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**In ], the ] (formerly the Redskins) upset the ], 45-31, to reach the NFC Championship game, their first since the ] when they were known as the Redskins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/nfl/rookie-jayden-daniels-makes-rare-nfl-history-in-commanders-upset-win-over-lions|title=Rookie Jayden Daniels Makes Rare NFL History in Commanders' Upset Win Over Lions|date=January 19, 2025|website=SI}}</ref> | **In ], the ] (formerly the Redskins) upset the ], 45-31, to reach the NFC Championship game, their first since the ] when they were known as the Redskins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/nfl/rookie-jayden-daniels-makes-rare-nfl-history-in-commanders-upset-win-over-lions|title=Rookie Jayden Daniels Makes Rare NFL History in Commanders' Upset Win Over Lions|date=January 19, 2025|website=SI}}</ref> | ||
**] goes offline in the United States, hours before a ] comes into effect.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6p1g54q85o |title=TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in |date=19 January 2025 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref> | **] goes offline in the United States, hours before a ] comes into effect.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6p1g54q85o |title=TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in |date=19 January 2025 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref> | ||
*January 19 – ], ], ], and ] are banned off of all app stores in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cross |first=Greta |title=What other apps are affected by the TikTok ban? Lemon8, CapCut, Marvel Snap top the list |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2025/01/19/tiktok-ban-lemon8-capcut-marvel-snap/77825175007/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> | *January 19 – ], ], ], and ] are banned off of all app stores in the U.S. due to their owner being ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cross |first=Greta |title=What other apps are affected by the TikTok ban? Lemon8, CapCut, Marvel Snap top the list |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2025/01/19/tiktok-ban-lemon8-capcut-marvel-snap/77825175007/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
] becomes the 47th U.S. president.]] | ] becomes the 47th U.S. president.]] | ||
] becomes the 50th U.S. vice president.]] | ] becomes the 50th U.S. vice president.]] | ||
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**Trump issues roughly ] to people charged in connection to the ].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Reilly, Ryan J. |title=Trump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-set-pardon-defendants-stormed-capitol-jan-6-2021-rcna187735 |website=NBC News |publisher=NBCUniversal Media, LLC |access-date=20 January 2025 |date=20 January 2025}}</ref> | **Trump issues roughly ] to people charged in connection to the ].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Reilly, Ryan J. |title=Trump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-set-pardon-defendants-stormed-capitol-jan-6-2021-rcna187735 |website=NBC News |publisher=NBCUniversal Media, LLC |access-date=20 January 2025 |date=20 January 2025}}</ref> | ||
**] founder and civil rights activist ] holds a rally on ], the same day as the inauguration, to honor ]'s legacy and ] the ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4988258-rev-al-sharpton-protests-trump/ | title=Sharpton to hold MLK rally on same day as Trump inauguration | date=November 13, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://afro.com/rev-al-sharpton-protest-inauguration-day/ | title=National Action Network announces 2025 Inauguration Day rally | date=November 25, 2024 }}</ref> | **] founder and civil rights activist ] holds a rally on ], the same day as the inauguration, to honor ]'s legacy and ] the ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4988258-rev-al-sharpton-protests-trump/ | title=Sharpton to hold MLK rally on same day as Trump inauguration | date=November 13, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://afro.com/rev-al-sharpton-protest-inauguration-day/ | title=National Action Network announces 2025 Inauguration Day rally | date=November 25, 2024 }}</ref> | ||
**Trump signs an executive order officially renaming the ] to the Gulf of America and reverting ] to its pre-2015 name, Mount McKinley.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/ |title=Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness}}</ref> | **Trump signs an executive order officially renaming the northernmost portion of the ] to the Gulf of America and reverting ] to its pre-2015 name, Mount McKinley.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/ |title=Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness}}</ref> | ||
**The ] unanimously confirms ] as ], making him the first Cabinet official of Trump's second term to be confirmed by the Senate. Rubio also becomes the first ] to serve as Secretary of State.