January 3, 2020
By the winter of 2020, Trump was in the White House and the federal minimum wage stood at $7.25/hr — the U.S. and China had just signed a phase-one trade deal in January, pausing an extended tariff dispute between the world's two largest economies. On screens and speakers, the Sam Mendes-directed film "1917" was drawing crowds to theaters while Roddy Ricch's "The Box" sat at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The Los Angeles Lakers had claimed the NBA championship that fall, and NASA was making headlines of its own after publishing a landmark study of Arrokoth, the most distant object ever examined up close by a spacecraft.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — January 3, 2020
NY Times Headlines — Week of January 3, 2020
Iran Uncertainty Grips Congress As Impeachment Looms
Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump
Trump Backs Away From Further Military Conflict With Iran
House Votes To Restrain Trump’S Iran War Powers
World Events — January 2020
Time Person of the Year — 2020
On the radio
Billboard Charts — January 3, 2020
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Emmy Winners — 2020
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — January 3, 2020
On the field
Sports Champions — January 3, 2020
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