Sarah Huckabee Sanders in Arkansas, Maura Healey in Massachusetts, and Kathy Hochul in New York became the first elected female governors in their states, and Katie Britt is Alabama's first elected female senator. Healey also became the first lesbian governor in US history.[12]
Alex Padilla became California's first elected Latino senator, and Delia Ramirez is elected as Illinois' first Latina congresswoman.[15][16]
Summer Lee became Pennsylvania's first Black female representative in the House, and Wes Moore became Maryland's first Black governor.[17][18]
Two special elections were held in New York on August 23. The first is held in the 19th district to determine a successor for Antonio Delgado after he became New York's lieutenant governor. The special election is narrowly won by Democratic candidate Pat Ryan.[30]The second is held in the 23rd district, vacated after Tom Reed resigned over accusations of sexual abuse and misconduct. Republican Joe Sempolinski wins the special election with 53.3 percent of the vote over Democrat Max Della Pia with 46.7 percent of the vote. Despite his victory in the special election, Sempolinski opts against running for reelection in the regular election to occur in November.[31][32]
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: The number of daily infections in America exceeds 1 million for the first time since the pandemic begin, with a total of 1.08 million reported cases, fueled by highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant.[38]
January 5 – Twelve people are killed and two others injured in a fire at a converted apartment complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[40]
January 6 – Cyber Ninjas, the company who conducted an audit of Maricopa County's election, announces that they will shut down after being held in contempt of court.[41]
January 7 – The three defendants convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery are sentenced to life in prison. Both of the McMichaels are sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, while William Bryan is sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 30 years.[42]
January 9 – Seventeen people are killed and at least 44 others injured in a fire at an apartment complex in The Bronx, New York City, New York.[43]
COVID-19 vaccination in the United States: The Supreme Court blocks the Biden administration from enforcing its vaccine-or-test requirements for large private companies. However, it allows a vaccine mandate to stand for medical facilities that take Medicare or Medicaid payments.[51]
Glenn Youngkin is sworn in as governor of Virginia. Youngkin subsequently signs multiple executive orders, including barring the teaching of critical race theory in public schools, creating a commission to help fight against antisemitism, and enacting various measures to combat human trafficking.[54][55]
Intel announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in chip plants in Ohio.[62]
January 27–31 – The Northeast experiences a major blizzard which stretches from Delaware to Nova Scotia.[63]
February
February 1–9 – February 2022 North American winter storm: A major winter storm, known colloquially as Winter Storm Landon or the Groundhog Snowstorm, affects much of the eastern and Midwest from Texas to Maine, with Alabama receiving concurrent tornadoes as well.[64]
February 3 – The share price of Meta falls by 26.4%, with Facebook losing $230bn in its market value, the biggest one-day loss in history for a US company. This follows an earnings report showing the company's first ever drop in daily user numbers.[65]
February 7 – Freedom Convoy 2022: Protesters at the Ambassador Bridge, connecting Ontario with Detroit, Michigan, and one of the busiest international border crossings in North America, blockade the border crossing in response to vaccine mandates for truckers re-entering Canada. Four days later, on February 11, the Ontario Superior Court grants an injunction to remove protesters from the bridge.[68]
President Biden announces new, stronger sanctions that will "impose severe cost on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time." He condemns President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, calling him an "aggressor".[79]
President Biden signs an order to provide $600 million of military assistance to Ukraine.[81]
The US and its allies commit to removing Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, as well as imposing measures on the Russian Central Bank and further restrictions on Russian elites.[82][83]
March 10 – The 2022 MLB Lockout comes to an end after 99 days after a new CBA is agreed to, with the season delaying its start to April 7 but still playing all 162 games.
