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The United States on September 17, 2023

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

President

Jr.

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. D · since Jan 20, 2021

Senate

51 D · 49 R

100 senators · 118th Congress

House

221 R · 212 D

433 representatives

Supreme Court

6 R · 3 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

3.7%

Aug 2023 · $1 then ≈ $1.10 today

Public debt

$33.0T

as of Sep 15, 2023 · 3 armed conflicts

2023-09-17/executiveThe administration

President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. D

since Jan 20, 2021

Vice President Kamala D. Harris D

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines D

since Jan 21, 2021

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III I

since Jan 22, 2021

Secretary of State Antony Blinken D

since Jan 26, 2021

Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen D

since Jan 26, 2021

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas D

since Feb 2, 2021

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg D

since Feb 3, 2021

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough D

since Feb 9, 2021

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack D

since Feb 24, 2021

Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield D

since Feb 25, 2021

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm D

since Feb 25, 2021

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona D

since Mar 2, 2021

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo D

since Mar 3, 2021

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge D

since Mar 10, 2021

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Michael S. Regan

since Mar 11, 2021

Attorney General Merrick Garland I

since Mar 11, 2021

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland D

since Mar 16, 2021

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Isabel Guzman

since Mar 17, 2021

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai D

since Mar 18, 2021

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency William J. Burns

since Mar 19, 2021

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra D

since Mar 19, 2021

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young D

since Mar 24, 2021

White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients D

since Feb 7, 2023

2023-09-17/congress118th Congress

Senate · 51 D · 49 R

House · 221 R · 212 D

2023-09-17/supreme-courtThe bench

Clarence Thomas R

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

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

Amy Coney Barrett R

Associate Justice · appointed by Donald J. Trump · since Oct 26, 2020

Ketanji Brown Jackson D

Associate Justice · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · since Apr 8, 2022

2023-09-17/militaryArmed conflicts under way

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

Iran–Israel conflict

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

2023-09-17/weekWithin a week · Sep 10, 2023 – Sep 24, 2023

Order Ensuring the People of East Palestine Are Protected Now and in the Future

Sep 20, 2023 · EO 14108

Law Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act

Sep 22, 2023 · Pub. L. 118-14

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.