2017 in the United States#July

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Events in the year 2017 in the United States.

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Incumbents

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::Barack Obama (D-Illinois) (until January 20)

::Donald Trump (R-New York) (starting January 20)

::Joe Biden (D-Delaware) (until January 20)

::Mike Pence (R-Indiana) (starting January 20)

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Events

=January=

File:Donald Trump official portrait.jpg becomes the 45th U.S. president]]

File:Mike Pence official Vice Presidential portrait.jpg becomes the 48th U.S. vice president]]

  • January 1 – Nevada's ballot initiative legalizing recreational marijuana officially goes into effect.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/marijuana-states-legalized-weed-2016-11/#4-maine-4 |work=Business Insider |title=Several states just legalized recreational marijuana |date=November 9, 2016 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}
  • January 3
  • Four African-American individuals kidnap a mentally disabled white man in Chicago, Illinois and livestream their torture of him on Facebook, shouting "Fuck Trump" and "Fuck white people" while doing so, prompting widespread reactions on social media. The four suspects are later arrested and charged with a hate crime.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38525549 |publisher=BBC News |title=Four charged with hate crime for Chicago Facebook Live attack |date=January 7, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}
  • The 115th United States Congress begins its first session.
  • January 4
  • A Long Island Railroad passenger train collides with buffer stops at Atlantic Terminal in New York City, injuring 103 people.{{cite web |title=Officials: More than 100 hurt in LIRR train derailment |website=Newsday |date=January 4, 2017 |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/officials-lirr-train-derailment-at-atlantic-terminal-1.12860163 |access-date=January 4, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/lirr-train-derails-brooklyn-atlantic-terminal-article-1.2934105|title=LIRR train derails, injuring 103 people in Brooklyn at Atlantic Terminal|last=McLaughlin|first=Aidan|work=New York Daily News|access-date=January 4, 2017}}
  • NASA selects Lucy and Psyche as the 13th and 14th missions of the Discovery Program, the result of a two-year long competition.{{cite journal|last1=Witze|first1=Alexandra|title=NASA sets sights on asteroid exploration|url=http://www.nature.com/news/nasa-sets-sights-on-asteroid-exploration-1.21234|journal=Nature|publisher=Nature Publishing Group|access-date=January 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105003714/http://www.nature.com/news/nasa-sets-sights-on-asteroid-exploration-1.21234|archive-date=January 5, 2017|date=January 4, 2017|doi=10.1038/nature.2016.21234|s2cid=132998003}}
  • January 6
  • After briefing President Barack Obama, the United States Senate, and President-elect Donald Trump, the United States Intelligence Community releases a declassified version of its investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. The report asserts that Russia carried out a massive cyber operation on orders from President Vladimir Putin to influence the election in favor of Trump in a multipronged attack consisting of hacking the Democratic National Committee, use of social media and Internet trolls to spread misinformation, and open propaganda on Russian state media outlets. Trump asserts that the outcome of the election was not affected by the interference, but nonetheless announces his intention to appoint a team to combat international cyber attacks within his first 90 days in office.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/313108-declassified-report-putin-ordered-election-interference-to-help/ |work=The Hill |title=Declassified report: Putin ordered election interference to help Trump |date=January 6, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38538002 |publisher=BBC News |title=US election hacking: Putin 'sought to help' Trump |date=January 7, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-cyber-statement-idUSKBN14Q2AA?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews |work=Reuters |title=Trump to order anti-hacking plan within 90 days of taking office: statement |date=January 6, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}
  • A gunman opens fire at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida, killing five people and injuring an additional six, with another 36 people sustaining injuries in the ensuing panic on the tarmac. The suspect was placed in custody after surrendering to police.{{cite web |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fort-lauderdale-hollywood-airport-shooting/fl-fort-lauderdale-airport-shooting-20170106-story.html |publisher=Sun-Sentinel |title=Esteban Santiago: Details emerge of suspect in airport shooting |date=January 6, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120033009/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fort-lauderdale-hollywood-airport-shooting/fl-fort-lauderdale-airport-shooting-20170106-story.html |url-status=dead }}
  • The 115th United States Congress confirms the Electoral College victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-idUSKBN14Q25R |work=Reuters |title=U.S. Congress certifies Trump's Electoral College victory |date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}
  • January 8