March 11 – According to the CDC, United States declared the end of COVID-19 pandemic after two years of serious outbreak, for example: lifted all restrictions up and then the country's transition to the endemic phase from Deltacron hybrid variant.[citation needed]
Russia announces sanctions on several U.S. officials, banning President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and others from entering the country.[88]
March 26 – U.S. Rep.Jeff Fortenberry resigns from Congress after a California jury convicts him of lying to authorities about an illegal campaign donation from a foreign national, effective March 31.[92]
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signs into law a near-total abortion ban, with the exception of cases when the mother's health is in danger. .[110][111]
New York Lieutenant GovernorBrian Benjamin resigns after being indicted for bribery, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and two counts of falsifying campaign donation records.[112]
April 18 – Federal judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle strikes down the federal mask mandate on public transportation, ruling that the CDC failed to follow proper rule-making procedures.[118][119]
The Bureau of Economic Analysis releases data showing that in the first quarter of 2022 GDP declined at an annual rate of 1.4%, marking the first time GDP shrank since the second quarter of 2020.[126][127][128]
May 3 – Chief JusticeJohn Roberts responds to the bombshell report from the previous day by both confirming that the first draft of the opinion is authentic and ordering the Marshal of the Supreme Court to commence an investigation into the source of the leak.[134]
May 4 – The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point from a range between 0.25 percent and 0.50 percent to a range between 0.75 percent to 1 percent, the biggest increase since May 2000.[135]
May 9 – Casey White prison escape: Casey White is caught in Evansville, Indiana alongside former corrections officer Vicky White during their prison break. Vicky later takes her own life and Casey is sent back to Alabama where he was being held. Casey's trial is scheduled to begin on December 12.
May 10 – After over 20 years, Apple discontinues production of the iPod.
May 13 – Federal judge Liles C. Burke blocks the implementation of a law in the state of Alabama that criminalizes prescribing gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors.[137]
May 14
Across the country, in response to the Dobbs v. Jackson draft opinion leak, thousands of people protest in defense of abortion rights.[138]
The Supreme Court rules that section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which limits the amount of money that can be donated to a campaign after an election for the purposes of repaying a political candidate who self-funded such campaign, is unconstitutional.[141]
An adult male in Massachusetts becomes the first person in the U.S. to be infected during a new outbreak of monkeypox, as growing case numbers are reported in several other countries.[144]
May 20 – A tornado touches down in Gaylord, Michigan, killing two people and injuring another 44 as well as leaving thousands without electricity and causing widespread property damage.[150]
In response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, students around the country walk out of classes to protest inaction over gun violence on the part of the government.[158]
Broadcom announces it will purchase VMware in a $61 billion cash and stock deal, which becomes the second-largest M&A deal announced this year.[160]
May 27
Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun, is released in theaters to critical acclaim and massive commercial success, grossing nearly $1.5 billion worldwide.
The National Rifle Association of America holds its annual convention in Houston, Texas. In the wake of the shooting at Robb Elementary School three days earlier, the pro-gun convention is met with protests from local residents.[161]
The Forest Service admits that it started the two forest fires that escalated into the largest wildfire in New Mexico state history. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is subsequently compelled to demand the federal government to take full responsibility for the disaster.[162]
May 29
The Department of Justice announces an investigation into the shooting at Robb Elementary School that happened five days earlier.[163][164][165]
A grand jury in New York indicts Payton Gendron, the gunman in the mass shooting in Buffalo from the previous month, on both hate crime and terrorism charges.[170]
Attorney Thomas J. Henry files a lawsuit in a Texas district court on behalf of four families of victims in the Robb Elementary School shooting. Levied against the estate of the suspected gunman, the lawsuit is a part of the investigation into the massacre.[178]
June 8
Justice Brett Kavanaugh survives an attempted murder from California resident Nicholas John Roske. The FBI raids the home of Roske the next day.[179]
Lawyers representing dozens of previously abused Olympic gymnasts announce that they intend to seek US$1 billion from the FBI. The basis for their lawsuit is that the agency failed to intervene against Larry Nassar when it was initially informed about the sexual abuse on the part of the former osteopathic physician that he committed while serving for years as the team doctor of the United States women's national artistic gymnastics team.[180][181]
Texas Federal judge Christopher Lopez dismisses the case of the bankruptcy protection for radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as his attempt to avoid the Sandy Hook lawsuits.[185]
