2025 in the United States

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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. The start of the year was dominated by the January 2025 Southern California wildfires, which have devastated Greater Los Angeles. Following his election victory in November, Donald Trump was inaugurated and began his second, non-consecutive term on January 20. The beginning of his term saw him extensively use executive orders and give increased authority to Elon Musk through the Department of Government Efficiency, leading to mass layoffs of the federal workforce and attempts to dismantle agencies such as USAID.^[1] These policies have drawn dozens of lawsuits that have challenged their legality.^[2]

• President:
  • Joe Biden (D-Delaware) (until January 20)
  • Donald Trump (R-Florida) (since January 20)
• Vice President:
  • Kamala Harris (D-California) (until January 20)
  • JD Vance (R-Ohio) (since January 20)
• Chief Justice: John Roberts (Maryland)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana)
• Senate Majority Leader:
  • Chuck Schumer (D-New York) (until January 3)
  • John Thune (R-South Dakota) (since January 3)
• Congress: 118th (until January 3), 119th (since January 3)

Elections will be held on November 4 of this year. The off-year election includes gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states, as well as numerous mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.

• January 1
  • New Orleans truck attack: Fourteen people (excluding the perpetrator) are killed and fifty-seven others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack along Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The suspect is killed in the attack.^[3]
  • Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion: A Tesla Cybertruck catches on fire and explodes outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, killing one person and injuring seven others.^[4]
  • Eleven people are wounded in a shooting at a memorial outside a nightclub in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York.^[5]
  • Mexico's Tax Administration Service implements new tariffs, including a 19% duty on goods from countries without international trade agreements with Mexico and a 17% duty on goods from Canada and the United States under certain value thresholds.^[6]
  • Honduran President Xiomara Castro warns that she might remove all US military bases from Honduras and seek to cancel the military cooperation with the United States if President-elect Donald Trump fulfills his threat to order mass deportations of Hondurans when he takes office on January 20.^[7]
  • Public Domain Day: Works published in 1929, including Popeye and Tintin, enter the public domain in the United States.^[8]
• January 2
  • The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rules in Ohio Telecom Association v. FCC that the Federal Communications Commission cannot enforce net neutrality.^[9]
  • According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, United States forces are deploying a new convoy to areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces in Kobani, Aleppo Governorate, as part of operations to establish a new US military base in north-eastern Syria. This is denied a day later by the Department of Defense.^[10]
• January 3
  • The 119th Congress begins. Vice President Kamala Harris officiates the swearing-in of senators, while representatives vote to re-elect Mike Johnson as speaker of the House.^[11]
  • President Joe Biden blocks the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel.^[12]
  • Surgeon general Vivek Murthy calls for cancer warnings on alcohol.^[13]
  • SpaceX successfully launches the United Arab Emirates Space Agency's communications satellite Thuraya 4-NGS via a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.^[14]
• January 5
  • New York City enacts a congestion charge for vehicles entering Lower and Midtown Manhattan below 60th Street, becoming the first city in the United States to do so. All proceeds go to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which plans to invest in long-term transportation initiatives citywide.^[15]
  • The National Weather Service warns of severe weather disruption as a winter storm emerges in the central United States and begins to move east, bringing heavy snow and freezing temperatures.^[16]
  • The State Department notifies Congress of a planned $8 billion arms sale to Israel consisting of air-to-air and Hellfire missiles, artillery shells, and other ammunitions.^[17]
• January 6
  • Due to harsh weather and snowstorms, a water treatment facility malfunctions and floods, causing the entire city of Richmond, Virginia to completely lose access to running water. As a result, several surrounding counties also suffer similar issues.^[18]
  • As one of his final acts, President Biden bans new oil and gas drilling along the majority of American coastlines.^[19]
  • Congress convenes in a joint session for the Electoral College vote count, the final procedure of the 2024 presidential election.^[20]

• January 7
  • Los Angeles experiences the most destructive wildfire in its history, fueled by strong winds and prolonged drought conditions. Thousands of structures are destroyed, including most of Sunset Boulevard. Five deaths are reported, while 180,000 people are evacuated, with fires continuing for days.^[21][22][23]
  • Hussain Sajwani announces a $20 billion investment in the United States data center industry over the coming years.^[24]
  • Mark Zuckerberg announces that Meta will remove fact-checkers for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, replacing them with a community-orientated system, similar to Community Notes.^[25]
  • President-elect Donald Trump refuses to rule out using military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, declaring United States control of both to be "vital to American national security".^[26]
  • Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. makes a personal visit to Greenland weeks after Trump announced that "ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity". In response to the visit, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen states that "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders".^[27]
  • The Treasury imposes sanctions on Hungarian cabinet minister Antal Rogán for alleged corruption, accusing him of using his position to secure financial benefits for himself and political allies.^[28]
  • The United States accuses the Rapid Support Forces of committing genocide in Sudan during the ongoing civil war and imposes sanctions on the group's leader Hemedti.^[29]
• January 8 – The California wildfires spread to more areas.^[30][31]
• January 9
  • The state funeral of Jimmy Carter is held in Washington, D.C.^[32]
  • The Supreme Court rules that Trump can be sentenced.^[33]
  • The House of Representatives votes 243 to 140 to sanction the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.^[34][35][36]
  • Senate majority leader John Thune promises swift consideration of the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act so President-elect Donald Trump can sign it into law shortly after taking office. Under the act, any foreigner who investigates, arrests, detains or prosecutes United States citizens or those of an allied country, including Israel, not under ICC jurisdiction would be sanctioned along with their family members.^[34][37]
• January 10
  • Vice President-elect JD Vance resigns from the United States Senate.^[38]
  • President-elect Donald Trump is sentenced to an "unconditional discharge" for 34 counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money case.^[39]
  • The United States government imposes a new series of sanctions targeting Russia's energy sector, including the Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas oil companies.^[40]
  • United States authorities announce an increased $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.^[41]
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission announces that former WWE CEO Vince McMahon has agreed to pay a $400,000 fine and reimburse $1.3 million to WWE as part of a settlement to drop accounting fraud charges.^[42]
  • 2025 California wildfires:
    • Los Angeles authorities declare a local health emergency due to poor air quality resulting from the ongoing wildfires.^[43][44]
    • The evacuation area in the Palisades Fire is expanded.^[45]
    • Governor Newsom calls for an independent investigation into how firefighters have struggled with water supplies while tackling the wildfires.^[46]
• January 11 – Incoming United States Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza Strip before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20.^[47]
• January 12
  • Foreign ministers and senior officers of Arab countries, the European Union, United States, United Kingdom and Turkey hold in Riyadh a series of diplomatic meetings focused on Syria.^[48]
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and outgoing United States President Joe Biden discuss efforts to reach a deal to solve the Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis and a ceasefire to end the war.^[49]
• January 13 – AccuWeather releases a preliminary estimate of the total physical and economic losses caused by the ongoing wildfires in Southern California of between $250–275 billion, a figure attributed to exceptionally high property values in and near Santa Monica, which would surpass their estimates of the costs of the entire 2020 United States wildfire season as well as Hurricane Helene in 2024.^[50]
• January 14
  • Hamas officials say that they have accepted a draft agreement for a potential ceasefire as well as the release of hostages. Mediators in the United States and Qatar also state that this is the closest that both sides have been to a ceasefire agreement so far.^[51]
  • President Biden announces that the United States will remove Cuba from its state sponsors of terrorism list as part of a prisoner release deal.^[52]
  • The Armenian Foreign Minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, and the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, sign in Washington, D.C. a Strategic Partnership Charter between Armenia and the United States.^[53]
• January 15
  • Israel and Hamas reach a diplomatic agreement mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States to initiate a ceasefire and an end to military operations in Gaza, as well as to facilitate the exchange of hostages and prisoners, marking the first major cessation of hostilities since November 2023.^[54]
