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The United States on January 6, 2019

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Trump

Donald J. Trump R · since Jan 20, 2017

Senate

52 R · 47 D

99 senators · 116th Congress

House

235 D · 199 R

434 representatives

Supreme Court

5 R · 4 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

3.9%

Dec 2018 · $1 then ≈ $1.34 today

Public debt

$21.9T

as of Jan 4, 2019 · 7 armed conflicts

2019-01-06/executiveThe administration

President Donald J. Trump R

since Jan 20, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence R

Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao R

since Jan 31, 2017

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos R

since Feb 7, 2017

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin R

since Feb 13, 2017

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon R

since Feb 14, 2017

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney R

since Feb 16, 2017

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross Jr. R

since Feb 28, 2017

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry R

since Mar 2, 2017

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson R

since Mar 2, 2017

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats R

since Mar 16, 2017

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue D

since Apr 25, 2017

Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta R

since Apr 28, 2017

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer R

since May 15, 2017

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen R

since Dec 6, 2017

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar R

since Jan 29, 2018

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel R

since Mar 13, 2018

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie R

since Mar 28, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo R

since Apr 26, 2018

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Andrew R. Wheeler R

since Jul 9, 2018

Attorney General Matthew Whitaker R (acting)

since Nov 7, 2018

Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen

since Jan 1, 2019

White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney R (acting)

since Jan 2, 2019

Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt R (acting)

since Jan 2, 2019

2019-01-06/congress116th Congress

Senate · 52 R · 47 D

House · 235 D · 199 R

2019-01-06/supreme-courtThe bench

Clarence Thomas R

Associate Justice · appointed by George H.W. Bush · since Oct 18, 1991

Ruth Bader Ginsburg D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 5, 1993

Stephen Gerald Breyer D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 3, 1994

John Glover Roberts, Jr. R

Chief Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Sep 29, 2005

Samuel A. Alito, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Jan 31, 2006

Sonia Sotomayor D

Associate Justice · appointed by Barack Obama · since Aug 6, 2009

Elena Kagan D

Associate Justice · appointed by Barack Obama · since Aug 6, 2010

Neil M. Gorsuch R

Associate Justice · appointed by Donald J. Trump · since Apr 8, 2017

Brett M. Kavanaugh R

Associate Justice · appointed by Donald J. Trump · since Oct 6, 2018

2019-01-06/militaryArmed conflicts under way

War in Afghanistan (Taliban insurgency)

since Jan 1, 2003 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Iraq: insurgency and war against IS

since Aug 8, 2014 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Somalia: al-Shabaab

since Jan 1, 2015 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Afghanistan: Islamic State

since Mar 3, 2015 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Libya: Islamic State

since Jan 1, 2016 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Niger: Islamic State

since Jan 1, 2017 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Kenya: al-Shabaab

since Jan 1, 2019 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

2019-01-06/weekWithin a week · Dec 30, 2018 – Jan 13, 2019

Law SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-398

Law Stigler Act Amendments of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-399

Law Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-400

Law Ashanti Alert Act of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-401

Law Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-402

Law NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-403

Law Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-404

Law Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-405

Law BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-406

Law Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-407

Law State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-408

Law Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-409

Law Museum and Library Services Act of 2018

Dec 31, 2018 · Pub. L. 115-410

War + Kenya: al-Shabaab

Jan 1, 2019 · UCDP

Agency − National Background Investigations Bureau

Jan 1, 2019 · other

Law Global Health Innovation Act of 2017

Jan 3, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-411

Law 9/11 Memorial Act

Jan 3, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-413

Law Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act

Jan 3, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-414

Law Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2018

Jan 3, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-416

Law RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018

Jan 3, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-417

Law Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act of 2018

Jan 3, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-418

Law Federal Personal Property Management Act of 2018

Jan 3, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-419

Law Department of Transportation Reports Harmonization Act

Jan 3, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-420

Law Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act of 2018

Jan 3, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-422

Law National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018

Jan 7, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-423

Law Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018

Jan 7, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-424

Law Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018

Jan 8, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-425

Law Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018

Jan 8, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-426

Ruling Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White Sales Inc.

Jan 8, 2019 · No. 17-1272

Ruling Culbertson v. Berryhill

Jan 8, 2019 · No. 17-773

Law Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017

Jan 9, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-427

Law Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018

Jan 9, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-428

Law To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.

Jan 10, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-429

Law Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act

Jan 10, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-430

Law To reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes.

Jan 10, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-431

Law 75th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Act

Jan 10, 2019 · Pub. L. 115-433

Each office is shown as it stood at the end of the day. Cabinet records come from Wikidata and have gaps for some historical offices.