June 12 – The United States Senate reaches an agreement on a bipartisan gun control legislation.[188]
June 15
A widespread heat wave affects at least 120 million Americans in the central and southern regions of the country with several areas reaching 100 °F (38 °C) and thousands losing electricity.[189]
In addition to the open letter, an investor in Dogecoin sues Elon Musk for US$258 billion over allegedly running a pyramid scheme.[194]
FIFA officially names the sixteen venues to host matches during the 2026 World Cup, including eleven US venues.[195]
June 17
In a reversal from a 2018 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court holds that abortion is not a protected right in the state.[196]
The Supreme Court rules that California's Private Attorneys General Act does not preempt the Federal Arbitration Act and therefore mostly allows for companies to compel claims brought under the act into arbitration if an arbitration clause exists with respect to the claim. The decision is widely seen as a win for corporations and employers.[197]
The South Dakota Senate votes to convict Attorney GeneralJason Ravnsborg on two impeachment charges relating to his fatal September 2020 car crash, thus removing him from office. He is the first official in South Dakota's history to be impeached and convicted.[203]
An attorney for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson announces settlements in 20 of the 24 civil suits brought against him.[204]
June 23
The Supreme Court rules that New York's requirement for a need to carry a firearm in public violates the Second Amendment.[205]
The Supreme Court also rules that law enforcement cannot be sued over Miranda rights violations. It does not overturn the 1966 case Miranda v. Arizona, but does weaken it to an extent.[206][207]
The FBI raids the home of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark in connection to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.[208]
The Senate passes the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major gun reform legislation in decades.[209] President Biden signs the bill into law on June 25.[210]
The Arizona Senate is evacuated after police use tear gas to disperse a mob of pro-choice protesters in opposition to the overruling of Roe v. Wade and teachers, opposing an education funding bill after the rioters try to breach security and enter the Arizona State Capitol.[216][217]
The Supreme Court rules that schools and public employers cannot regulate employees exercising religion. The ruling in this case overturns that of the 1971 case Lemon v. Kurtzman, by the same court.[219]
Police in Akron, Ohioshoot and kill Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, after a traffic stop. Walker is shot at nearly 90 times and hit with 46 bullets; his death is met with subsequent protests.[220]
Ghislaine Maxwell receives a 20-year sentence for charges related to sex trafficking and sexual abuse.[222]
Former House Rep. Jeff Fortenberry receives a two-year probation sentence for lying to the FBI regarding campaign finance violations.[223]
The Nevada Supreme Court rules that ranked voting in the state is able to go to ballot, but both tax petitions and vouchers are unable to go to ballot.[224]
June 29 – The Supreme Court rules that states can prosecute non-tribal cases in Indian country, partially overturning a similar case in 2020.[225]
Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn into the Supreme Court, becoming the first Black woman to serve on the court.[228]
Bitcoin falls below US$19,000 amid mounting pressure of economic concerns.[229]
A mass shooting targeting police officers occurs in Allen, Kentucky, killing three officers and injuring three more, along with one non-officer. The alleged shooter is arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder of a police officer.[230][231][232]
New York GovernorKathy Hochul signs legislation to extend a two-year mayoral control over city schools into state law. The law itself was previously established in the state back in 2020.[238]
The Department of Justice reports that it is investigating potential violations of civil rights by the state of Texas in its multi-billion dollar border mission.[242]
North Carolina GovernorRoy Cooper signs an executive order to protect access to abortion by shielding out-of-state patients from extradition to other states as well as preventing state agencies from aiding such extradition.[244]
Theranos executive Sunny Balwani is found guilty on all 12 charges for defrauding Theranos patients and investors.[247]
July 8
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules that putting an absentee ballot inside of an unlocked dropbox or giving it to someone else who will put it inside of an unlocked drop box is allowed, but putting it inside of a locked drop box is not allowed unless an election official is present when the ballot is placed.[248]
Proposed acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk: Musk attempts to formally terminate his US$44 billion agreement to buy Twitter. According to a statement that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the basis for dropping the deal is that the business that runs the social media platform has not lived up to its contractual obligations.[249][250]
President Biden signs an executive order to protect access to abortion across the country in response to Dobbs v. Jackson.[251]