  • The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bans the usage of Red No. 3 artificial food coloring, due to research showing that the food coloring is carcinogenic.^[55]
  • The Yemeni Houthi group claims that it launched a missile attack targeting the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and accompanying warships of the United States Navy in the Red Sea.^[56]
  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the American Blue Ghost M1 moon lander from Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese Hakuto-R Mission 2 moon lander from ispace.^[57]
• January 16
  • The Treasury Department sanctions the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, for "destabilizing Sudan and undermining the goal of a democratic transition" to a civilian-led government.^[58]
  • Blue Origin launches its New Glenn rocket for the first time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The rocket's second stage, carrying a prototype Blue Ring spacecraft, successfully reaches a geocentric orbit, but its reusable first stage is lost during landing.^[59]
  • SpaceX launches its seventh test flight of the Starship launch vehicle, with an improved second stage out of its Starbase launch site in Texas. The company catches the first stage but the second stage breaks up shortly before engine shutdown.^[60]
  • Two homeless people are killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack in Miami. A 30-year-old suspect is arrested.^[61]
  • 2025 California wildfires: It is reported that the Eaton Fire, which has burned over 14,000 acres and has killed 17 people, is 65% contained.^[62]
• January 17
  • The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the provisions of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act banning social media platform TikTok unless it is sold by ByteDance.^[63][64]
  • U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announces that his upcoming second inauguration will be moved indoors at the United States Capitol Rotunda due to cold temperatures, making it the first to be held indoors since the second 'public' inauguration of the 40th U.S. President, Ronald Reagan in 1985.^[65]
  • The Treasury Department sanctions a cybersecurity company and hacker, both with ties to China's Ministry of State Security, for their alleged roles in hacking American telecommunications companies.^[66]
• January 18
  • Ahead of Trump's second term, the Women's March hosts protests at Columbus Circle in Washington, D.C. The People's March on Washington is also held on the same day.^[67][68]
  • The Mega Zeph roller coaster at the former Six Flags New Orleans amusement park catches fire.^[69]
  • In American football, the Washington Commanders (formerly the Redskins) upset the Detroit Lions, 45-31, to reach the NFC Championship game, their first since the 1991 season when they were known as the Redskins.^[70]
  • TikTok goes offline in the United States, hours before a new law banning the platform comes into effect.^[71]
• January 19 – TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and Marvel Snap are banned off of all app stores in the U.S. due to their owner being ByteDance.^[72]

• January 20
  • Trump is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. as the 47th president of the United States for a second, non-consecutive term, with JD Vance sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States.^[73][74][75]
  • Trump issues roughly 1,500 pardons and six commutations to people charged in connection to the January 6 United States Capitol attack.^[76]
  • National Action Network founder and civil rights activist Al Sharpton holds a rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the same day as the inauguration, to honor MLK's legacy and protest the second presidency of Trump.^[77][78]
  • Trump signs an executive order declaring the northernmost portion of the Gulf of Mexico to be the "Gulf of America" and renaming Denali to its 1917–2015 official federal name, Mount McKinley.^[79]
  • The United States Senate unanimously confirms Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, making him the first Cabinet official of Trump's second term to be confirmed by the Senate. Rubio also becomes the first Latino American to serve as Secretary of State.^[80]
  • Trump officially creates the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk aimed at cutting spending of the United States government. DOGE is a temporary organization under the United States DOGE Service, not a federal executive department. Within minutes of the announcement, government employee unions, watchdog groups, and public interest organizations sued over this executive order.^[81]
  • Trump signs an executive order to delay enforcement of the law banning TikTok in the United States for 75 days.^[82]
  • Trump signs the Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements executive order directing the United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.^[83]
  • Trump signs an executive order directing the United States withdrawal from the World Health Organization.^[84]
  • Trump signs his first executive orders on gender and immigration, and also signs an order ending usage of the CBP One app.^[85]
  • Trump revokes Biden's removal of Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list.^[86]
  • Ohio State wins the NCAA CFP National Championship, beating Notre Dame 34–23.^[87]
• January 21
  • Multiple brush fires spread by hurricane-force winds erupt in San Diego County, California, prompting evacuation orders.^[88]
  • Much of Canada and the contiguous United States are impacted by a cold wave, killing one person near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Historic snowfall is expected in the Southern United States, and historic blizzard and whiteout conditions are expected on the Gulf Coast.^[89]
  • Two Americans held in Afghanistan are freed in exchange for a Taliban fighter in the United States. The deal is brokered by Qatar and finalized during the final hours of the outgoing Biden administration.^[90]
  • Oracle Corporation, MGX, SoftBank Group, OpenAI, and other partners have announced the launch of The Stargate Project, a joint venture focused on developing AI infrastructure in the United States. The initiative includes a projected $500 billion investment and aims to create 100,000 new jobs in the United States by 2029.^[91]
  • Donald Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road. Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for charges including conspiracy to commit money laundering, hacking, and drug trafficking.^[92]
• January 22
  • The death toll of a historic winter storm event on the Gulf Coast of the United States rises to nine. 8 in (20 cm) of snow falls at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana, and the statewide snowfall record in Florida is broken as over 5.5 in (14 cm) falls in Molino.^[89]
  • The United States House of Representatives passes the Laken Riley Act, heading to Trump for his signature.^[93]
  • Donald Trump re-designates the Yemeni Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization.^[94]
  • A school shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, kills two students and injures two others.^[95]
  • Daniel Ball, a rioter that took part in the riot at the United States Capitol, is arrested again despite being pardoned by Trump, making him the first rioter with additional legal trouble after the pardon.^[96]
  • The Trump administration imposes an immediate freeze on meetings – such as grant review panels – as well as travel, communications, and hiring at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), impacting $47.4 billion worth of activities.^[97]
• January 23
  • A large-scale outage of AI tool ChatGPT is reported.^[98]
  • Trump signs an executive order for the public release of classified documents relating to the assassinations of John F Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.^[99]
  • Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee files a long-shot resolution which would change the 22nd Amendment to allow Trump to serve a third term.^[100]
  • U.S. District Judge for Washington John C. Coughenour temporarily blocks President Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional".^[101][102]
  • The U.S. Department of State bans consular posts from flying any flags other than the U.S. flag as part of the Trump administration targeting several instances during the Biden administration when LGBTQ rainbow flag and Black Lives Matter flags were flown at embassies abroad.^[103]
• January 24
  • Saudi Arabia announces that it will invest 600 billion USD in the United States economy.^[104]
  • Mexico denies a request from the United States to allow a military aircraft deporting migrants from the U.S. to land in Mexico.^[105]
  • The State Department freezes nearly all foreign aid programs except military aid to Israel and Egypt and emergency food programs.^[106]
  • Pete Hegseth is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Defense in a 51–50 vote after Vice President JD Vance casts the tie breaking vote, making him the first Vice President to cast a tiebreaker vote on a Cabinet nominee since Mike Pence did so in 2017 to confirm then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.^[107]
  • Spirit Airlines announces a ban on passengers who wear "lewd" clothing or have "offensive" tattoos.^[108]
• January 26
  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro blocks two U.S. military aircraft carrying deported Colombians as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown from landing in his country.^[109] In response, President Trump enacts a 25% tariff on all goods traded to the U.S. from Colombia, which will be raised to 50% in one week; Colombia accepts the deportation flights a day later.^[110]
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the release of American citizen Anastasia Nufer from a prison in Belarus.^[111]
  • In soccer, Chelsea Women sign American defender Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave for a world-record fee of US$1.1 million, making her the most expensive woman player and the first million-dollar transfer in women's soccer.^[112]
  • 2024–25 NFL playoffs: In American football, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs win their respective conference championship games for a Super Bowl rematch of Super Bowl LVII.^[113]