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5096622-senate-confirms-marco-rubio-secretary/</ref> | **The ] unanimously confirms ] as ], making him the first Cabinet official of Trump's second term to be confirmed by the Senate. Rubio also becomes the first ] to serve as Secretary of State.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5096622-senate-confirms-marco-rubio-secretary/</ref> | ||
**Trump officially creates the ] (DOGE) led by ] aimed at cutting spending of the United States government. DOGE is a temporary organization under the ], not a ]. Within minutes of the announcement, government employee unions, watchdog groups, and public interest organizations sued over this executive order.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-use-one-his-first-executive-orders-create-doge-semafor-reports-2025-01-20/</ref> | **Trump officially creates the ] (DOGE) led by ] aimed at cutting spending of the United States government. DOGE is a temporary organization under the ], not a ]. Within minutes of the announcement, government employee unions, watchdog groups, and public interest organizations sued over this executive order.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-use-one-his-first-executive-orders-create-doge-semafor-reports-2025-01-20/</ref> | ||
**Trump signs an executive order to delay enforcement of the ] ] ] in the United States for 75 days.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/tech/tiktok-future-donald-trump-ban-sale/index.html</ref> | **Trump signs an executive order to delay enforcement of the ] ] ] in the United States for 75 days.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/tech/tiktok-future-donald-trump-ban-sale/index.html</ref> | ||
**Trump signs the ] executive order directing the ].<ref>https://apnews.com/article/trump-paris-agreement-climate-change-788907bb89fe307a964be757313cdfb0</ref> | **Trump signs the ] executive order directing the ].<ref>https://apnews.com/article/trump-paris-agreement-climate-change-788907bb89fe307a964be757313cdfb0</ref> | ||
**Trump signs an executive order directing the ].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-executive-withdrawing-world-health-organization-2025-01-21/</ref> | **Trump signs an executive order directing the ].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-executive-withdrawing-world-health-organization-2025-01-21/</ref> | ||
**Trump signs his first executive orders on ] and ], and also signs an order ending usage of the ] app.<ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/20/nation/donald-trump-executive-orders/</ref> | **Trump signs his first executive orders on ] and ], and also signs an order ending usage of the ] app.<ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/20/nation/donald-trump-executive-orders/</ref> | ||
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**Multiple ] spread by ] erupt in ], prompting evacuation orders.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/21/california-wildfires-san-diego-los-angeles/77844651007/</ref> | **Multiple ]s spread by ] erupt in ], prompting evacuation orders.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/21/california-wildfires-san-diego-los-angeles/77844651007/</ref> | ||
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**Much of ] and the contiguous United States are impacted by a ], killing one person near ], ]. Historic snowfall is expected in the ], and historic ] and ] are expected on the ].<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/weather/winter-storm-south-tuesday-hnk/index.html</ref> | ||
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**Two Americans held in ] are ] for a ] fighter in the United States. The deal is brokered by ] and finalized during the final hours of the outgoing ].<ref>https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-say-2-americans-released-in-prisoner-swap/a-71357642</ref> | ||
**], MGX, ], ], and other partners have announced the launch of ], 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seetharaman |first=Deepa |title=Tech Leaders Pledge Up to $500 Billion in AI Investment in U.S. |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/tech-leaders-pledge-up-to-500-billion-in-ai-investment-in-u-s-da506cd4?mod=tech_lead_pos2 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
**Donald Trump pardons ], the creator of the ]. Ulbricht was serving a ] for charges including conspiracy to commit ], ], and ].<ref>https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-ross-ulbricht-silk-road</ref> | |||
* January 22 – The death toll of a historic winter storm event on the ] rises to 9. {{cvt|8|in|cm}} of snow falls at ] in ], and the statewide snowfall record in ] is broken as over {{cvt|5.5|in|cm}} falls in ].<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/weather/winter-storm-south-tuesday-hnk/index.html</ref> | |||
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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 has been dominated by the January 2025 Southern California wildfires, which have devastated Greater Los Angeles.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President:
- 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
Main article: 2025 United States electionsElections 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.
