencies from aiding such extradition.[234]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules that putting an absentee ballot inside of an unlocked dropbox or giving it to someone else who will put it inside of an unlocked drop box is allowed, but putting it inside of a locked drop box is not allowed unless an election official is present when the ballot is placed.[238]
Proposed acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk: Musk attempts to formally terminate his US$44 billion agreement to buy Twitter. According to a statement that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the basis for dropping the deal is that the business that runs the social media platform has not lived up to its contractual obligations.[239][240]
President Biden signs an executive order to protect access to abortion across the country in response to Dobbs v. Jackson.[241]
July 10 – President Biden says that he is considering the declaration of a public health emergency over the lack of access to abortion and weighing the possibility of funding by the federal government in response to the earlier decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the matter.[242]
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that voters will be allowed to use the state's expanded early and mail-in voting rules in the September primary.[244]
Quest Diagnostics announces the nationwide availability of a diagnostic test for monkeypox, as the number of reported infections approaches 1,000 in the United States[247]
July 14 – Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sues the Department of Health and Human Services to prevent it from mandating that hospitals must perform abortions when the life of the mother is at risk, even if state law does not allow for such exception.[249]
A video of a costumed performer dressed as Rosita at Sesame Place Philadelphia goes viral for the performer refusing to hug two black girls while greeting a white girl, sparking outrage across the country. The park issued two apologies for the incident.[252]
A nearly eighty-page preliminary report into the Robb Elementary School shooting is released. The report concludes that "systemic failures" prompted the magnitude of the massacre at the school.[255]
Federal judge Charles E. Atchley Jr. issues a preliminary injunction to block the enforcement of an executive order by the Biden administration which seeks to protect LGBT individuals from educational and workplace discrimination at the federal level of government.[256]
The House passes the Respect for Marriage Act, which federally protects discrimination against LGBT individuals in what is widely seen as a defensive measure against Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas questioning the legitimacy of Obergefell v. Hodges in his concurring opinion to Dobbs v. Jackson. Forty-seven Republicans joined the unanimous Democrat caucus.[260]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill allowing for veterans and active soldiers to apply for teaching jobs within then state without need for teaching credentials.[265]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs Senate Bill 1327 into law. Modeled after the Texas Heartbeat Act, the law enables private citizens to bring civil action against anyone who manufactures, distributes, transports or imports assault weapons or ghost guns, for a minimum of $10,000 as well as attorneys fees.[270]
Vince McMahon announces he will be stepping down as the head of WWE after hush money and sexual harassment allegations. He will be succeeded by his daughter Stephanie and WWE president Nick Khan as interim co-CEOs.[271]
In a reversal, Senator Joe Manchin announces he has reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Schumer on taxes and climate.[275]
The Senate passes the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act by a vote of 64–33, which allocates $280 billion in funding for scientific development and increasing the nation's competitive ability against mainland China. Notably, $52 billion would go towards the development of integrated circuits and semiconductor fabrication plants.[276] The House passes the bill the following day in a mostly-partisan vote, and Biden signs the bill on August 9.[277][278]
2022 monkeypox outbreak: New York Governor Kathy Hochul declares a state emergency over monkeypox, as the number of cases in New York reaches 1,383.[286] This is more than a quarter of the 5,189 total cases in the U.S.[287]
A defendant who was convicted on charges related to the January 6 United States Capitol attack receives a seven-year prison sentence, the longest sentence to date for a defendant regarding the riots.[289]
A bombshell report argues that Equifax issued wrong credit scores to millions of Americans this past spring to a point where interest rates and mortgage loans were altered.[294]
The Senate passes the PACT Act in a 86–11 vote, which expands veteran health care to cover injuries from burn pits. Biden signs the law eight days later.[295][296][297]
In a widely watched lawsuit, radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was "100% real" after meeting the members of the victims' families yesterday.[298] Jones is later ordered by a jury to pay at least US$4.1 million in compensatory damages and an additional $45.2 million in punitive damages to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, parents of victim Jesse Lewis.[299][300]
The July jobs report is released, showing that the national unemployment rate fell to 3.5% along with the economy adding 528,000 new jobs. The data far surpass economists' expectations.[310]
The consumer price index report is released showing that inflation rose by 8.5% that month, which is less than expected and considered a sign inflation is easing.[320]
The NBA announces the retirement of the number 6 leaguewide to honor the late Bill Russell, a first for the league.[324]
The CDC loosens its guidelines for COVID-19, commenting that coronavirus is no longer in a state where it "severely disrupts our daily lives".[325]
The United States Postal Service announces that it will raise prices for postage starting in October for holiday shipping. The rate hikes will return to normal levels in January 2023.[326]
Author Salman Rushdie is attacked by a man during an on-stage interview at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. Rushdie and interviewer Henry Reese are swiftly airlifted to a local hospital, with Rushdie sustaining apparent stab wounds to his neck and arm while Reese suffers a minor injury to the head. The suspect is arrested at the scene and is charged with attempted murder the following day.[327][328][329]