  • The 74th Golden Globe Awards are held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. La La Land breaks the record for most awards given to a single film with seven wins out of seven nominations, including the award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Moonlight wins the award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. The Crown wins the award for Best Drama Series and Atlanta wins Best Comedy Series. Particular attention is brought to actress Meryl Streep's acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, in which she criticizes President-elect Donald Trump for what she perceived as his indecency and demonizing of the press and immigrants during his campaign. Trump responded on Twitter, calling Streep "overrated" and denying her allegations that he mocked a disabled reporter.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/08/golden-globes-2017-la-la-land-moonlight-meryl-streep |work=The Guardian |title=La La Land wins record seven Golden Globes as Moonlight takes best drama |date=January 9, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/09/donald-trump-calls-meryl-streep-over-rated-golden-globes-twitter |work=The Guardian |title=Donald Trump calls Meryl Streep 'over-rated' after Golden Globes speech |date=January 9, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}
  • SeaWorld San Diego hosts its final orca performance after years of criticism of their keeping killer whales in captivity.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38547509/seaworld-san-diego-hosts-final-one-ocean-orca-show-on-sunday |publisher=BBC News |title=SeaWorld San Diego hosts final One Ocean orca show on Sunday |date=January 7, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}
  • January 9
  • Mike Pence's term as Governor of Indiana ends, 11 days before he becomes Vice President of the United States.
  • Eric Holcomb is inaugurated as the 51st governor of Indiana at the State House in Indianapolis.
  • January 10
  • Dylann Roof, convicted perpetrator of the 2015 Charleston church shooting, is sentenced to death. He is the first person in the US to face execution for federal hate crime charges.{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/dylann-roof-sentenced-to-death-for-church-slayings-233433 |publisher=Politico |title=Dylann Roof sentenced to death for killing 9 church members |date=January 10, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}
  • Outgoing President Barack Obama delivers his farewell speech at McCormick Place in his hometown of Chicago.{{cite news |last1=Parsons |first1=Christi |title=President Obama confirms farewell address in Chicago |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-obama-confirms-farewell-address-in-chicago-20170102-story.html |access-date=January 3, 2017 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=January 2, 2017}}
  • January 11 – Donald Trump holds his first press conference since being elected president, wherein he derides the American news media for running what he considers to be false stories against him, particularly a January 10 CNN report stating that classified documents briefed to President Trump and Barack Obama contained presently unsubstantiated allegations that Russian operatives possess "compromising personal and financial information" about Trump that could be used as blackmail.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/highlights-from-donald-trumps-press-conference/ |work=CBS News |title=Highlights from Donald Trump's press conference |date=January 11, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html |publisher=CNN |title=Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him |date=January 10, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/11/trump-russia-report-opposition-research-john-mccain |title=The story of the Trump dossier: secret sources, an airport rendezvous, and John McCain |website=TheGuardian.com |date=January 11, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2017}}
  • The Playboy Mansion is put up for sale however the terms of the sale state that the company's founder Hugh Hefner must live there until he dies.
  • January 12
  • Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz launches an investigation into the conduct of the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, specifically the decision of FBI Director James Comey to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server less than two weeks before the 2016 presidential election.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38603294 |publisher=BBC News |title=US watchdog to probe FBI Clinton email actions |date=January 12, 2017 |access-date=January 13, 2017}}
  • As an act of reassurance to NATO allies, the Obama administration deploys over 3,000 American troops to Poland to ensure protection from any possible future aggression from Russia, who subsequently call the act a threat to their national security.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38592448?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central |publisher=BBC News |title=US tanks and troops in Poland a threat, Russia says |date=January 12, 2017 |access-date=January 13, 2017}}
  • Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey orders ExxonMobil to hand over documents related to a state investigation into whether the company misled the public about the impact of fossil fuels on global climate.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/0fa4a9cf5ca940c58653ef23ba9e51dd/Judge:-Exxon-Mobil-must-give-documents-to-attorney-general |work=Associated Press News |title=Judge: Exxon Mobil must give documents to attorney general |date=January 12, 2017 |access-date=January 13, 2017}}
  • January 13 – The Justice Department concludes its 13-month investigation into the Chicago Police Department and finds that the department regularly violated citizens' civil rights through the use of excessive force, particularly toward African-American and Latino individuals.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/us/chicago-police-justice-department-report.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 |work=The New York Times |title=Chicago Police Routinely Trampled on Civil Rights, Justice Dept. Says |date=January 13, 2017 |access-date=January 13, 2017}}