July 10 – President Biden says that he is considering the declaration of a public health emergency over the lack of access to abortion and weighing the possibility of funding by the federal government in response to the earlier decision of the Supreme Court on the matter.[252]
July 11
Jewelry worth $8.7–100 million is stolen from the trailer of a Brink's truck parked at a California truck stop, while one of the drivers was inside getting food and another slept in the back of the cab.[253]
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that voters will be allowed to use the state's expanded early and mail-in voting rules in the September primary.[255]
July 12
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill to allow gun violence victims to sue the manufacturers of such guns.[256]
Quest Diagnostics announces the nationwide availability of a diagnostic test for monkeypox, as the number of reported infections approaches 1,000 in the United States[258]
July 14 – Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sues the Department of Health and Human Services to prevent it from mandating that hospitals must perform abortions when the life of the mother is at risk, even if state law does not allow for such exception.[260]
A video of a costumed performer dressed as Rosita at Sesame Place Philadelphia goes viral for the performer refusing to hug two Black girls while greeting a white girl, sparking outrage across the country. The park issued two apologies for the incident.[263]
July 17
A nearly eighty-page preliminary report into the Robb Elementary School shooting is released. The report concludes that "systemic failures" prompted the magnitude of the massacre at the school.[264]
Federal judge Charles E. Atchley Jr. issues a preliminary injunction to block the enforcement of an executive order by the Biden administration which seeks to protect LGBT individuals from educational and workplace discrimination at the federal level of government.[265]
The House passes the Respect for Marriage Act, which federally protects discrimination against LGBT individuals in what is widely seen as a defensive measure against Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas questioning the legitimacy of Obergefell v. Hodges in his concurring opinion to Dobbs v. Jackson. Forty-seven Republicans joined the unanimous Democrat caucus.[269]
OSHA opens its first federal investigation into Amazon after the death of one of its New Jersey warehouse workers during the company's Prime Day event.[271]
DeSantis signed a bill allowing for veterans and active soldiers to apply for teaching jobs within then state without need for teaching credentials.[272]
July 21
The House votes to codify federal access to contraception, with eight Republicans supporting the measure.[273]
Newsom signs Senate Bill 1327 into law. Modeled after the Texas Heartbeat Act, the law enables private citizens to bring civil action against anyone who manufactures, distributes, transports or imports assault weapons or ghost guns, for a minimum of $10,000 as well as attorneys fees.[277]
Vince McMahon announces he will be stepping down as the head of WWE after hush money and sexual harassment allegations. He will be succeeded by his daughter Stephanie and WWE president Nick Khan as interim co-CEOs.[278]
In a reversal, Senator Joe Manchin announces he has reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Schumer on taxes and climate.[281]
The Senate passes the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act by a vote of 64–33, which allocates $280 billion in funding for scientific development and increasing the nation's competitive ability against mainland China. Notably, $52 billion would go towards the development of integrated circuits and semiconductor fabrication plants.[282] The House passes the bill the following day in a mostly-partisan vote, and Biden signs the bill on August 9.[283][284]
2022 monkeypox outbreak: New York Governor Kathy Hochul declares a state emergency over monkeypox, as the number of cases in New York reaches 1,383.[292] This is more than a quarter of the 5,189 total cases in the U.S.[293]
A defendant who was convicted on charges related to the January 6 Capitol attack receives a seven-year prison sentence, then the longest sentence to date for a defendant regarding the riots.[295]
A bombshell report argues that Equifax issued wrong credit scores to millions of Americans this past spring to a point where interest rates and mortgage loans were altered.[300]
The Senate passes the PACT Act in an 86–11 vote, which expands veteran health care to cover injuries from burn pits. Biden signs the law eight days later.[301][302][303]
August 3
In a widely watched lawsuit, radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was "100% real" after meeting the members of the victims' families yesterday.[304] Jones is later ordered by a jury to pay at least US$4.1 million in compensatory damages and an additional $45.2 million in punitive damages to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, parents of victim Jesse Lewis.[305][306]
U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski dies in a car crash along with two of her staffers.[307]
The July jobs report is released, showing that the national unemployment rate fell to 3.5% along with the economy adding 528,000 new jobs. The data far surpass economists' expectations.[316]
August 8 – FBI search of Mar-a-Lago: The FBI executes a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago, the Florida home of former President Donald Trump, seeking boxes of classified documents that Trump allegedly took from the White House.[322]
The consumer price index report is released showing that inflation rose by 8.5% that month, which is less than expected and considered a sign inflation is easing.[326]
