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2020s
The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand (and) twenties") is the current decade that began on 1 January 2020 and will end on 31 December 2029.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath marked the early 2020s, which triggered a global economic recession, sustained rise in global inflation, supply chain crisis, and autocratisation. Governments worldwide issued stay-at-home orders during the early pandemic, leading to a widespread use of teleconferencing, online learning, e-commerce, and food delivery services.
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. The 37th vice president, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Johnson was a Southern Democrat who represented Texas in both houses of the U.S. Congress and earned a reputation as a talented and persuasive legislator.
A border wall is being built along portions of the Mexico–United States border in an attempt to reduce illegal immigration to the United States from Mexico. The barrier is not a continuous structure but a series of obstructions variously classified as "fences" or "walls".
Between the physical barriers, security is provided by a "virtual fence" of sensors, cameras, and other surveillance equipment used to dispatch United States Border Patrol (USBP) agents to suspected migrant crossings.
The Gateway Program is an ongoing expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail line between Newark, New Jersey, and New York City along the right-of-way between Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station. The project is intended to build new rail bridges in the New Jersey Meadowlands, dig a new set of tunnels under Bergen Hill (Hudson Palisades) and the Hudson River, and rehabilitate the existing 1910 tunnel, all with the goal of doubling train capacity to four tracks along the right-of-way, since the current two-track rail line, used both by Amtrak and NJ Transit Rail Operations (NJT), has reached its full capacity of 24 trains per hour.
It was unveiled as the Gateway Project in 2011, one year after the cancellation of the somewhat similar Access to the Region's Core (ARC) project.
Many protests against Donald Trump took place during his first presidential campaign in 2016 (beginning in 2015), to his first presidency (from 2017 through 2021), to his third presidential campaign in 2024 (starting in 2022), and to his second presidency (starting in 2025), and stem from issues such as human rights, immigration, racism, and climate change. The demonstrations were mostly organized and made up of left-wing American citizens and organizations throughout the United States, though there have been occasional right-wing protests against Trump, largely about his close relationship with convicted child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Protesters were at times confronted by counter-protesters and law enforcement, and protests at times turned aggressive.
The White House State Ballroom is part of a new East Wing under construction at the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. The new East Wing will replace the original East Wing, which was built in 1902 and torn down in October 2025 in preparation for the new wing's construction. The site, in Washington, D.C., has been under construction since September 2025.
The United States Triumphal Arch or Independence Arch is a triumphal arch proposed by U.S. president Donald Trump in 2025 that would be located on Columbia Island in Washington, D.C., United States. The 250-foot-tall (76 m) arch would celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence.
The site is Memorial Circle, a traffic circle on Memorial Drive between the end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge and Arlington National Cemetery.