BY THE NUMBERS
A Look Back at 2019
While the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings has
dominated the headlines lately, this was by no means the only noteworthy development
of the past 12 months. As the countdown begins to a new year and a new decade, here’s a
look at the forces that helped shape us as a people and a nation in 2019. —Noah Miller
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The number of days in
the government shutdown
that ended on January
25, 2019—the longest
in U.S. history. Cost
to the economy in the
first quarter of the
year: $8 billion
DECEMBER 2018
JANUARY 2019