The NBA announces the retirement of the number 6 leaguewide to honor the late Bill Russell, a first for the league.[330]
The United States Postal Service announces that it will raise prices for postage starting in October for holiday shipping. The rate hikes will return to normal levels in January 2023.[331]
State supreme courts in Idaho and Louisiana defend abortion bans, with Idaho's ruling that its near-total abortion ban can go into effect beginning on August 25, and Louisiana's rejecting an appeal to overturn its ban.[337][338]
OSHA opens its second investigation into Amazon following the deaths of two more people at the company's warehouses.[339]
The Great Lakes Water Authority issues an advisory in Michigan for people to boil their drinking water after a crack opens in a critical pipe. Nearly one million people across twenty-three communities are affected.[342]
In a nationwide effort known as Operation Cross Country, the FBI rescues more than 200 people, including 84 children, who are victims of human trafficking.[347]
August 19 – A Michigan judge blocks county prosecutors from enforcing the state's 1931 ban on abortion.[357]
August 22
Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci announces that he will retire at the end of the year.[358]
FBI search of Mar-a-Lago: Donald Trump sues the federal government over the law enforcement raid in an attempt to have a neutral third party review the documents acquired in the search.[359]
Oracle is sued in a class action lawsuit alleging that the company has operated and profited off of a "surveillance machine" monitoring 5 billion people.[360]
August 24
President Biden announces that he will cancel US$10,000 in student loans for all borrowers who earn under $125,000 per year, and an additional $10,000 for those who received Pell Grants.[361]
Utah sues the federal government over restoring the size of two Indigenous national monuments after they were downsized by former president Trump.[362]
Federal judge B. Lynn Winmill rules that Idaho's abortion ban partially violates federal law.[363]
August 25
California announces a ban on the sale of new gasoline cars after 2035.[364]
August 29–September 11 – 2022 US Tennis Open. The 142nd running of the tournament, Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Świątek take home championships in the men's and women's running of the tournament respectively.[369]
August 29
Capitol rioter and Proud Boys member Joshua Pruitt is sentenced to 55 months in prison, the largest sentence given out to that point.[370]
Jackson, Mississippi, enacts a state of emergency over lower water pressure and water infrastructure failure.[371]
California's legislature passes the FAST Recovery Act (AB 257), which in multiple methods sets to improve working conditions and raise wages for fast-food workers.[372]
August 30
Texas reports an immunocompromised patient has suffered the first US death in the monkeypox outbreak.[373]
A Gallup poll finds that more Americans are smoking cannabis than cigarettes for the first time in the nation's history.[375]
Federal judge James D. Peterson rules that Wisconsin voters with disabilities can designate a person to help them to return their ballots.[376]
September
September 1
FBI search of Mar-a-Lago: Federal judge Aileen Cannon orders a more detailed list of property seized by the FBI during the raid. She releases a detailed list of what was seized the following day.[377][378]
A former NYPD officer who participated in the January 6 Capitol attack is sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting a Capitol police officer.[379]
The August jobs report is released, showing that Americans by and large are generally re-entering the workforce. Unemployment rises to 3.7 percent.[381]
September 4 – Cloudflare blocks access to Kiwi Farms due to an increase in threats posted on the site, a move which eventually leads to the site's takedown.[383]
A series of floods wrack both Indiana and Georgia, killing at least one.[385]
September 6
Due to his role in January 6 Capitol attack, a state judge in New Mexico removes an Otero County commissioner and permanently bars him from holding future office.[386]
Steve Bannon surrenders to prosecutors in New York over fraud charges.[398]
President Biden orders flags at half staff for ten days in response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II[399] and pays tribute to the late monarch, calling her "a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States."[400] Many other U.S. politicians offer their tributes including former presidents.[401]
September 11 – President Biden delivers a speech remembering the 9/11 terrorist attacks and its victims on the twenty-first anniversary of the event.[404]
September 12
The largest strike of private sector nurses in the history of the country begins in Minnesota.[405]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 1,276 points, or just under 4%, after an August inflation report, effectively erasing a recent period of rising stocks.[407]
West Virginia passes a near-total abortion ban in both houses of its legislature. Governor Jim Justice signs the bill into law on September 16.[408][409]
Senator Lindsey Graham introduced legislation that would ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the patient.[410][411][412]
September 14
Amtrak announces that it is suspending all long-distance routes in preparation for a possible railroad strike.[413]
Mortgage loans hit a nationwide average interest rate of 6% for the first time since 2008.[414]
