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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.
With the dominant political story of this year being the 2024 presidential election, much attention has focused on Democratic incumbent Joe Biden's widely expected rematch against Republican Donald Trump, who Biden unseated four years earlier. American politics have also focused on responses to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas which started in the year prior and Trump's civil and criminal trials. The Federal Trade Commission under Lina Khan has also played a proactive role in the economics of America, with Khan blocking many mergers and acquisitions, including a merger of JetBlue and Spirit Airlines.[1]
In business, the American economy is currently undergoing a bull market, with Nvidia in particular, due to demand for its chips in the use of artificial intelligence, becoming the third largest publicly-traded company by market capitalization, and partially enabling major American stock indices such as the S&P 500 to achieve record highs.[2] Nvidia's success story, though was contrasted by a series of safety failures, malfunctions, and crashes involving passenger aircraft designed and assembled by Boeing, among the most notable this year including Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 where a door plug blew out.[3][4]
Incumbents[edit]
Federal government[edit]
- President: Joe Biden (D-Delaware)
- Vice President: Kamala Harris (D-California)
- Chief Justice: John Roberts (New York)
- Speaker of the House: Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana)
- Senate Majority Leader: Chuck Schumer (D-New York)
- Congress: 118th
Elections[edit]
The US general elections will be held on November 5 of this year. In the federal government, the offices up for election are president, vice president, all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, and roughly one third of the Senate. In this year's presidential election, Joe Biden is eligible to run for a second term. With former president Donald Trump's declaration to run for the office again, the election is expected by many[5][6] to be a rematch of the 2020 election. In the Senate, at least seven seats, those of Senators Tom Carper from Delaware, Mike Braun from Indiana, Ben Cardin from Maryland, Debbie Stabenow from Michigan, Bob Menendez from New Jersey, Mitt Romney from Utah, and Joe Manchin from West Virginia, will be open contests; the seat of the late Dianne Feinstein is also expected to be an open contest with Feinstein's immediate successor, Laphonza Butler, expected not to seek a full term.[7][8][9]
Concerning state governments, 11 states and two territories will hold gubernatorial elections, and most states and territories will hold elections for their legislatures. Many major cities, including Baltimore, Las Vegas, Honolulu, Milwaukee, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, and San Francisco will also elect their mayors.
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- January 1
- Public Domain Day: Books, films, and other works published in 1928 enter the public domain. The most notable work entering into the public domain is Steamboat Willie, the earliest version of Mickey Mouse, leading to the announcement of multiple works based on this version of the character.[10][11]
- Four people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a vehicle attack in Rochester, New York.[12]
- January 2 – Harvard University president Claudine Gay announces her resignation following a contentious house hearing on antisemitism and allegations of plagiarism in her earlier academic career.[13]
- January 3 – A series of documents containing the names of associates of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are made available to the public. A majority of those mentioned are found to not be directly involved in any wrongdoing.[14]
- January 4
- Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack: Former Proud Boys member Christopher John Worrell is sentenced to 10 years in prison.[15]
- Perry High School shooting: Two people are killed and six others are injured in a school shooting in Perry, Iowa. The shooter, a 17-year-old-student at the school, committed suicide at the scene.[16] A principal who tried to intervene and was shot later died from his injuries on January 14.[17]
- January 5 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 suffers an uncontrolled decompression after one of the emergency exit doors on the Boeing 737 MAX 9 blows out, resulting in an emergency landing in Portland and the FAA grounding all 737 Max 9s.[18]
- January 7 – Audacy, the largest radio operator in the country, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[19]
- January 8
- Clashes break out at the World Headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Brooklyn, New York City after construction workers for the synagogue leaders attempted to fill in a tunnel that students had illegally dug beneath the building, resulting in the arrest of nine people.[20] The incident causes antisemitic social media posts by far-right and QAnon figures to spread online.[21][22]
- Peregrine Mission One, the first US lunar lander since the Apollo program, is launched at Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States. It later suffers from a fuel leak, making it unable to complete its objective.[23]
- The Michigan Wolverines win against the Washington Huskies by a score of 34–13 in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship for NCAA Division I football at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas .[24]
