11/27

• Protests in China spread to cities across the country including Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Wuhan, and Guangzhou after the series of arrests of demonstrators on Nov. 26.

11/28

• Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted in Hawaii.
• Buffalo supermarket gunman, Payton Gendron, pleaded guilty to 25 New York state charges, with additional federal hate crime charges, making him the first person to be prosecuted under a New York law against domestic terrorism motivated by hate. The plea ensures that Gendron receives a life sentence without parole.
• President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation approved by labor and management leaders “immediately” in order to prevent a rail shutdown (see 11/21).

11/29

• The Qatar World Cup chief, Hassan Al-Thawadi, said that 400 to 500 migrant workers have died in connection to the tournament.
• A federal jury found all five Oath Keepers on trial guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting for the Jan. 6 insurrection. Two of the members, including founder Stewart Rhodes, were additionally found guilty of seditious conspiracy (see 9/27).
• The Senate passed a bill that protects same-sex marriage in federal law, bringing the legislation to the House, then President Biden.
• Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama residents were forced to take cover due to the emerging southern tornadoes.

11/30

• In light of the ongoing protests in China, the cities of Guangzhou and Chongqing lifted their COVID-19 restrictions (see 11/27).
• At the White House Tribal Nations Summit, President Biden committed to conserving tribes’ lands in Nevada, additionally mentioning the passing of the Antiquities Act, which restores protections to three national monuments.
• 2 people have died due to an Alabama tornado (see 11/29).
• The House of Representatives passed a bill to prevent the possible rail workers strike (see 11/27).
• Representative Hakeem Jeffries was elected to lead House Democrats, making him the first Black person to hold the role (see 11/17).
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accidentally released the identities of 6,252 immigrants seeking U.S. protections.
• The IRS gave the House Ways and Means Committee access to former President Trump’s tax returns. The committee has been attempting to obtain the tax returns since 2019, when Trump was still president (see 10/31, 11/22).
• Ukraine’s military said that Russian pulled back their forces from the river towns opposite Kherson.

12/1

• A federal appeals court ruled to keep Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan on pause (see 11/11).
• Kanye West’s Twitter account was suspended a second time after posting an image of a swastika.
• President Biden recommended replacing Iowa with South Carolina and putting Michigan and Georgia into the process for the presidential election primaries, aiming to “ensure that voters of color have a voice in choosing our nominee much earlier in the process and throughout the entire early window.” The plan would remove Iowa from its decades-long position and give President Biden an advantage with South Carolina involved following his major victory there during the 2020 election.

12/2

• Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy (see 11/10).
• President Biden signed the rail agreement into law and promised to fight for paid sick leave (see 11/30).
• A suspect has been arrested and charged with murder for the death of Takeoff (see 11/1).
• Democrats moved to further Biden’s plan for South Carolina’s role in the presidential election primaries (see 12/1).

12/3

• Beijing and Shenzhen loosened multiple COVID-19 restrictions (see 11/27).
• Ukraine sanctioned 10 senior clerics connected to a pro-Moscow church, claiming they agreed to work with Russian occupation authorities or justified Moscow’s invasion.