California sues Amazon for violations of its antitrust and unfair competition laws.[415]
September 18 – Hurricane Fiona hits Puerto Rico as a Category 1 hurricane, flooding the landscape, destroying the power grid, and wrecking other infrastructure across the entire island.[423]
FBI search of Mar-a-Lago: A three-judge panel on the 11th circuit rules that the Justice Department can regain access to the classified records seized during trial.[430]
Highland Park parade shooting: The families of the victims file lawsuits against the manufacturer of the firearm that was used to commit the shooting, two gun stores, the father of the shooter, and the shooter himself.[437]
The Department of Education partly reverses its earlier decision to forgive student loans.[438]
October 10 – President of the Los Angeles City CouncilNury Martinez resigns from her position as president while continuing to be a council member due to leaked audio of racist remarks on her own part. She would then go on to resign from her council seat two days later.[450][451]
October 11 – NASA confirms that the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was successful in its ultimate goal. Dimorphos was knocked out of its orbit by thirty-two minutes, much more than the ten minutes that the space agency anticipated.[452]
October 12 – Alex Jones is ordered by a jury in Connecticut to pay US$965 million to the families of the victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting due to his promotion of conspiracy theories in regards to the mass shooting. It is the largest payout that has ever been incurred by a civil defendant in the history of the state.[453]
October 13
The Social Security Administration announces an 8.1% cost of living adjustment to begin in 2023, citing ongoing inflation. It is the largest increase since 1981.[454]
Kanye West announces he is purchasing the social media network Parler after being suspended by Twitter and Meta Platforms.[466] He later pulled out of the acquisition, though, on December 2.[467]
President Biden announces the launch of the website for student loan debt forgiveness.[468]
October 19 – In a legal defeat for Donald Trump, federal judge David O. Carter orders emails between John Eastman and Trump to be turned over to House investigators.[470]
A gunman opens fire at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, killing a student and a teacher, and injuring 4 others before being shot and killed by police.
Meta Platforms reports another earnings miss, losing 23% of its market value the next trading day. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg subsequently announces mass layoffs for 11,000 employees the following month, or 13% of its entire workforce.[475][476]
A federal three-judge panel in D.C. rules that Trump's tax returns must be delivered to House investigators. The returns are delivered to the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 30.[478][479]
October 28 – Speaker Pelosi's husband Paul is attacked during an early morning break-in at the couple's San Francisco residence.[480]
A mass shooting occurs at the University of Virginia in which three people are killed, and two others are injured. The suspect is arrested and charged with three counts of second degree murder as well as three counts of using a handgun in the alleged commission of a felony.[493]
November 17 – NASA concludes its LOFTID test, stating it to be a "huge success".[505]
November 18 – Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for criminal fraud in connection to her role as CEO of Theranos.[506]
The Department of Energy announces US scientists have made the first net-gain of energy from a fusion power experiment.[530][531]
President Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act, which federally protects same-sex and interracial marriages by requiring states to recognize each other's marriage standards.[532]
December 15 – The Kentucky Supreme Court strikes down a law which permitted tax credits for private school donations, a move seen as a blow to school choice.[534]
December 16
President Biden and Congress agree to fund the government for an additional week to avoid a U.S. government shutdown.[535]
The TSA releases data showing that 2022 had a record number of firearm confiscations, at around 6,600.[536]
Starbucks unions: Baristas begin a three-day nationwide strike, protesting against the company's efforts to combat labor unions.[537]
December 19 – The January 6 Committee recommends to the Department of Justice criminal charges, including inciting an insurrection, for former President Donald Trump and other associates.[538]
December 21–26 – A major winter storm hits much of the Midwest and northeast. Fifty are killed across the country, and another nine are killed in Canada.[542]
June 9 – COVID-19 pandemic: In Maryland, GovernorLarry Hogan outlines a long-term preparedness plan on how the state will deal with COVID-19 including a focus on treatments that would keep people out of hospitals how the state would respond to future variants including Deltacron and Omicron variants.[547]
June 18 – The CDC unanimously approves COVID-19 vaccines for children under five, including infants and toddlers.[548]
July 1 – Broadway will lifted all mask mandates up in New York City.[citation needed]
August 11 – The CDC loosens its guidelines for COVID-19, commenting that coronavirus is no longer in a state where it "severely disrupts our daily lives".[551]
September 2 – The Biden administration pauses the distribution of COVID tests due to a lack of funding.[552][553]
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