- January 10 – Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie suspends his 2024 campaign for president.[25]
- January 11
- The New England Patriots fire longtime head coach Bill Belichick after a notably poor season for the team.[26]
- The United States seizes control and later sinks an Iranian dhow, which was transporting supplies to the Houthi movement. The operation resulted in the entire crew of the vessel being captured as well as two US Navy SEALs being lost at sea.[27][28]
- The Texas National Guard seizes a park in the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas in response to the growing Mexico–United States border crisis and does not allow Border Patrol agents in the area as they previously used the park to detain migrants and instead places their own barbed wire and barriers.[29]
- January 12
- Operation Prosperity Guardian: A US-led coalition launches air strikes at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthi's attacks on ships in the Red Sea.[30]
- Heartland Signal leaks a video of Texas Governor Greg Abbott making controversial comments about Texas shooting migrants who cross the Mexico–United States border on a Dana Loesch Show which lead to condemnations from Democratic party members and Mexico.[31][32][33]
- January 13 – Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States: The March on Washington for Gaza takes place on the 100th day since the start of the Israel–Hamas war, the start of South Africa's genocide case against Israel in the ICJ, and a day after the Yemen missile strikes, attracting a crowd believed to be as large as 400,000.[34]
- January 14
- 2023–24 NFL playoffs
- The Detroit Lions win their first postseason game since the 1991–92 playoffs with a 24-23 win against the Los Angeles Rams.[35]
- The Green Bay Packers become the first 7th seed to defeat a 2nd seed in the playoffs since its introduction in the 2020–21 playoffs.[36]
- 2023–24 NFL playoffs
- January 15 – 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries: Ohio businessman Vivek Ramaswamy ends his presidential campaign after securing only 7.7% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses.[37] Former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson ends his campaign the next day after receiving less than 1% of the vote in the same.[38]
- January 16 – Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases: A new lawsuit is filed by Kellye Croft against Madison Square Garden Entertainment chairman James L. Dolan, accusing him of pressuring her into unwanted sex back in 2014. She also files a lawsuit against American former film producer Harvey Weinstein, accusing him of sexually assaulting her.[39]
- January 18 – The United States Congress approves a stopgap bill to extend the deadline for government funding to March 2024, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, which would have begun at midnight, January 19.[40]
- January 19 – Alec Baldwin is indicted for involuntary manslaughter after an accidental shooting on the set of Rust in 2021 which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.[41]
- January 20 – At least 60 people are killed across the country after two weeks of winter storms that caused dangerous road conditions and widespread power outages that could take weeks to fix.[42]
- January 21
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries: Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis suspends his campaign for President after a poor showing in Iowa and waning poll numbers in New Hampshire.[43]
- A series of shootings take place around Joliet, Illinois, killing eight and injuring one. Two days later, the perpetrator takes his own life after being confronted by law enforcement in Natalia, Texas.[44]
- January 24 – During the Standoff at Eagle Pass, part of the broader Mexico–United States border crisis, the Supreme Court rules against Texas for placing barbed wire at the border with Mexico. In response, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces that his state would not be following the orders of the court. At least 23 states announce their allegiance to Texas, including Florida, who has sent their own National Guard unit to aid the Texas National Guard and Texas Rangers.[45]
- January 25
- Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith is executed in the Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama, using nitrogen hypoxia, the first death row inmate to die via this method.[46]
- The United States Department of Commerce issues a $15 million bounty for information on Hossein Hatefi Ardakani, an Iranian businessman accused of procuring parts for drones assembled by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that were later sold to Russia.[47]
- January 26
- In E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump, the jury awards Carroll $83.3 million after finding the defendant guilty of defamation.[48]
- The Justice Department finds former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo liable for sexual harassment.[49]
- January 27 – The US suspends UNRWA funds after claims come out that twelve staff members took part in the October 7 attacks in 2023, which included American victims.[50]
- January 28 – Tower 22 drone attack – An Iranian backed militant group launches a drone attack on a US base in Jordan, killing three and wounding forty-seven. The US launches several missiles at Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the drone attack four days later.
