What Happened Was...

A lightning fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for March 20th - 26th, 2023

Anti-Trump demonstrators hold placards outside the Manhattan District Attorney's office in New York City on March 20, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz/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 might want to scroll through my Twitter feed for more detail on other topics I don’t mention below.

Gun Violence This Week

There were seven separate mass shooting incidents where nine people were killed and 37 were injured. My Sunday recap covers all of 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. Monday, March 20, 2023: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2. Tuesday, March 21, 2023: Sumter, South Carolina

3. Tuesday, March 21, 2023: Trenton, New Jersey

4. Thursday, March 23, 2023: Baltimore, Maryland

5. Friday, March 24, 2023: Shreveport, Louisiana

6. Saturday, March 25, 2023: Macomb, Illinois

7. Saturday, March 25, 2023: Shreveport, Louisiana

• A new watchdog report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that Trump administration appointees meddled in agency science to weaken the toxicity assessment of a dangerous chemical, in an act of “political interference.”