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The United States on October 8, 2020

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

53 R · 47 D

100 senators · 116th Congress

House

232 D · 197 R

430 representatives

Supreme Court

5 R · 3 D

8 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

7.8%

Sep 2020 · $1 then ≈ $1.29 today

Public debt

$27.1T

as of Oct 8, 2020 · 8 armed conflicts

2020-10-08/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

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross Jr. R

since Feb 28, 2017

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson R

since Mar 2, 2017

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue D

since Apr 25, 2017

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer R

since May 15, 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

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

since Jan 2, 2019

Attorney General William Barr R

since Feb 14, 2019

Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper R

since Jul 22, 2019

Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft R

since Sep 12, 2019

Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia R

since Sep 30, 2019

Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf R (acting)

since Nov 13, 2019

Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette R

since Dec 4, 2019

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza R

since Jan 14, 2020

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows R

since Mar 6, 2020

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe R

since May 26, 2020

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought R

since Jul 22, 2020

2020-10-08/congress116th Congress

Senate · 53 R · 47 D

House · 232 D · 197 R · 1 L

2020-10-08/supreme-courtThe bench

Clarence Thomas R

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

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

2020-10-08/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

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

Somalia: Islamic State

since Jun 4, 2019 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Iran–Israel conflict

since Jan 1, 2020 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

2020-10-08/weekWithin a week · Oct 1, 2020 – Oct 15, 2020

Law Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act

Oct 1, 2020 · Pub. L. 116-159

Law Charging Helps Agencies Realize General Efficiencies Act

Oct 1, 2020 · Pub. L. 116-160

Law Providing for the reappointment of Michael M. Lynton as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Oct 2, 2020 · Pub. L. 116-162

Law Providing for the appointment of Franklin D. Raines as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Oct 2, 2020 · Pub. L. 116-163

Order Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental- and Behavioral-Health Needs

Oct 3, 2020 · EO 13954

Law Savanna's Act

Oct 10, 2020 · Pub. L. 116-165

Law Extension of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

Oct 10, 2020 · Pub. L. 116-164

Law Not Invisible Act of 2019

Oct 10, 2020 · Pub. L. 116-166

Order Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council

Oct 13, 2020 · EO 13955

Order Modernizing America's Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure

Oct 13, 2020 · EO 13956

Law B-47 Ridge Designation Act

Oct 13, 2020 · Pub. L. 116-167

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.