• January 27
  • The Nasdaq falls sharply in response to DeepSeek, a Chinese competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT. Chip giant Nvidia loses $600bn of its value, the biggest drop for a single company in U.S. stock market history.^[114]
  • United States federal government grant pause: The Office of Management and Budget acting director Matthew Vaeth orders federal government agencies to temporarily pause all federal financial assistance programs, with the exception of Medicare and Social Security, that could be implicated by select executive orders from President Trump.^[115]
  • President Trump signs an executive order eliminating "gender radicalism in the military", targeting transgender troops in the military, and another executive order that mandates a process to develop an American Iron Dome.^[116]
  • The Idaho House of Representatives votes for a resolution that calls for the Supreme Court to reconsider its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex marriage decision.^{[117][118][119]}
• January 28
  • A F-35 fighter jet crashes and explodes at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.^[120]
  • United States federal judge Loren AliKhan temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's executive order to pause funding for federal assistance in the country.^[121]
  • The South Dakota Senate narrowly votes for a bill requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The bill is similar to a 2024 law passed in Louisiana.^[122]
  • Boom Technology's XB-1 trijet supersonic demonstrator becomes the first privately-funded jet-powered plane to break the sound barrier at Mojave Air and Space Port.^[123]
• January 29
  • 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision: A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ-700 operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collides with a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. on approach to Reagan National Airport, killing all passengers on both aircraft and causing a shutdown of flights in and out of the airport.^[124]
  • United States Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff visits the Gaza Strip and meets with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to assure that the ceasefire remains intact.^[125]
  • President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law, the first legislation of Trump's second term.^[126]
  • President Donald Trump announces plans to transform the United States detention facility in Guantanamo Bay into a holding center for undocumented immigrants, capable of hosting 30,000.^[127]
  • Former Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey is sentenced to 11 years in prison, following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges.^[128]
• January 30
  • The United States Federal Drug Administration approves Vertex Pharmaceuticals' new Journavx drug, a non-opioid analgesic used to treat acute pain and potentially eliminate the risks of opioid addiction and overdose.^[129][130]
  • Trump orders the Department of Agriculture to remove any mention of climate change on its websites.^[131]
• January 31
  • The Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, the last two of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires, are contained.^[132]
  • A medical transport jet crashes into a northeastern Philadelphia neighborhood, killing all four passengers and two crew members onboard. Additionally, one person on the ground is killed and 19 injured.^[133][134]
  • Venezuela frees six American hostages after U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell meets with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.^[135]
  • Representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are granted full access to the federal treasury, allowing Elon Musk and his team to monitor and potentially limit government spending.^[136]

• February 1
  • Tariffs in the second Trump administration: President Trump signs an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, and a 10% tariffs on goods imported from China.^[137] Canada and Mexico threaten retaliation^[138][139] while China vows to take the matter to the World Trade Organization.^[137][140]
  • President Trump says he has ordered the United States military to carry out airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Somalia. The strikes targeted a series of cave systems used by the terror group.^[141]
  • The Democratic National Committee chairmanship election is held by party voting members at the DNC's Winter Meeting, electing Ken Martin as the next Chair of the Democratic National Committee.^[142]
  • 2024–25 NBA season: In basketball, the Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, and Los Angeles Lakers are involved in a trade that sends Luka Dončić to the Lakers for Anthony Davis.^[143][144]
• February 2
  • The 67th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, honoring the best in music from September 2023 to August 2024.^[145] "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar wins Record of the Year while Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé wins Album of the Year.
  • Thousands of demonstrators protest against immigration policies implemented by President Donald Trump in downtown Los Angeles, blocking the Hollywood Freeway.^[146]
  • The Puntland military spokersperson claims that United States airstrikes against ISIL have killed 46 fighters in the Cal Miskaad Mountains, a remote area in northeastern region Bari, Somalia.^[147]
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to Panama in his first foreign trip in the position and urges Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino to reduce Chinese influence in the Panama Canal. In response, Mulino said that his country won't renew its contracts with China's Belt and Road Initiative when they expire.^[148]
  • In ice hockey, Jonathan Quick becomes the first American-born goalie to reach 400 wins.^[149]
• February 3
  • Second Trump tariffs:
    • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and President Donald Trump announce they have agreed to delay 25% of tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month in exchange for boosting security along their respective borders.^[150][151]
    • Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces Ontario will end contracts with Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk's Starlink program unless the US lifts tariffs on Canada.^[152]
  • Elon Musk announces that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be shut down and would be merged into the State Department.^[153]
  • President Donald Trump says he is stopping funding to South Africa over a land seizure law.^[154]
  • Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele makes an offer to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to accept convicted "dangerous American criminals" and incarcerate them at the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador in exchange for a fee.^[155]
• February 4
  • The United States implements a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese products and eliminates the de minimis exemption for exports from China. In response, China imposes retaliatory tariffs on energy products, farm equipment, and automobiles from the United States, effective February 10, and export controls on critical minerals. It also adds United States based PVH Group and Illumina Inc to its unreliable entities list and launches a probe into technology company Google for alleged anti-trust violations.^[156]
  • The State Department orders the closure of all overseas missions of USAID and recalls thousands of USAID staff to the United States ahead of the agency's shutdown.^[157]
  • President Donald Trump announces that the United States will take control of the Gaza Strip in an agreement with Israel. Trump also says Palestinians will have no choice but to leave the territory and that the United States military will be in charge of Gaza's reconstruction to turn the area into "The Riviera of the Middle East" for "the world's people."^{[158][159][160]}
  • President Donald Trump signs a presidential memorandum reimposing a policy of maximum pressure against Iran.^[161]
  • Second cabinet of Donald Trump: The United States Senate confirms Pam Bondi as United States Attorney General, making her the third female to run the Justice Department.^[162]
  • Two people are killed and four others are injured after a mass shooting at a warehouse in New Albany, Ohio.^[163]
• February 5
  • The United States Postal Service says it is temporarily refusing inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong effective immediately.^[164]
  • Protests against Donald Trump: Protests occur in cities across the United States against Trump, his administration, Elon Musk, and Project 2025. The protests are referred to as 50501.^[165]
• February 6
  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court officials that assist investigations into United States citizens or those of its allies, namely Israel. A day later, Seventy-nine countries jointly speak out in a statement against the sanctions.^[166][167]
  • Bering Air Flight 445: A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan carrying ten people goes missing on a flight from Unalakleet, Alaska to Nome, Alaska. A search and rescue operation is underway.^[168]
  • NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies says that the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on 22 December 2032 has increased to 2.3%, or a (1-in-43) chance, following further observations of its trajectory. More observations are planned in the coming months to gather data on the asteroid before it moves too far away from Earth-based telescopes to be accurately observed.^[169]
• February 7
  • United States federal judge of the D.C. District Court Carl J. Nichols temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's executive order to place over 2,200 USAID employees on paid leave.^[170]
  • Vice President JD Vance and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz are announced in charge of a potential TikTok sale.^[171]
  • New York City officials order the closure of all live poultry markets in the city as well as in the surrounding suburban counties of Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau due to an increase in cases of avian influenza.^[172]
