Here are some of the photos that resonated with us — one from each month.
JANUARY: Capitol Police point guns at pro-Trump rioters attempting to storm the House Chamber, where lawmakers are certifying 2020 election results.
Five people died on 1/6, including Officer Sicknick. Four more officers committed suicide in the following months. (AP/Applewhite)
FEBRUARY: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) flees to Cancun after a historic power outage leaves his constituents without food, water, or gas.
The senator books a return flight less than 24 hours later. (AP/Rojas)
MARCH: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sit down for an explosive interview with Oprah.
Markle reveals she was suicidal as a result of racism she experienced — by the British press and the royal family itself. (AP/Pugliese)
APRIL: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty on all three counts for murdering George Floyd.
Floyd’s brother Philonise celebrates with @AttorneyCrump and @TheRevAl following the verdict. (AP/Minchillo)
MAY: 107-year-old Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, waves from a horse-drawn carriage on the 100th anniversary.
The week before, she advocated on Capitol Hill for victim compensation. The bill is still sitting in Congress. (AP/Ogrocki)
JUNE: D.C. Police Officer Michael Fanone, who was beaten unconscious during 1/6, and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn leave a meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Fanone has said he feels “abandoned” by Congress following the insurrection. (AP/Applewhite)
JULY: Jeff Bezos launches to the edge of space aboard Blue Origin.
After the flight, he fiddled with Amelia Earhart's goggles and thanked Amazon customers and employees for funding the 11-minute trip. (AP/Gutierrez)
AUGUST: A family evacuated from Afghanistan arrives at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia.
More than 50,000 refugees were evacuated to the states after the U.S. military withdrawal. About half of them were children. (AP/Magana)
SEPTEMBER: Simone Biles and Aly Raisman hold hands before testifying against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
Fellow gymnasts McKayla Maroney and Maggie Nichols also testified about the FBI's mishandling of sexual abuse allegations. (AP/Loeb)
OCTOBER: Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before Congress after the Great Facebook Crash of 2021.
“For more than 5 hours, Facebook wasn’t used to deepen divides, destabilize democracies, and make young girls and women feel bad about their bodies.” (AP/Brandon)
NOVEMBER: Following a deeply divisive homicide trial, Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted of all charges after killing two people and injuring a third during a Black Lives Matter protest in Wisconsin. (AP/Krajacic)
DECEMBER: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) shrugs his shoulders after a meeting with President Biden on his long-stalled domestic agenda.
48 hours later, Manchin announced he was a “no” on the Build Back Better Act during an appearance on Fox News. (AP/Applewhite)
Some honorable mentions:
• Sen. Hawley (R-MO) raises a fist to 1/6 insurrectionists. (AP/Chung)
• President Biden holds his grandson Beau on Inauguration Day. (AP/Vucci)
• A Marine opens the door for George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna. (AP/Vucci)
• Bernie Mittens! (Smialowski)
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Just minutes after the full jury was selected in Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial, someone appears to have set themself on fire outside the courthouse, per CNN's @thelauracoates.
CNN's @thelauracoates describes the emotions of seeing the apparent immolation:
The first 2024 debate is here: The GOP field's set to meet tonight (without Trump). But why do we do debates? Do they even matter? Sometimes, yes...a lot.
Here are 5 moments from recent primary debates that actually changed the trajectory of the nominating contest — and history.
2008: Hillary Clinton struggles to take a clear stance on giving driver's licenses to “illegal immigrants.”
Her attempt at nuance reinforced a central criticism of her candidacy — that she was overly cautious and poll-tested — helping fuel Barack Obama's ultimate victory.
2011: Rick Perry forgets the third federal department he was promising to eliminate.
Perry had already dropped steeply in polls after prior poor debate performances. The “oops” moment seemed to prove he lacked preparation and is regarded as his campaign's death knell.
Is Biden poised for a breakthrough on the economy?
Today, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points after a brief pause in June.
But by virtually any metric, inflation — and the economy as a whole — is in a very different place than when it met in July 2022.
The Fed has steadily raised interest rates since March 2022, playing catchup as inflation soared to 40-year highs. After its June pause, that campaign resumed today — with yet another rate hike.
Amid the Fed’s effort to drive down inflation, concerns have risen that the dramatic rise in interest rates could slow growth enough to tip the U.S. into recession.
But job growth has remained steady — raising hopes for what economists call a “soft landing.”
Donald Trump arraignment today:
• Court appearance takes place at 3 pm ET in Miami
• Expected to plead not guilty to 37 counts
• Will voluntarily turn himself in before that
• Will be fingerprinted digitally
• Mugshot will likely not made public
• Will not be handcuffed
THREAD: There was backlash to the backlash at a heated school board hearing in Florida’s deep-red Hernando County on Tuesday.
You should see what teachers, students, and parents said about right-wing culture wars and anti-LGBTQ policies that are driving some educators to quit.
“I have never seen such fear from my colleagues as I’ve seen in the last two months.”
— Social studies teacher Victoria Hunt says “the culture that has been created” in Hernando County, Florida, is driving teachers to leave “the county, the state, or the profession altogether.”
Parent at the Hernando County, Florida, school board hearing Tuesday: “I’m appalled by how many gay people are here.”