What Happened Was...

A lightning fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for Jan. 22nd - 28th, 2024.

US National Guard soldiers patrol the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border on January 09, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Photo by John Moore/via Getty Images)

Below is a catch-up of the significant events of this past week. You can check in with a minimal time commitment, read about the big stuff, and stay in the know before we’re on to the next. If you want more information on the past week's events, you can scroll through my Twitter; Bluesky; Spoutible; and Post News feeds for more detail on other topics that I don’t mention below.

Gun Violence This Week

There were eight separate mass shooting incidents in the United States this past week, where 25 people were killed and 15 were injured. My Sunday recap covers this, as well as the week's most critical news. Here at SHERO, we document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform. 

1. Sunday, January 21, 2024: Joliet, Illinois

2. Sunday, January 21, 2024: Katy, Texas

3. Sunday, January 21, 2024: Tinley Park, Illinois

4. Sunday, January 21, 2024: Bronx, New York

5. Tuesday, January 23, 2024: Adelanto, California

6. Wednesday, January 24, 2024: New Orleans, Louisiana

7. Thursday, January 25, 2024: Kansas City, Missouri

8. Saturday, January 27, 2024: Charlotte, North Carolina

• With the COVID-era Employee Retention Tax Credit program awash in fraud, Congress is now taking aim at winding it down and expanding the child tax credit.

• Republican Representative from Colorado, Lauren Boebert‘s ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, has been charged with assault and other counts in connection with two domestic altercations, including an argument with the congresswoman in a restaurant that spiraled out of control, and a fight with the former couple’s son.

• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign last Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary, while endorsing his bitter rival Donald Trump.

  

• On Monday, the United States Supreme Court determined that federal immigration agents were able to follow an order from President Biden to remove the razor wire deterrent that Texas state officials had set up along some sections of the US border with Mexico. Despite this latest finding, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has not only refused to remove any of the initial razor wire, he has added more wire.

• Plaintiffs filed an emergency appeal before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday, on behalf of individual Massachusetts voters challenging Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the state’s presidential primary and general election ballot.