  • At the 30th Critics' Choice Awards comedy-drama film Anora wins Best Picture at the Critics' Choice Awards, while Jon M. Chu wins Best Director for musical film Wicked.^[173]
• February 8
  • International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan becomes the first person to have economic and travel sanctions placed on him by the United States government following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump intended to target the war crimes tribunal over investigations of United States citizens or United States allies.^[174]
  • The renaming of the Boy Scouts of America organization to Scouting America officially takes effect.^[175]
• February 9
  • Super Bowl LIX
    • The Philadelphia Eagles dominate the Kansas City Chiefs, 40–22, to win the Super Bowl, denying the Chiefs bid for a three-peat.^[176]
    • A performer during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show is detained on the field after holding the Sudanese and Palestinian flags that contained the words Sudan and Gaza.^[177]
  • President Donald Trump's authorized airstrike in Cal Miskaad mountains in Bari Region, Puntland, on February 1, is confirmed to have killed ISIS leader Ahmed Maeleminine, a key recruiter and financier for the militant group.^[178]
• February 10
  • President Trump issues an ultimatum to Hamas saying that if all remaining hostages are not released by Saturday then "all hell will break loose" in the Middle East. Earlier Hamas said it will delay the release of more hostages and accused Israel of violating their ceasefire deal.^[179]
  • President Trump signs an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all aluminium and steel imports.^[180]
  • President Trump signs an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, a law that prohibits American companies and foreign firms from bribing officials of foreign governments to obtain or retain business.^[181]
  • Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry announces that the state had finalized its new execution protocol, allowing executions to be carried out in Louisiana after 15 years (2010).^[182]
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rejects a $97.4 billion offer to purchase the company by a group of investors led by Elon Musk.^[183]
• February 11
  • National Security Adviser Mike Waltz announces that Russia has released Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained since 2021 after Steve Witkoff and several other Trump aides visited Moscow to negotiate an exchange for money launderer Alexander Vinnik.^[184]
  • King Abdullah II of Jordan meets President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. for talks focusing on the president's proposal for the removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and a subsequent United States takeover of the region, with President Trump threatening to withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they do not agree to the proposal.^[185]
  • Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announce sanctions on a Russian bulletproof hosting services provider that is allegedly ignoring law enforcement requests, along with two Russians who are operating the network.^[186]
  • Google Calendar confirms it has removed Black History Month, Pride Month and other cultural events from its service, saying the holidays were "not sustainable" for Google's new business model which is rolling back an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).^[187]
• February 12
  • After holding a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump says negotiations to end the war in Ukraine will start immediately.^[188]
  • White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announces that Belarus has released three detainees, including an American citizen.^[189]
• February 13
  • The Treasury Department sanctions Karim Ahmad Khan, the top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, over his decision to investigate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant regarding their conduct during the Gaza war.^[190]
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.^[191]
  • Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Danielle Sassoon and five other Justice Department officials resign after being ordered by the second Trump administration to drop a federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.^[192]
  • The Navy Sixth Fleet announces that the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in collision at sea with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M on Feb 12 while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea.^[193]
  • The Trump administration fires more than 300 of the 1,800 staff from the National Nuclear Security Administration – the agency tasked with safeguarding the nuclear stockpile of the United States.^[194]
• February 14 – The Associated Press (AP) is banned from the Oval Office and Air Force One indefinitely over its continued use of the term "Gulf of Mexico" instead of the official "Gulf of America".^[195]
• February 15
  • Flash flooding impacts parts of the United States, claiming at least three lives.^[196]
  • French President Emmanuel Macron announces an emergency summit known as Weimar+ in Paris, between European Union leaders following a controversial speech given by Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference in which he criticized European leadership as the worst threat to Europe, particularly for imposing too much censorship and too little control over migration.^{[197][198][199]}
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Secretary of State Marco Rubio speak by telephone about the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Gaza war, the sanctions against Russia, and removing restrictions on each country's diplomatic missions. They also discuss preparations for a high-level summit in Saudi Arabia. This is the first time the United States and Russia have had contact at the foreign minister level in almost two years.^[200]
  • Hundreds of White South Africans hold a protest outside the United States embassy in Pretoria in support of President Donald Trump's claims that the South African government is discriminating against the country's white minority.^[201]
• February 16
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio leads a delegation that includes National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to Riyadh for initial talks with Russia. A Russian source reports that the meeting will occur on February 18 and that the Russian delegation is expected to include Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov, and SVR Director Sergey Naryshkin.^[202][203]
  • The United States military announces that the Yemen Coast Guard had successfully intercepted an Iranian weapons shipment on its way to the Houthi movement in Yemen on February 12.^[204]
• February 17
  • 50501 demonstrations take place at state capitols around the United States, including at Union Square in Washington, D.C. against the second administration of President Donald Trump, the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, and Project 2025.^[205]
  • 21 people are injured, including three critically, when Delta Connection Flight 4819, a Mitsubishi Bombardier CRJ-900LR, crashes after catching fire and flipping over at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada en route from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.^[206]
  • February 2025 North American storm complex: Eight adults and one child are killed in flooding caused by heavy rains in the eastern United States.^[207]
  • Weimer+ gather in France for a summit on Ukraine after the United States announced the Riyadh Summit with Russia on ending the Ukrainian war without European participation.^[208]
  • Southwest Airlines announces it will layoff 1,750 jobs, 15% of its corporate workforce, for cost reduction. This is the company's first mass layoff since it started operating in 1971.^[209]
  • In a coordinated operation in Puntland, the United States and the United Arab Emirates launch airstrikes targeting ISIS militants in the Bari Region. This marks the second United States strike since February 1, following the United Arab Emirates's earlier attack which resulted in the deaths of dozens of militants.^{[210][211][212]}
• February 18
  • The United States and Russia start talks in Saudi Arabia about the war in Ukraine without European or Ukrainian participation. The delegations agree to start the negotiating process for ending the war, create high-level teams, and normalize diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries.^{[213][214][215]}
  • President Donald Trump accuses Ukraine of starting the war and calls for a new presidential election to be held in Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia.^[216][217]
  • The Senate confirms businessman Howard Lutnick as the Secretary of Commerce in a 51–45 vote.^[218]
  • NASA's workforce is reported to have shrunk by 10% as a result of government cuts.^[219]
  • NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies announces that the chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on December 22, 2032 has increased to 3.1% (1-in-32) following further observations of its orbital trajectory. It has now surpassed the threat of 99942 Apophis, which once had a 2.7% chance of hitting Earth during 2004 before later being ruled out.^[220][221]
  • The National Science Foundation dismisses 168 workers, 10% of its workforce, to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to reduce the federal workforce.^[222]
• February 19
  • Apple Inc. announces the iPhone 16e, discontinuing all remaining lightning port iPhones and the home button third-generation iPhone SE.^[223]
  • Two light aircraft, a Lancair 360 MK II and a Cessna 172S, collide midair at Marana Regional Airport near Tucson, Arizona, killing 2 people.^[224]
  • The United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting in New York City in response to rapid territorial gains made by M23 rebels, with U.N. special envoy for Congo Bintou Keita saying the council needed to take "urgent and decisive steps to avert a wider regional war."^[225]
  • The Federal Aviation Administration layoffs about 400 jobs, including positions in aviation safety, aircraft maintenance, and flight inspection.^[226]
• February 20
  • The Internal Revenue Service announces it will layoff over 6,000 jobs around Tax Day as part of department downsizing led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.^[227]
