1/8

• Hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil’s Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court, which led to 170 arrests (see 12/13).
• An American citizen convicted of being a spy for Cuba, Ana Montes, was released from U.S. federal prison after 20 years.

1/9

• The number of Brazilian rioters involved in the attack on the country’s presidential palace, Congress, and Supreme Court increased to 1,500 (see 1/8).
• The House Republicans passed legislation to reverse the section in the Inflation Reduction Act that gives $80 billion to the IRS and to “repeal 87,000 IRS agents.”

1/10

• The California storms have contributed to at least 17 deaths (see 1/4).
• The remaining 10 senators in Haiti’s parliament have left office, leaving the country without any democratically elected government officials.
• Attorney General Garland assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review the classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in November. President Biden has since stated that he was not aware that the records from his time as Vice President were taken to his private office.
• The Pentagon announced a plan to bring Ukrainian troops to the U.S. for training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma.
• Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador thanked President Biden for not adding “even one meter” to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border at the end of the North American Leaders’ Summit.
• Peru’s attorney general’s office announced that it launched an investigation into President Dina Boluarte and members of her cabinet over the violent protests that resulted in over 40 deaths and hundreds of injuries (see 12/14).
• Tyre Nichols died 3 days after being hospitalized by Memphis police officers (see 1/7).

1/11

• The Nassau County GOP called on Rep. George Santos to resign. Following the press conference, Santos refused to step down from his role.
• Russia replaced its military commander in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin, with army chief Valery Gerasimov after only 3 months.
• The Federal Aviation Administration delayed more than 10,000 flights and canceled over 1,300 following a computer issue that prevented airports from filing updated safety notices.

1/12

• President Biden’s lawyers discovered additional classified documents in the president’s Wilmington garage (see 1/11).
• U.S. Navy veteran Taylor Dudley was released from Russian custody after being detained in April 2022 and months of negotiations by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
• Attorney General Garland named a special counsel to investigate the classified documents matter related to President Biden.
• City National Bank agreed to pay $31 million for avoiding granting “mortgage lending services” to majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Los Angeles and dissuading these residents “from obtaining mortgage loans.”

1/13

• Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that at least 6 Alabamians have died as a result of the storms and tornadoes across the South.
• The Trump Organization was fined $1.6 million for 17 felonies (see 12/6).
• The Department of Homeland Security stated that noncitizen workers may report labor violations without fear of their immigration status being threatened.
• U.S. President Biden and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared a strategic alliance in order to deter China.

1/14

• Brazil’s Supreme Court announced that its former President Bolsonaro will be investigated as part of an attempt to overthrow the country’s new government (see 1/8).
• Over 80,000 people in Israel protested Netanyahu’s government plan to weaken the Supreme Court and other democratic institutions (see 12/29).