Events
January
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- January 1
- New Orleans truck attack: At least sixteen people are killed and thirty-five others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack along Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The suspect is killed in the attack.
- Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Tesla 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.
- Ten people are wounded in a shooting at a memorial outside a nightclub in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York.
- 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.
- 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 next January 20.
- Public Domain Day: Works published in 1929, including Popeye and Tintin, enter the public domain in the United States.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- President Joe Biden blocks the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel.
- Surgeon general Vivek Murthy calls for cancer warnings on alcohol.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. As of January 8th, the crisis has not yet been resolved.
- As one of his final acts, President Biden bans new oil and gas drilling along the majority of American coastlines.
- Congress convenes in a joint session for the Electoral College vote count, the final procedure of the 2024 presidential election.
- 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.
- Hussain Sajwani announces a $20 billion investment in the United States data center industry over the coming years.
- 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.
- 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".
- 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".
- 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.
- 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.
- January 8 – The California wildfires spread to more areas.
- January 9
- The state funeral of Jimmy Carter is held in Washington, D.C.
- The Supreme Court rules that Trump can be sentenced.
- 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.
- 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.
- January 10
- Vice President-elect JD Vance resigns from the United States Senate.
- President-elect Donald Trump is sentenced to an "unconditional discharge" for 34 counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money case.
- The United States government imposes a new series of sanctions targeting Russia's energy sector, including the Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas oil companies.
- United States authorities announce an increased $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.
- 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.
- 2025 California wildfires:
- Los Angeles authorities declare a local health emergency due to poor air quality resulting from the ongoing wildfires.
- The evacuation area in the Palisades Fire is expanded.
- Governor Newsom calls for an independent investigation into how firefighters have struggled with water supplies while tackling the wildfires.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- President Biden announces that the United States will remove Cuba from its state sponsors of terrorism list as part of a prisoner release deal.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Two homeless people are killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack in Miami. A 30-year-old suspect is arrested.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Mega Zeph roller coaster at the former Six Flags New Orleans amusement park catches fire.
- 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.
- TikTok goes offline in the United States, hours before a new law banning the platform comes into effect.
- 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.
- 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.
- Trump issues roughly 1,500 pardons and six commutations to people charged in connection to the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
- 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.
- Trump signs an executive order officially renaming the northernmost portion of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and reverting Denali to its pre-2015 name, Mount McKinley.
- 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.
- 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.
- Trump signs an executive order to delay enforcement of the law banning TikTok in the United States for 75 days.
- Trump signs the Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements executive order directing the United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
- Trump signs an executive order directing the United States withdrawal from the World Health Organization.
- Trump signs his first executive orders on gender and immigration, and also signs an order ending usage of the CBP One app.
- Trump revokes Biden's removal of Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list.
- Ohio State wins the NCAA CFP National Championship, beating Notre Dame 34–23.
- January 21
- Multiple brush fires spread by hurricane-force winds erupt in San Diego County, CA, prompting evacuation orders.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- January 22 – The death toll of a historic winter storm event on the Gulf Coast of the United States rises to 9. 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.
Scheduled events
- February 2 – The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, honoring the best in music from September 2023 to August 2024.
- February 8 – The renaming of the Boy Scouts of America organization to Scouting America officially takes effect.
- February 9 – Super Bowl LIX is scheduled to be played at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
- March 2 – The 97th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, honoring the best in films released in 2024.
- March 31 – 2025 MLB season: The Athletics will begin their temporary relocation to West Sacramento, California, that is planned to last until 2028, as part of their ongoing relocation to Las Vegas.
- May 5 – Sean "Diddy" Combs is scheduled to be put on trial for sex trafficking crimes.
- June 15–July 13 – The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will take place in 11 cities across the United States.
- October 14 – Microsoft has set the retirement (end-of-life) date for its Windows 10 operating system on this date. 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.
See also
- 2025 deaths in the United States
- 2025 in American music
- 2025 in American television
- List of American films of 2025
- List of animated feature films of 2025
- 2025–26 NBA season
- 2025–26 NHL season
- 2025 NFL season
- 2025–26 United States network television schedule
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