  • Ukraine blocks access to Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social following critical comments about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy made by Trump and his Vice President JD Vance calling him a dictator.^[228]
  • Amidst heightened tensions between the two nations, the Canada men's ice hockey team defeats the United States team 3–2 in overtime in the final of the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off at TD Garden in Boston, with Connor McDavid scoring the winning goal.^[229]
  • ATL Technologies CEO Bradford Brown is killed and one person is injured when a Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter crashes into ice at the Ririe Reservoir near Ririe, Idaho.^[230]
  • Seven people are injured in a gas explosion at The Whaler resort in Kaanapali, Hawaii.^[231]
• February 21
  • The Pentagon and the Department of Defense announce they will jointly layoff 4,500 probationary workers, cutting 5–8% of the civilian workforce. The United States Forest Service also announces it will layoff 2,000 employees.^[232]
  • Veolia Water agrees to pay $53 million in settlement for all remaining active class action lawsuits for the contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, but refuses to acknowledge any fault in the crisis.^[233]
  • Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces the removal of multiple senior United States officers from their current roles, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr. and the Chief of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti.^[234]
  • Hadi Matar is found guilty by a New York jury of attempted murder and assault for his stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie in 2022.^[235]
  • The Associated Press files a lawsuit for freedom of speech against three Trump administration officials after they banned the news agency from attending presidential press events after the agency refused to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America".^[236]
  • Three people are killed in a shooting outside of a motor vehicle office in Louisville, Kentucky.^[237]
• February 22
  • Two people, including a police officer, are killed and seven other people are injured in a mass shooting at the UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township, Pennsylvania.^[238]
  • One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting at the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The FBI is investigating the shooting but it is believed the incident was not an act of terrorism.^[239]
  • Three people, including two police officers, are killed during a traffic stop in Virginia Beach, Virginia.^[240]
• February 23
  • At the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards, Timothée Chalamet wins Outstanding Leading Male Performance for his role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, while Demi Moore wins Outstanding Leading Female Performance for her role in The Substance. Political thriller film Conclave wins Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Motion Picture.^[241]
  • American Airlines Flight 292, flying from New York, to New Delhi, is forced to divert to Rome Fiumicino Airport, due to an unspecified security concern later deemed to be non-credible. The flight was over the Caspian Sea near Turkmenistan when it diverted back towards Europe.^[242]
  • At least three IS–Somalia fighters are killed in a joint Puntland armed forces–United States Africa Command airstrike targeting IS militants hiding in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari Region of Puntland, Somalia.^[243]
• February 24
  • The United Nations General Assembly votes 93–18, with 65 abstentions, to pass a resolution condemning Russia's war against Ukraine. The 18 countries that voted against includes the United States, Russia, Belarus, and North Korea.^[244]
  • The Texas Department of State Health Services places several major cities in the state on high alert due to a measles outbreak spreading to 99 people in Texas and New Mexico, the third largest outbreak since it was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000.^[245]
  • NASA formally announces that asteroid 2024 YR4 now poses "no significant threat" to Earth in 2032 and beyond as the chances of an impact drops to 1-in-59,000 (0.0017%). This means a planetary defense mission to intercept and deflect the object in 2028 during a close flyby of Earth is no longer necessary.^[246]
  • Apple announces a $500 billion investment plan in the United States over the next five years, aiming to hire 20,000 new employees and manufacture AI servers.^[247]
  • Starbucks announces that it will cut 1,100 jobs across its stores in the United States as part of cost reduction measures. The company also announces that its menu will be "simplified" and shrunk by 33%.^[248]
• February 25
  • Jo-Ann Stores files its second bankruptcy claim and announces it will close all 800 stores in the 49 states, with liquidation sales beginning immediately.^[249]
  • Ukrainian Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna announces that Ukraine has reached a deal with the United States on mineral resources.^[250]
  • United States District Judge for the Western Washington District Court Jamal Whitehead temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's executive order to suspend the Refugee Admissions Program, ruling that President Trump cannot nullify the law passed by Congress, following a lawsuit against the Trump administration by the International Refugee Assistance Project.^[251]
• February 26
  • President Donald Trump announces impending 25% tariffs on the European Union, which he states will be generally applied to sectors such as the automotive industry.^[252]
  • Eli Lilly announces a $27 billion investment plan to open four new manufacturing sites and create 13,000 jobs in the United States.^[253]
  • President Donald Trump cancels energy corporation Chevron's license to operate in Venezuela.^[254]
  • The Trump administration bans reporters from the Associated Press, Reuters, Der Tagesspiegel, and HuffPost from the White House over their refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America".^[255]
  • Two people are killed in a shooting in a parking lot on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Neither of the victims were associated with the university.^[256]
• February 27
  • OpenAI announces GPT‑4.5, its largest and most advanced AI model to date.^[257]
  • The Trump administration bans NASA scientists and United States government officials from attending the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conference that started this week in Hangzhou, China, which are focused on the seventh IPCC Assessment Report on climate change.^[258]
  • President Donald Trump meets with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington, D.C., for talks that include the Russo-Ukrainian War peace negotiations. Starmer also presented a letter from King Charles III inviting Trump to visit London.^[259]
  • Meta Platforms says it has fixed an error that resulted in Instagram users' Reels feeds displaying violent and graphic videos despite these users having content filters enabled.^[260]
• February 28
  • A meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy takes place at the White House. Trump and US Vice President JD Vance sharply criticize Zelenskyy, raising questions about the support for Ukraine, the proposed end to the war, as well as the country's future in general.^[261]
  • A 24-hour consumer spending boycott takes place across the United States, in protest of wealth and income inequality, high prices of essential goods, and the rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by the Trump administration.^[262]
  • The Social Security Administration announces it will lay off over 7,000 jobs to align with President Donald Trump's executive order, despite its workforce already being at a 50-year low.^[263]
  • Mexico extradites 29 alleged cartel members to the United States, including Rafael Caro Quintero, Miguel Treviño Morales, Omar Treviño Morales, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes and Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez.^[264]
  • Microsoft announces it will shut down Skype in May 2025 to focus its support and development on Teams.^[265]

• March 1
  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order designating English as the country's official language.^[266]
  • United States Central Command says that it has carried out a precision airstrike in Syria, targeting and killing Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, a senior military leader in Hurras al-Din.^[267]
• March 2
  • The 97th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring the best in films released in 2024. Anora wins the most awards, taking five, including Best Picture.^[268]
  • Several wildfires erupt across South Carolina and North Carolina resulting in the evacuation of endangered towns, including several in the Myrtle Beach area.^[269] South Carolina governor Henry McMaster declares a state of emergency in response.^[270]
  • Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations and information operations against Russia by United States Cyber Command.^[271]
  • Firefly Aerospace successfully lands the Blue Ghost Mission 1 on the Moon as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, delivering payloads to Mare Crisium with instruments to study lunar regoliths and the interactions between solar wind and Earth's magnetic field.^[272]
• March 3
  • TSMC announces plans to invest $100 billion in United States chip manufacturing.^[273]
  • The United States seeks a plan to ease sanctions on Russia and some Russian oligarchs, while pausing all current military aid to Ukraine.^[274][275]
  • Trump orders an expansion of tree cutting across 280m acres (113m hectares) of national forests and other public lands.^[276]
• March 4
  • Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports to the United States take effect, while an existing 10% tariff on all Chinese imports rises to 20% amid an ongoing trade war.^[277] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that he will impose a reciprocal 25% tariff on American goods worth up to $155 billion.^[278] The Chinese Ministry of Finance announces 10–15% tariffs on a range of American food imports, set to start March 10.^[279]
  • Donald Trump delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress.
