1/29

• 1 person died and multiple people were hospitalized in Lima, bringing the country’s protests’ death toll to 58 (see 1/10).
• At least 3 people were killed and 4 were wounded in a mass shooting in the Beverly Crest neighborhood in Los Angeles, making it the sixth California shooting this month.

1/30

• At least 85 people were killed in a suicide bombing in a Peshawar, Pakistan mosque. Authorities claim that the attack may have targeted police officers.
• 2 additional Memphis police officers, 2 EMTs, and a Memphis Fire Department lieutenant were fired in connection to the death of Tyre Nichols (see 1/27).
• 865 domestic flights were canceled due to a southern U.S. ice storm.
• President Biden announced that the United States will not provide Ukraine with the F-16 fighter jets it requested as the Russo-Ukrainian War continues.

1/31

• The Biden administration stated that it will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11.
• The death toll of the Pakistan mosque bombing increased to 100, with more than 225 people wounded.
• New York Republican Rep. George Santos announced that he will not serve on House committees while the investigations into his conduct are ongoing.
• 4 suspects were arrested in the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, in addition to 3 individuals who were detained last year. Following the arrests, U.S. authorities transported the suspects from Haiti to Miami to face federal conspiracy charges.

2/1

• Approximately 500,000 British workers staged walkouts from a variety of jobs to protest current working conditions.
• The FBI searched President Biden’s Delaware beach home, but did not find any additional classified records (see 1/21).
• Vice President Harris spoke at Tyre Nichols’ funeral, calling on congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which failed to pass in the Senate in 2021.
• The College Board finalized a plan for its AP African-American studies, removing mention of left-leaning figures and large portions regarding the Black Lives Matter movement from an earlier draft (see 1/19).
• The Federal Reserve raised its key federal funds by 0.25% (see 12/14).
• At least 3 people were killed due to a Russian missile striking an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.
• The Philippines granted the U.S. greater access to its military bases as the tension between China and Taiwan continues to increase.

2/2

• House Republicans voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
• The U.S. military found a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the northern U.S.

2/3

• 50 of the 150 Norfolk Southern train cars on a route from Pennsylvania to Illinois derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
• According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 517,000 jobs were gained in January, lowering the unemployment rate to 3.4%.
• At least 13 people died from the dozens of wildfires spreading across Chile.

2/4

• The U.S. military shot down the Chinese surveillance balloon off the South Carolina coast (see 2/2).
• U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to China was postponed amid the spy balloon sent to the United States (see above).