The midterm elections were very influential in that the 2020 census is coming and the governor races would determine the redistricting which can vastly change future elections. The Democratic party took the House majority while Republicans remained the majority in the Senate.

#Metoo movement brought attention to the horrible sexual assault, harassment, and rape women face on a daily basis but never report. The movement is controversial as some men fear false allegations or feel they can be accused even for being kind, but this movement is helping women feel more safe. It seems like another celebrity or politician is being accused everyday.

2018 brought the continuation of the Russian collusion investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency in 2016. Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen took a plea for 3 years but there have been no charges of a legitimate collusion yet, just crimes that have been found through this investigation.

President Trump has made it clear that he does not believe nor care about Climate change. He has every intention of bringing cold back to America, and doesn’t believe in the latest climate change reports. He had the US leave the Paris Climate Accord early on in a controversial move.

The USA and Mexico border events such as the separation of parents from children and the controversy around troops being sent there by Trump because of the caravan. The separation caused a public out cry and was later stopped due to that. The caravan was much more media hype than actual issue. The caravan of immigrants coming to the us mexico border was one of the most talked about issues of the 2018 midterm elections, it caused President Trump to send thousand of troops to the border and there was also the controversy over the children being tear gassed.

Brett Kavanagh was chosen by Donald Trump to take up the empty seat on the Supreme Court. Allegations came out that he supposedly sexually assaulted a woman named Christine Blasey Ford around thirty years ago. The Senate judiciary hearings were lengthy and very controversial, but in the end Kavanaugh was confirmed.

The Winter Olympics took place in Pyeongchang, South Korea in the beginning of the year. This was a time when tensions between North and South Korea were still very high. North Korea sent two figure skaters to the games with a delegation. There was speculation about North Korea only doing this to get some of the positive limelight that South Korea was getting from the games. The event over all went well and since that point tensions have decreased.

The March for Our Lives was a protest sparked by the Parkland shooting in February where 17 people were killed. The leaders such as Emma Gonzalez led a protest in Washington and a walkout from schools across america to call for legislation on gun safety.

The USA and Mexico border events such as the separation of parents from children and the controversy around troops being sent there by Trump because of the caravan. The separation caused a public out cry and was later stopped due to that. The caravan was much more media hype than actual issue. The caravan of immigrants coming to the US-Mexico border was one of the most talked about issues of the 2018 midterm elections, it caused President Trump to send thousand of troops to the border and there was also the controversy over the children being tear gassed.