"Tough talk on immigration: Shortly after taking office in January, President Trump sought to make good on his “America First” campaign promise by imposing a series of contentious travel bans on citizens from several Muslim-majority nations." - History.com

There were fights over Obamacare, and a lot of protests for a lot of the things Trump was trying to do.

"Women’s rights: In January, the Women’s March on Washington, which advocated for policies regarding women’s rights and other issues, became one of the largest single-day demonstrations in U.S. history.

The Washington Post estimated that more than 5 million people may have attended 653 marches in U.S. cities, rivaling participation in the Vietnam War Moratorium Days of 1969 and 1970.

Later, women of the #MeToo movement, a social media campaign to raise awareness about sexual harassment and assault, would be named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, after helping take down a number of pop culture’s most powerful men." - History.com

"Confederate monuments fall: White supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August to protest the city’s plan to remove a statue of Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee. One woman was killed and many more injured while protesting the white nationalist rally." - History.com

Donald Trump was impeached, Trump's first impeachment took place after a formal House inquiry found that he had solicited foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election to help his re-election bid, and had then obstructed the inquiry itself by telling his administration officials to ignore subpoenas for documents and testimony.

Donald Trump also declared and attempted to build a border wall.

In 6 months so much has happened such as, Elon being in office then being kicked out of office, numerous plane crashes, insanely high tarrifs being placed resulting in price changes; and worst of all many groups are fearing loss of rights as more and more outlandish bills are being passed.

But that was just the headliner. It also weighed in on gun rights, environmental regulations, immigration and more, and appears ready to take aim at race-based affirmative action with a decision coming by June.

President Biden appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to sit on the high court. But her appointment did not change its ideological balance, which now tips decidedly in conservatives' favor." - NPR.org

There were issues with inflation and gas prices being raised due to taxes and a lot of people were afraid of a recession.

Russia invaded Ukraine which started a whole other discourse, many many people were being killed while others argued over online performative activism.

The death of George Floyd and many other black people due to police brutality caused a rightful outrage, there were tons of protests - some ended in public property being destroyed and even more people harmed by the hands of police.

Donald Trump had his first impeachment in 2020.

The unemployment rate was 4.1 percent, unchanged from the previous month. The labor participation rate was 62.7 percent, also the same as in November.

The December figures closed out 2017 on a largely positive note, though some economists had expected larger jobs growth in the final month of the year. - VIA pbs.org

Ariana Grandes album "Thank You, Next" dropped.

Lil Nas X dropped the song "Old Town Road" which blew up and is still pretty well known among most people.

And Avengers: End Game was released.

Governments all around the world started to support the economy, like financial assistance to individuals and businesses.

Socially and Culturally the world, especially online was affected by the influence the lockdown had.

Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift got very popular this year especially.

AI-generated art began to become more popularized (unfortunately.) But around this time it wasn't developed much so many people made jokes about it.

A lot of people currently are fearing recession.

Tons of protests have been ongoing to fight against the things Trump has been placing/is trying to place.

Kendrick Lamar performed a halftime show that critiqued America, which caused a lot of discourse mostly between people who didn't understand the meaning of his performance.

Doechii won a Grammy for "Best Rap Album" being the third woman to win in that category.