Week Twenty-Eight: 3/26-4/1

3/26

  • At least 29 people died after a migrant boat sank off the Tunisia coast.

3/27

  • 3 children and 3 adults were killed following a mass shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Prime Minister Netanyahu delayed his plans for a judicial overhaul due to the opposing growing protests (see 3/24).
  • First Citizens BancShares will buy approximately $72 billion of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits and loans at a discount of $16.5 billion, increasing its shares over 53%.
  • A spill occurred at a factory near Philadelphia, sending thousands of gallons of chemicals into the Delaware River.
  • Germany delivered promised Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

3/28

  • At least 39 people were killed and 30 were injured following a fire at a migrant detention center in Mexico that was started by occupants protesting their imminent deportation.
  • A federal judge ruled that former Vice President Pence must testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with former President Trump leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

3/29

  • The FDA approved Narcan to be sold without a prescription.
  • China threatened retaliation if House Speaker McCarthy meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during her visit to the United States (see 11/14).
  • The Senate voted to repeal the legal justification used to attack Iraq in 1991 and 2003, a bipartisan effort to revoke the authority to wage war from the executive branch (see 3/16).
  • The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Trump’s role in a hush money payment will break for a month (see 3/10).
  • Republican lawmakers in Kentucky overturned Gov. Beshear’s veto of a bill targeting transgender people in the state (see 3/24).
  • Authorities identified 8 suspects in a fire at a Mexico migrant center including 2 federal agents, a state migration agent, and 5 staff members of a private security company (see 3/28).

3/30

  • A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Trump, marking the first time in U.S. history that a former president has been charged with a crime.
  • Taiwanese President Ing-wen arrived in the U.S. despite warning from China (see 3/29).
  • A train carrying ethanol derailed and multiple cars caught fire in Minnesota, causing an evacuation of residents living near the crash site.
  • Turkey’s parliament voted to approve Finland’s NATO membership bid.
  • 5 people were arrested for alleged roles in the fire at a migrant center in Mexico (see 3/29).
  • The Florida Legislature passed a bill that allows people to carry concealed loaded guns without permits.

3/31

  • The Department of Justice filed a civil suit against Norfolk Southern (see 2/16).
  • A federal judge in Tennessee temporarily blocked a law that aimed to restrict drag performances in public from going into effect.

4/1

  • At least 25 people were killed following tornadoes and powerful storms in the South and Midwest.