February[edit]
- February 1
- Israel–Hamas war: The US imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers over the violence in West Bank.[51]
- Three people are killed when a Beechcraft Bonanza V35 crashes into a waterfront house in Clearwater, Florida. Two of the casualties are on the ground while the third is the pilot. Three other houses are damaged by a fire which results from the crash.[52]
- The Oregon Supreme Court upholds Ballot Measure 113 by banning ten of the twelve Republican members of the Oregon Senate for refusing to attend six weeks worth of legislative sessions in order to stall Democratic legislation.[53]
- February 4 – The schedule for the 2026 FIFA World Cup which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico is released. A total of 78 games will be played in the US, including the final.[54]
- February 6
- Social media network Bluesky, seen as a potential rival to X, is opened for public registrations, dropping its previous invite-only format.[55]
- Presidential immunity in the United States: A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that former president Donald Trump lacks broad immunity from prosecution for crimes committed while in office.[56]
- Aftermath of the Oxford High School shooting: Jennifer Crumbley, mother of convicted Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, is found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter, becoming the first parent in the nation's history to be held liable for their child's school shooting.[57]
- February 7
- Self-help author Marianne Williamson ends her presidential campaign after losing three Democratic primaries to President Biden.[58]
- 2024 East Lansdowne shooting: At least six members of a family are presumed dead in a house fire in East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania following a shooting which injured two police officers.[59]
- February 8
- Five US Marines are found dead two days after the CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter they were in crashed in the mountains outside of San Diego during a routine training flight from Creech Air Force Base to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.[60]
- Joe Biden classified documents incident: Special counsel Robert K. Hur recommends that no charges be brought against President Biden, though notes in Hur's report regarding Biden's failure to recall events prompts controversy regarding his age and memory.[61]
- Tucker Carlson conducts The Vladimir Putin Interview in Moscow, where Vladimir Putin shares his reasons for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[62] The interview is accused of promoting Russian disinformation and pro-war propaganda.[63]
- Sixteen-year-old non-binary Oklahoma student Nex Benedict dies after an incident stemming from repeated bullying due to their gender identity in their high school. This results in backlash towards Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction who has defended Oklahoma's anti-LGBT policies, and calls to investigate Nex's death as a hate crime.[64][65][66][67]
- February 9
- Six people, including CEO of Access Bank Herbert Wigwe and former chair of the Nigerian Exchange Group Abimbola Ogunbanjo, are killed when their helicopter crashes near Baker, California en route to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII.[68]
- Hop-A-Jet Flight 823 suffers a dual engine failure en route from Columbus, Ohio to Naples, Florida and attempts to land on Interstate 75, but this destroys the aircraft and kills the two pilots, though the two passengers and one flight attendant survive.[69]
- February 11 – The Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers 25–22 in overtime at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the second Super Bowl to go into overtime after Super Bowl LI. The Chiefs are the first repeat champions since the New England Patriots in 2004.[70]
- February 12 – A shooting takes place on a 4 Train and at Mount Eden Avenue station in The Bronx, New York City, killing one and injuring five.[71][72]
- February 13
- Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is impeached by the House of Representatives.[73]
- 2024 New York's 3rd congressional district special election: Residents of New York's 3rd congressional district go to the polls to elect a successor to George Santos who was expelled last year on fraud charges. Democrat Tom Suozzi defeats Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip.[74]
- February 14 – 2024 Kansas City parade shooting: One person is killed and at least nine are injured after a mass shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII championship parade at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Two armed suspects were arrested at the scene.[75]
- February 15
- The US launches six missile-detecting satellites into orbit in response to a "serious national security threat" related to Russia wanting to implement its nuclear capabilities in outer space.[76][77]
- Odysseus, the first US lunar lander since the unsuccessful Peregrine Mission One, is launched at the Kennedy Space Center Florida, United States.[78]
- February 16
- New York civil investigation of The Trump Organization: Judge Arthur Engoron orders Trump and his companies to pay $355 million ($464 million after interest is added) as a result of being found liable for several counts of fraud.[79] Additionally, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric are ordered to each pay $4 million and former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg is ordered to pay $1 million.[80] Ten days later, Trump files an appeal of the judge's holding in the case.[81]
- An official committee which was appointed to represent the plaintiffs in the Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones unanimously votes to liquidate the far right-wing conspiracy theorist's assets.[82]
- February 17 – Former congressman George Santos sues late night host Jimmy Kimmel for $750,000 on charges of copyright infringement, fraud, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment after Kimmel purchased Cameo videos from Santos through fake names then used them on his show.[83]