  • A storm complex leaves over 400,000 people without power in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and brings severe weather to large portions of the Southern United States.^[280]
  • Scientists from Colossal Biosciences create a new species of genetically modified woolly mice.^[281]
• March 5
  • Central Intelligence Agency director John Ratcliffe announces that the United States has suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine.^[282]
  • The United States begins direct negotiations with Hamas over the release of the remaining Israeli hostages. President Donald Trump later threatens on Truth Social and X that the people of Gaza "are dead" unless they return the hostages "immediately".^[283]
  • President Donald Trump announces a one-month temporary reprieve from tariffs for American automakers after receiving complaints from the Big Three: Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis.^[284]
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs announces it will lay off over 80,000 jobs to comply with the Trump administration's plans under the Department of Government Efficiency.^[285]
  • The Department of Defense denies previous media reports that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had ordered a halt to offensive cyber operations and information operations against Russia by the United States Cyber Command.^[286]
  • Los Angeles County files a lawsuit against Southern California Edison, the electric utility company servicing most of Southern California, and alleges that the company's power system started the Eaton Fire, seeking to recover costs and damages sustained from the fire that damaged over 9,400 buildings and killed 17 people.^[287]
  • The United States Embassy in Mogadishu warns of imminent attack threats in Somalia, including at Aden Adde International Airport.^[288] At the same time, Somali military officials confirm that the Trump administration has halted all funding for Somalia's Danab Brigade special forces and cut billions in USAID grants to the country.^[289]
  • The United States Attorney for the District Court of Vermont indicts and charges 25 Canadians for conspiracy to defraud elderly people in the United States out of US$21 million and charges five of those 25 with conspiracy to commit money laundering.^[290]
  • Three skiers are killed after an avalanche trapped them under more than 30 feet of snow in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska^[291]
• March 6
  • Trump pauses tariffs on USMCA-compliant imports from Canada and Mexico until April 2.^[292]
  • CMA CGM announces a $20 billion investment in United States logistics over the next four years, aiming to create 10,000 new jobs.^[293]
  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve funded exclusively with bitcoin seized in criminal and civil forfeiture cases.^[294]
  • According to a report in the academic journal Science, the population of the 554 recorded species of butterflies in the United States has declined by 22% since 2000.^[295]
  • The United States withdraws from the Just Energy Transition Partnership, a program that helps emerging countries transition away from non-renewable energy sources like fossil fuels.^[296]
  • SpaceX launches its eighth test flight of the Starship launch vehicle from Starbase in Texas. The first stage is caught by the launch tower despite Raptor engine failures during landing, but the second stage fails during its burn, mirroring the last flight test in January.^[297]
  • Intuitive Machines' space probe IM-2 Athena lands on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on February 27.^[298]
• March 7
  • Organized demonstrations and walkouts of scientists take place across 30 cities in the United States and France in protest of the Trump administration's grant budget and employment cuts to several government scientific agencies.^[299]
  • The state of South Carolina executes Brad Sigmon by firing squad. This was the first execution by firing squad since 2010, when Ronnie Lee Gardner from Utah was executed by firing squad.^[300][301]
  • The United States Army stationed in Puntland maintains its operations and will not pull out of the region in response to double ongoing operations in the fight against ISIS in Puntland's Bari Region.^[302]
  • 2025 United States federal mass layoffs: The Native American Rights Fund, on behalf of five Indigenous American students and three tribes, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and the Pueblo of Isleta, file a lawsuit against the United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) for alleged wrongful dismissals of BIE schoolteachers.^[303]
• March 9
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student who played a prominent role during pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and revoke his green card and student visa.^[304]
  • In football, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett becomes the highest paid non-quarterback in the National Football League after agreeing to a deal with the Browns that totals his salary at $40 million per year.^[305]
  • A man is shot and killed by Secret Service agents near the White House.^[306]
  • A plane crashes in a residential area in Pennsylvania, injuring five people.^[307]
• March 10
  • A major sell-off occurs on the stock market, including a 4% drop on the Nasdaq, amid ongoing concern about the impact of tariffs on the US economy.^[308]
  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that the province will charge 25% more for electricity supplied to the United States, which includes the states of Michigan, Minnesota, and New York.^[309] It is suspended the next day.