State supreme courts in Idaho and Louisiana defend abortion bans, with Idaho's ruling that its near-total abortion ban can go into effect beginning on August 25, and Louisiana's rejecting an appeal to overturn its ban.[332][333]
OSHA opens a second investigation into Amazon following the deaths of two more people at the company's warehouses.[334]
The Great Lakes Water Authority issues an advisory in Michigan for people to boil their drinking water after a crack opens in a critical pipe. Nearly one million people across twenty-three communities are affected.[337]
In a nationwide effort known as Operation Cross Country, the FBI rescues more than 200 people, including 84 children, who are victims of human trafficking.[344]
A special election is held to fill the vacancy of Alaska's at-large congressional district that was left by the death of Representative Don Young earlier in the year. No candidate gets an outright majority of the total vote in the first round, causing the race to head into a second round that is scheduled for the last day of the month.[347][348]
FBI search of Mar-a-Lago: Federal judge Bruce Reinhart allows a portion of the affidavit that formed the basis for the raid to be unsealed. The Department of Justice is ordered to determine which parts will and won't be redacted over the course of the next week.[353]
Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci announces that he will retire at the end of the year.[358]
FBI search of Mar-a-Lago: Donald Trump sues the federal government over the law enforcement raid in an attempt to have a neutral third party review the documents acquired in the search.[359]
Oracle is sued in a class action lawsuit alleging that the company has operated and profited off of a "surveillance machine" monitoring 5 billion people.[360]
Two special elections are held in New York. The first is held in the 19th district to determine a successor for Antonio Delgado after he became New York's lieutenant governor. The special election is narrowly won by Democratic candidate Pat Ryan.[361]The second is held in the 23rd district, vacated after Tom Reed resigned over accusations of sexual abuse and misconduct. Republican Joe Sempolinski wins the special election with 53.3 percent of the vote over Democrat Max Della Pia with 46.7 percent of the vote. Despite his victory in the special election, Sempolinski opts against running for reelection in the regular election to occur in November.[362][363]
President Biden announces that he will cancel US$10,000 in student loans for all borrowers who earn under $125,000 per year, and an additional $10,000 for those who received Pell Grants.[364]
Utah sues the federal government over restoring the size of two Indigenous national monuments after they were downsized by former president Trump.[365]
Federal judge B. Lynn Winmill rules that Idaho's abortion ban partially violates federal law.[366]
Jackson, Mississippi, enacts a state of emergency over lower water pressure and water infrastructure failure.[376]
California's legislature passes the FAST Recovery Act (AB 257), which in multiple methods sets to improve working conditions and raise wages for fast-food workers.[377]
FBI search of Mar-a-Lago: Federal judge Aileen Cannon orders a more detailed list of property seized by the FBI during the raid. She releases a detailed list of what was seized the following day.[384][385]
A former NYPD officer who participated in the January 6 Capitol attack is sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting a Capitol police officer.[386]
The August jobs report is released, showing that Americans by and large are generally re-entering the workforce. Unemployment rises to 3.7 percent.[388]
The Biden administration pauses the distribution of COVID tests due to a lack of funding.[390][391]
September 4 – Cloudflare blocks access to Kiwi Farms due to an increase in threats posted on the site, a move which eventually leads to the site's takedown.[392]
Steve Bannon surrenders to prosecutors in New York over fraud charges.[407]
President Biden orders flags at half staff for ten days in response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II[408] and pays tribute to the late monarch, calling her "a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States."[409] Many other U.S. politicians offer their tributes including former presidents.[410]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 1,276 points, or just under 4%, after an August inflation report, effectively erasing a recent period of rising stocks.[416]
West Virginia passes a near-total abortion ban in both houses of its legislature. Governor Jim Justice signs the bill into law on September 16.[417][418]
Senator Lindsey Graham introduced legislation that would ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the patient.[419][420][421]
September 18 – Hurricane Fiona hits Puerto Rico as a Category 1 hurricane, flooding the landscape, destroying the power grid, and wrecking other infrastructure across the entire island.[432]
FBI search of Mar-a-Lago: A three-judge panel on the 11th circuit rules that the Justice Department can regain access to the classified records seized during trial.[442]
Highland Park parade shooting: The families of the victims file lawsuits against the manufacturer of the firearm that was used to commit the shooting, two gun stores, the father of the shooter, and the shooter himself.[451]
The Department of Education partly reverses its earlier decision to forgive student loans.[452]
October 11 – NASA confirms that the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was successful in its ultimate goal. Dimorphos was knocked out of its orbit by thirty-two minutes, much more than the ten minutes that the space agency anticipated.[465]
The Social Security Administration announces an 8.1% cost of living adjustment to begin in 2023, citing ongoing inflation. It is the largest increase since 1981.[467]
A mass shooting occurs in a suburban neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina. Five people are killed, and two others are injured.[475] The suspect is detained after being cornered by police at a nearby residence and is in critical condition from injuries sustained during the incident.[476][477][478]
October 19 – In a legal defeat for Donald Trump, federal judge David O. Carter orders emails between John Eastman and Trump to be turned over to House investigators.[482]
Oxford High School shooting: Shooter Ethan Crumbley pleads guilty to 24 charges, consisting of murder, attempted murder, felony firearm, and terrorism.[485]
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