- February 18 – 2024 Burnsville shooting: Police and medics were fired upon from a home while responding to a domestic incident in Burnsville, Minnesota. Two officers and a firefighter were killed while another officer suffered a gunshot wound.[84] After opening fire on first responders, the shooter fatally shot himself.[85]
- February 19 – The 2024 Daytona 500 is held, with William Byron of Axalta's racing team winning.[86]
- February 20 – Three passengers who were on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 sue Boeing for $1 billion for negligence, claiming the incident caused them physical injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.[87]
- February 21
- Biden cancels another $1.2 billion of student loan debts for nearly 153,000 people.[88]
- Capital One announces an agreement to acquire Discover Financial and its namesake credit card network for nearly $35 billion.[89]
- LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine: The Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law.[90]
- A ransomware attack cripples Change Healthcare's payment system, disrupting insurance claims and making it difficult for patients to get the prescription medicine that they need.[91][92][93]
- February 22
- AT&T suffers from network outages impacting around 71,000 customers, which also affect Verizon and T-Mobile to a smaller degree. The outages were acknowledged but no reason was given for their occurrence.[94] Two days later, AT&T announced affected customers will be credited $5 on their next bill, the "average cost of a full day of service".[95]
- Houston-based Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander becomes the first commercial vehicle to land on the Moon.[96]
- Augusta University student Laken Riley is murdered while out on a jog by Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan citizen who entered illegally in 2022. Her murder sparks media attention and debates about immigration.[97][98]
- February 23
- The Biden administration announces over 500 new sanctions on Russian financial institutions, military institutions, sanctions evasion, energy production, and prison officials linked to the death of Alexei Navalny.[99]
- A high-altitude balloon is detected over Utah, prompting the deployment of fighter aircraft to intercept the object. The origin and purpose of the balloon are unknown, according to US officials.[100]
- February 25 – Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States: An Air Force member, identified as Aaron Bushnell, commits self-immolation in front of the Embassy of Israel in DC, as a protest against American support of Israel's war against Hamas. He later died of his injuries.[101]
- February 26 – The body of Mahogany Jackson is discovered in an illegal dump site in Birmingham, Alabama.[102]
- February 27 – The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle burns almost 200,000 acres, resulting in a state of emergency for the area.[103]
- February 28 – Mitch McConnell announces that he will step down as Senate Republican leader in January 2025. He's been serving as the Senate Republican leader since 2007.[104]
March[edit]
- March 1 – Caitlin Clark breaks the all-time NCAA Division I college basketball career scoring record that had been held by Pete Maravich with 3,685 points.[105]
- March 2 – United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war: The United States military announces plans to begin airdropping humanitarian aid into Gaza.[106]
- March 4
- In Trump v. Anderson, the US Supreme Court unanimously rules that states can not keep presidential candidates off the ballot, overturning the Colorado Supreme Court's decision in Anderson v. Griswold.[107]
- 2022–2023 Pentagon document leaks: Jack Teixeira, a 22-year-old former member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, pleads guilty to leaking classified Defense Department documents on his Discord server and is sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison.[108]
- A Piper PA-32A crashes on I-40 while attempting to land at John C. Tune Airport in Nashville after suffering a mechanical failure. All five passengers are killed on board.[109]
- March 5
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues a new rule capping late fees for credit cards at $8, in accordance with Biden's Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.[110]
- Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signs a bill that adds nitrogen gas and electrocution as execution methods.[111][112]
- March 6 – 2024 United States presidential election: Former UN Ambassador and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley suspends her 2024 campaign for President after a poor showing on Super Tuesday, leaving Trump the presumptive Republican nominee.[113] Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips also ends his campaign for the Democratic nomination after losing several primaries to President Biden.[114]
- March 7 – President Biden delivers his third State of the Union Address.[115]
- March 8
- A highway crash near Dewhurst, Wisconsin involving a van and a semi-tractor kills nine people and injures one.[116]
- A UH-72 Lakota helicopter crashes while conducting an aviation operation 41 miles west of McAllen, Texas, killing one border patrol agent and two National Guard soldiers and injuring another.[117]
- Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty in a Manhattan court of conspiring with drug traffickers and enabling the transportation of over 400 tons of cocaine from Honduras to the US.[118][119]
- March 9 – Utah adopts its new state flag, 113 years after the adoption of its former flag.[120]
- March 10
- Five people are killed during a mass stabbing and murder–suicide in Manoa, Honolulu.[121]
- An IAI 1125 Astra SP crashes while on approach to Ingalls Field Airport in Hot Springs, Virginia. All five people onboard are killed.[122]
- March 13
- The United States deploys a Marine Corps Security Force Regiment platoon to secure the U.S. embassy complex in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and evacuate embassy staff and other Americans citizens amid the ongoing gang war crisis in the country.[123]
- Restrictions on TikTok in the United States: The United States House of Representatives passes a bill that would force Chinese internet technology company ByteDance to sell the popular social media platform TikTok to an American company, or be banned in six months.[124]