  • X suffers from multiple global system outages, as owner Elon Musk claims that the site is being targeted in a "massive cyberattack".^[310]
• March 11
  • President Trump announces a doubling of tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, from 25% to 50%.^[311]
  • The United States and Ukraine announce their intention to seek a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after talks in Jeddah, involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Ukrainian presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak.^[312]
  • United States District Judge for the District Court of the District of Columbia Amir Ali orders the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in unpaid funds for promised USAID programs that the administration ended.^[313]
  • NASA launches the SPHEREx near-infrared space observatory on a Falcon 9 Block 5 spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. The SPHEREx mission will perform a survey of and map approximately 450 million galaxies across the sky in color.^[314]
• March 12
  • A 25% tariff on aluminum and steel products imposed globally by the United States comes into effect.^[315] In response, Canadian finance minister Dominic LeBlanc announces retaliatory tariffs on CAD$29.8 billion (US$20.7 billion) of goods from the United States.^[316]
  • Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei rejects negotiations with the United States regarding Iran's nuclear program, stating that Iran is "not interested in nuclear weapons".^[317]
  • Idaho Governor Brad Little signs a Bill, which officially makes firing squad as the primary execution method in the state. Idaho became the first state with such a policy.^[318][319]
• March 13
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the American proposal for the ceasefire in Ukraine would depend on Russia's conditions being met, and that there will be further discussions.^[320]
  • The Trump administration reportedly orders the United States military to plan options to expand the presence of American troops in Panama and potentially try to reclaim the Panama Canal.^[321]
  • During an Oval Office meeting with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, President Donald Trump refuses to rule out the United States' possible annexation of Greenland saying "I think that it will happen".^[322]
  • William Alsup of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California orders the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, and the Treasury Department to reinstate workers who were fired by President Donald Trump.^[323]
• March 14
  • Severe winds and dry conditions in the states of Oklahoma and Texas cause a series of wildfires, forcing evacuations and leaving thousands without power.^[324]
  • Three people are indirectly killed by storms as a regional risk for an outbreak of severe weather is outlined by the Storm Prediction Center over much of the United States. A rare high risk convective outlook is issued for tomorrow over the Deep South.^[325]
  • Hamas says that it has agreed to resume ceasefire talks and release American Israeli hostage Edan Alexander. This comes after a proposal from Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.^[326]
  • Iraq announces that the deputy head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, was killed in the Al Anbar Governorate during a joint operation between Iraqi security forces and the United States.^[327]
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio declares South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool persona non grata for his criticism of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.^[328]
  • President Donald Trump publicly asks Russian President Vladimir Putin to spare the lives of "thousands of Ukrainian soldiers" said to be surrounded in Kursk Oblast.^[329]
  • A total lunar eclipse occurs in the morning hours across the Western Hemisphere at night.^[330]
• March 15
  • President Donald Trump orders a series of airstrikes on Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, killing at least 31 people and wounding 101 more. United States Central Command announces that the strikes are the beginning of a large-scale operation in Yemen.^[331] The USS Harry S. Truman is targeted the next day by the Houthis with 18 rockets and drones.^[332]
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces visa restrictions against former and current Thai officials who were involved in deporting at least 40 Uyghur men who were seeking asylum back to China, despite concerns that they could face persecution.^[333]
  • President Trump signs an executive order to end federal funding of news organization Voice of America, accusing it of being "anti-Trump" and "radical". Its entire staff of 1,300 people is put on paid leave.^[334]
• March 16
  • The Trump administration says it has deported more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 to El Salvador citing the Alien Enemies Act. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says they will be transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center.^[335]
  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order shutting down multiple state-funded broadcasters, including Voice of America, Radio y Televisión Martí and Alhurra, and ceasing grants to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.^[336]
• March 17
  • The United States launches airstrikes on targets in Al Hudaydah and the Al Jawf Governorate. Tens of thousands of people attend a rally against the American attacks on Yemen in the capital city Sanaa.^[337]
• March 18
  • The records related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy that were previously withheld are released due to President Trump's executive order to declassify and release them.^[338]
  • Convicted rapist-murderer Jessie Hoffman Jr. becomes the first inmate executed in Louisiana in 15 years since 2010, and also becomes the first inmate executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Louisiana.^[339]
  • President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree to an immediate energy infrastructure ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone call, with additional negotiations to begin immediately on a permanent settlement of the conflict. Putin stated that the end of all foreign military and intelligence support to Ukraine would be one condition of such a settlement.^[340]
  • NASA astronauts and Crew-9 members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrive back on Earth, after nine months aboard the International Space Station.^[341]
• March 19
  • A jury in North Dakota finds that Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to pipeline company Energy Transfer and is liable over defamation and other claims over protests in the state nearly a decade previously.^[342]
  • SoftBank Group announces it will acquire Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion.^[343]
  • United States government sources reveal that President Donald Trump's letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from two weeks ago contained a deadline of two months for reaching a new deal on Iran's nuclear program.^[344]
• March 20
  • United States district judge for the District of Maryland Ellen Lipton Hollander temporarily blocks the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security systems that cover the personal information of United States citizens. Judge Hollander also orders the department to delete any previously accessed personal identifiable information in their possession.^[345]
  • Trump signs an executive order to begin the process of eliminating the Department of Education.^[346]
  • Electric vehicle maker Tesla recalls nearly all of its Cybertruck models across the US, over a safety issue involving an exterior panel.^[347]
  • The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee celebrates its 100th birthday
• March 21
  • Johnson & Johnson announces plans to invest over $55 billion in building four new plants in the United States within the next four years.^[348]
  • Boeing is awarded a contract worth over $20 billion to build the United States Air Force's Air superiority sixth-generation fighter jet, named the F-47.^[349]
  • The United Arab Emirates commits to a $1.4 trillion investment into the United States economy over ten years.^[350]
  • Three people are killed and fifteen others are injured in a mass shooting in a parking lot during a large gathering at Young Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico.^[351]
• March 22 – The United States lifts a $10 million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Afghan warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani after the Taliban released an American citizen who had been kept in captivity for two years.^[352]
• March 23
  • National Security Advisor Mike Waltz says that the United States wants the "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program and that "all options are on the table".^[353]
  • DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy.^[354]
  • In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player to defeat a top-10 opponent since the WTA rankings began in 1975, after winning in the third round of the Women's singles tournament at the Miami Open against world No. 5 Madison Keys.^[355]
  • In soccer, Mexico wins its first Nations League title after defeating Panama 2–1 in the final held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.^[356]
• March 24
  • Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, reveals that members of President Trump's cabinet inadvertently shared Yemen strike plans with him in a Signal group chat.^[357]
  • Hyundai Motor Group announces a $21 billion investment in the United States, including a $5.8 billion new steel plant in Louisiana.^[358]
  • Greenlandic prime minister Múte Bourup Egede says a planned visit to the island by senior American officials, including National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Second Lady Usha Vance, is "highly aggressive" and was designed to "demonstrate power over us".^[359]
• March 25 – The United States says that Russia and Ukraine agree to cease all military attacks in the Black Sea to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping, while Russia says that it needs guarantees and an order from the U.S. to Ukraine to respect such a deal.^[360][361]
• March 26
  • President Donald Trump signs 25% tariffs on all cars imported to the United States. Canada states that they will respond, while Japan asks to be exempt from the tariffs.^[362]
  • The United States military conducts airstrikes targeting ISIS militants in the Golis Mountains as part of a coordinated operation led by AFRICOM. The strikes reportedly kill militants without causing any civilian casualties in militant hideouts located in the Golis Mountains of Puntland's Bari Region.^[363]
  • Four American soldiers go missing during training in the Pabradė Training Area in Lithuania. A search for the soldiers is underway and an investigation has been launched.^[364]
• March 27
  • The United States suspends financial contributions to the World Trade Organization.^[365]
  • Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, a top MS-13 gang leader, is arrested in Northern Virginia.^[366]
  • Idaho Governor Brad Little formally signs a bill into law, that permits the death penalty for rape and sexual abuse of children younger than 12 years of age and the Bill will become effective from July 1, 2025, onwards. This law could ultimately challenge the precedent of Kennedy v. Louisiana.^[367]
