1/7 After fifteen ballots, Kevin McCarthy is elected the Speaker of the House

1/2 Demar Damlin of the Buffalo Bills collapses on the field from cardiac arrest

1/9 Georgia wins the College Football National Championship

1/8 Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian National Congress, Supreme Federal Court, and Presidential Palace of Planalto

2/2 The Fed raises interest rates from 4.5% to 4.75%

2/5 Grammy’s: Harry Styles’ Harry’s House wins Album of the Year; Lizzo’s About Damn Time wins Record of the Year

2/3-11 Chinese spy balloons tracked over the US and are shot down

2/7 LeBron James breaks the all time NBA scoring record, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 38,387

2/12 Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles to win Super Bowl LVII; Patrick Mahomes wins MVP.

2/21 Russia suspends its participation in New START, nuclear arms reduction treaty with US

3/12 Oscar’s: Everything Everywhere All at Once dominates winning Best Picture, Best Director + Original Screenplay (The Daniels), Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor/Actress) Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis).

3/10 Silicon Valley Bank fails

3/10 Xi Jinping unanimously re-elected in China’s presidential election for third term

3/14 OpenAI launches GPT-4

3/17 ICC issues arrest warrant for Valdimir Putin

3/21 Japan wins the World Baseball Classic

3/22 The Fed raises interest rates from 4.75% to 5%

3/30 Donald Trump is indicgted over his hush money payments to Stormy Daniles