- March 14
- SpaceX successfully launches the first Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, at the Starbase launch site in Boca Chica, Texas after two previous failed attempts. However, the vehicle is lost during reentry.[125]
- Aftermath of the Oxford High School shooting: James Crumbley, father of convicted Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, is found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter. He is the first father in the nation to be found responsible for his child's school shooting and second parent overall; his wife Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty of the same charges the previous month.[126]
- March 15 – At least three people are killed in Ohio after tornadoes tear through the state.[127]
- March 16 – A gunman kills three people in Falls Township, Pennsylvania and escapes in a stolen car. The suspect subsequently travels to Trenton, New Jersey, where he barricades himself with several hostages.[128]
- March 18 – Jo-Ann Stores files for chapter 11 bankruptcy after accumulating over $1 billion in debt (possibly as much as $10 billion).[129]
- March 19
- In United States v. Texas, the Supreme Court declines to block a Texas Senate bill allowing officials to arrest and deport migrants.[130][131]
- Former Mississippi sheriff's deputy Hunter Edward is sentenced to 20-year term of imprisonment for his role in torturing two African-American men in January 2023.[132]
- March 20 – The Biden administration announces new vehicle emission standards for 2027–2032, as it pushes for wider adoption of hybrid and electric vehicles.[133][134]
- March 21 – A man identified as Richard Slayma receives a kidney from a genetically engineered pig at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. This medical breakthrough could see the end of dialysis treatment.[135]
- March 25
- New York civil investigation of The Trump Organization: The New York Court of Appeals gives Trump ten days to pay at least $175 million of the $464 million he owes after being found guilty of multiple counts of fraud in February.[136]
- Israel–United States relations: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels a planned visit to the United States in response to the United States abstaining on a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by Hamas.[137]
- Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun announces he will step down at the end of the year after several incidents involving its planes in the past six years.[138]
- March 26
- The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore partially collapses after the large Singaporean cargo ship MV Dali collides with it.[139] Six people are reported missing and presumed dead.[140][141]
- The Supreme Court announces that it will hear oral arguments on whether to restrict access to mifepristone, a commonly-used abortion pill.[142]
- The United Kingdom's High Court of Justice grants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a stay of extradition to the United States, and demands that the United States not consider the death penalty against Assange if he is sent to the United States to face espionage charges.[143]
- March 27 – 2024 Rockford stabbings: Four people are killed and seven others are injured during a mass stabbing in Rockford, Illinois.[144]
- March 28
- In United States v. Bankman-Fried, the defendant is sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of several counts of wire fraud and money laundering after he scammed $8 billion from investors via his company FTX.[145]
- A bill that would have legalized recreational cannabis sales in Virginia is vetoed by governor Glenn Youngkin.[146]
- March 31 – Millions of AT&T customers are affected by a data breach that leaked onto the dark web.[147]
April[edit]
- April 1 – Jacob Flickinger, a dual American-Canadian World Central Kitchen aid worker is killed by an Israeli drone strike alongside six other volunteers while delivering aid to the Gaza Strip amid its humanitarian crisis.[148] The attack sparks outrage from the White House and prompts more criticism towards aid worker casualties stemming from Israel's operations.[149]
- April 2 – A tornado outbreak affects 35 million people in areas of central Kentucky, southern Ohio, West Virginia, and southern Indiana, causing widespread property damage and leaving 275,000 people without power.[150]
- April 3 – The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add $400 million to the local economy.[151]
- April 4
- Bird flu spreads to cattle herds in at least six U.S. states, while a dairy farm worker is infected in Texas, becoming the second person to ever become infected with the virus in the United States.[152]
- Researchers at the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument in Arizona release the largest 3D map of the universe featuring more than six million galaxies. Using this map, they are able to measure the acceleration of the expansion rate of the universe with unprecedented accuracy, detecting hints that it has been changing over time.[153][154]
- April 5
- A magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes New Jersey, causing tremors throughout the East Coast.[155]
- Commerce, California based 99 Cents Only Stores begins closing all of its 371 stores in the United States.[156]
Scheduled events[edit]
- April 8 – A total solar eclipse will be viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.[157]
- April 15 – Trump's New York City criminal trial regarding hush money payments to Stormy Daniels over an alleged affair is set to begin.[158]
- May 10 – Trump will stand trial in the classified documents case in Miami.[159]
- May 11 – Minnesota will adopt its new state flag, to coincide with the anniversary of its date of statehood.[160]
- July 15–18 – The 2024 Republican National Convention will be held at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.[161]
- August 19–22 – The 2024 Democratic National Convention will be held at the United Center in Chicago.[161]
- November 5 – The 2024 United States presidential election will take place.[161]
Deaths[edit]
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