• March 28
  • Vice President JD Vance and several other senior Trump administration officials visit the Pituffik Space Base, a United States Space Force facility in Greenland.^[368]
  • At least seven people are injured by United States military airstrikes in the Yemeni capital city Sanaa.^[369]
    • Utah becomes the first US state to ban LGBTQ pride flags in government buildings and schools.^{[370][371][372]}
• March 29
  • Protests are held at Tesla dealerships across the United States, Canada, and Europe to protest against DOGE chief and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's role in the second Trump administration.^[373]
  • A SOCATA TBM-700 crashes into an unoccupied house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, killing everyone on board.^[374]
• March 30 – A bus driver shoots and kills two passengers on a Miami-Dade Transit bus in Miami Gardens, Florida.^[375]
• March 31
  • 2025 MLB season: The Athletics begin their temporary relocation to West Sacramento, California, which is planned to last until 2028, as part of their ongoing relocation to Las Vegas.^[376]
  • U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey gives a 25 hour speech criticizing Trump's policies.^[377]
  • The United States announces sanctions on six Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including head of the national security office Dong Jingwei, accusing them of "transnational oppression and undermining Hong Kong autonomy".^[378]

• April 1
  • The 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election takes place, with liberal Susan M. Crawford beating conservative Brad Schimel in a non-partisan election.^[379][380]
  • The marathon speech criticizing Trump's policies, delivered by U.S. Senator Cory Booker, surpasses Strom Thurmond, making it the longest speech delivered on the Senate floor as it continues into its second day.^[381]
• April 2
  • President Trump issues sweeping trade tariffs on many countries, including a 10% baseline tariff for all imports.^[382][383]
  • The United States Senate votes 51–48 on a non-binding resolution to rebuke and reverse tariffs on Canada, with Republicans Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitch McConnell voting for the resolution.^[384]
• April 3
  • Stock markets around the world fall sharply in response to the Trump tariffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 3.2%, the S&P 500 index falls by over 4%, while the tech-focused Nasdaq is down 5.2%.^[385]
  • The United States is given hosting rights to the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup, with possible other CONCACAF members set to join as co-hosts. This is the third edition of the tournament the United States has hosted.^[386]
  • Timothy Haugh, head of both the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, is fired by the Trump administration.^[387]
• April 4
  • Rent control in the United States: Texas-based property management software company RealPage files a lawsuit against the city of Berkeley, California, as the city attempts to enact a local ordinance that would block landlords from deciding rent prices using an algorithm, alleging that the practice is anti-competitive and is driving up rent prices.^[388]
  • Stocks fall sharply for a second consecutive day, both in the US and globally. The Dow Jones ends the day 2,231 points (5.5%) lower. The S&P 500 closes the week down 9.1%, marking its worst performance since March 2020.^[389] Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell warns of "a highly uncertain outlook".^[390]
• April 5 – Hands Off protests: Mass protests are held in cities across the United States in opposition to Donald Trump and Elon Musk.^[391]
• April 6
  • 2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak: A child dies from measles complications at the UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, United States, becoming the third measles-related death amid outbreaks and the second unvaccinated child victim.^[392]
  • The death toll from the severe weather in the United States rises to 18.^[393]
  • In ice hockey, Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scores his 895th career goal, surpassing the all-time goals record held by Wayne Gretzky, during a matchup against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.^[394]
• April 7 – In college basketball, the Florida Gators rally from a 12-point deficit to defeat the Houston Cougars, 65–63, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, to win their first championship since 2007.^[395]
• April 8 – Trump signs an executive order directing the federal government to start using "beautiful, clean coal" to power AI data centers.^[396]
• April 9
  • The Trump administration halts over $1 billion of funding from Cornell University and about $790 million from Northwestern University over alleged "civil rights violations".^[397]
  • President Trump increases tariffs on China to 125% but pauses all new tariffs on every other country for 90 days with a lower reciprocal tariff of 10% during this period.^[398]
  • The Nasdaq Composite closes up 12.16%, its biggest one-day percentage gain since January 3, 2001, and the second-largest on record. The S&P 500 jumps 9.52%, its largest one-day gain since October 28, 2008. The Dow Jones closes with its largest daily net gain in history.^[399]
  • Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll replaces FBI director Kash Patel as the acting director of the ATF.^[400]
• April 10
  • Novartis announces plans to invest $23 billion in building new plants in the United States.^[401]
  • A Bell 206 sightseeing helicopter crashes into the Hudson River off Lower Manhattan, New York, killing all six people on board, including the Spanish Agustín Escobar family of five and the pilot.^[402]
  • The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, rules that the Trump administration must "facilitate" the return of wrongfully deported Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia imprisoned in an El Salvador jail.^[403]
• April 13 – A man is arrested after he allegedly broke into Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's residence and started a fire while Shapiro and his family were sleeping. 38-year-old Cody Balmer is held on charges of attempted murder, aggravated arson, terrorism and other charges in connection with the fire.^[404]
• April 14
  • Nvidia announces plans to produce up to $500 billion worth of AI infrastructure in the United States over the next four years. The plan includes new production facilities in Texas, in collaboration with TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron, Amkor, and SPIL.^[405]
  • Trump meets with El Salvador's President Bukele at the White House. They both deny that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be returned to the United States.^[406]
• April 15
  • 2025 United States federal government grant pause: The Trump administration drafts a memorandum to Congress outlining a plan to halt all funding to public media programs, including PBS and NPR.^[407]
  • The federal government announces the freezing of more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus.^[408]
• April 16
  • California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over his tariffs, making California the first U.S. state to do so.^[409]
  • A massive power outage causes the entire island of Puerto Rico to lose electricity.^[410]
• April 17
  • 2025 Florida State University shooting: At least two people are killed and six others are hospitalized in a mass shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. The suspect is arrested by local police.^[411]
  • Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador to push for his release. The move comes hours after being previously denied a meeting with him.^[412]
• April 18 – At least three people are killed when a small plane crashes into the Platte River in Omaha, Nebraska.^[413]
• April 19
  • Four people are killed when a Cessna 180 Skywagon aircraft clips powerlines and crashes into a field southwest of Coles County Memorial Airport in Trilla, Illinois.^[414]
  • Two people are killed and three others are rescued after two vehicles are swept off a road during flooding in southeast Moore, Oklahoma.^[415]
  • 2025 Tesla vandalism: The Department of Justice charges a student at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts, with unlawful possession of a destructive device and malicious damage by fire after the student is arrested for setting fire to two Tesla Cybertrucks and damaging charging stations in Kansas City, Missouri.^[416]
  • Federal authorities arrest a man in Colorado Springs for his "Declaration of War" threatening Elon Musk, Tesla owners, and members of Donald Trump's cabinet. The declaration, sent to various media outlets, detailed specific attack methods and aimed at Musk's elimination.^[417]
• April 20 – Three people are killed and ten others are injured, including one critically and four firefighters, in a large house fire in Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York.^[418]
• April 21
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Department of Health and Human Services: Harvard University files a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the administration's move to cut $2.3 billion in funding in contracts and grants to the university after accusing the school of alleged "civil rights violations".^[419]
  • 2025 Boston Marathon: Kenyan athletes John Korir and Sharon Lokedi win, both with times of 2:04:45.^[420]
• April 22 – Roche announces plans to invest $50 billion in the United States over the next five years, creating 12,000 jobs.^[421]
• April 23 – Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial begins after the original verdict was overturned.^[422]
• April 24
  • A group of twelve states file a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that the national trade policy is subjected to President Donald Trump's will instead of the law. The states are Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, New Mexico, New York, and Vermont.^[423]
  • 2025 NFL draft: The NFL draft is held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with the Tennessee Titans selected quarterback Cam Ward from the Miami Hurricanes as the first overall pick.^[424]
• April 25 – United States Attorney for the District Court of Connecticut sentences former Congressman George Santos to a maximum sentence of 87 months in federal prison for several charges of wire fraud and identity theft, and orders Santos to pay nearly $374,000 in restitution.^[425][426]

• May 5 – Sean "Diddy" Combs is scheduled to be put on trial for sex trafficking crimes.^[427]
• June 15–July 13 – The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will take place in 11 cities across the United States.
• September 9 – The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly will open in New York City.^[428]
• October 14 – Microsoft has set the retirement (end-of-life) date for its Windows 10 operating system on this date.^[429][430] Users will either have to install Windows 11 or use an alternative operating system from Microsoft to receive security updates. However, the third parties programs and LTSC will continue to support it.
• November 4 – Elections for the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia will take place alongside other off-year elections.^[431][432]

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