  • January 14 – SpaceX launches its first Falcon 9 rocket since a vehicle exploded in September 2016, launching from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38613275 |publisher=BBC News |title=SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch |date=January 14, 2017 |access-date=January 16, 2017}}
  • January 17 – Three days before leaving office, President Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to WikiLeaks.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38659068 |publisher=BBC News |title=Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence |date=January 17, 2017 |access-date=January 17, 2017}}
  • January 19
  • Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo is extradited to the United States to await trial.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/world/el-chapo-extradited-mexico.html |work=The New York Times |title=El Chapo, Mexican Drug Kingpin, Is Extradited to the U.S. |date=January 19, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2017}}
  • Outgoing President Obama commutes the sentences of 330 prisoners, most of them nonviolent drug offenders. It is the highest number of commutations ever given in a single day by a US president.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/19/politics/obama-commutes-330-sentences-most-in-single-day/ |publisher=CNN |title=Obama commutes 330 sentences, most in a single day |date=January 20, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}
  • January 20 – Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States,{{cite web|last1=Murse|first1=Tom|title=Obama's Last Day as President: When Barack Obama's Second Term Ends|url=http://uspolitics.about.com/od/CampaignsElections/a/Obamas-Last-Day-As-President.htm|website=about.com|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=November 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119042531/http://uspolitics.about.com/od/CampaignsElections/a/Obamas-Last-Day-As-President.htm|url-status=dead}} and Mike Pence is sworn in as the 48th vice president.
  • January 21 – 2.9 million people attend the Women's March in opposition to the inauguration of Donald Trump, making it the single biggest protest in U.S. history.{{cite web|url=http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-biggest-protest-history-estimated-2-4-million-march.html |publisher=Politicus USA |title=Women's March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March |date=January 21, 2017 |access-date=January 22, 2017}}
  • January 23
  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order withdrawing the US from the controversial trade pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/politics/trans-pacific-partnership-trade-deal-withdrawal-trumps-first-executive-action-monday-sources-say/index.html |publisher=CNN |title=Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal withdrawal Trump's first executive action on Monday |date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}
  • President Trump issues an executive order freezing hiring to the federal government, excluding the military.{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-issues-executive-order-freezing-hiring-for-federal-workforce-234037 |work=Politico |title=Trump issues executive order freezing hiring for federal workforce |date=January 23, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}
  • January 24
  • President Trump signs a series of presidential memorandums allowing the federal government to move forward with the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL pipeline.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/us/politics/keystone-dakota-pipeline-trump.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0 |title=Trump Revives Keystone Pipeline Rejected by Obama |work=The New York Times |date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}
  • The Trump administration freezes all new research grants and contracts for the Environmental Protection Agency and temporarily bars its employees from posting press releases or updates to the agency's social media accounts and from speaking to the press.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/epa-freeze-trump-2017-1?r=UK&IR=T |work=Business Insider |title=EPA goes silent under Trump, report says |date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/4645559/donald-trump-epa-social-media-blackout/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124194138/http://time.com/4645559/donald-trump-epa-social-media-blackout/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2017 |magazine=Time |title=EPA: White House Freezes Social Media Temporarily |date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}
  • The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight. La La Land ties with Titanic (1997) and All About Eve (1950) for the most Oscar nominations for a single film, with fourteen nominations.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/movies/oscar-nominations-2017.html |work=The New York Times |title=Oscar Nominations 2017: 14 for 'La La Land', 6 for Black Actors |date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}
  • January 25
  • President Trump signs a set of executive orders directing the US Department of Homeland Security to use existing funds to begin construction on a wall on the U.S.–Mexico border and putting an end to the longstanding catch and release policy in an effort toward swifter deportations of illegal immigrants.{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/donald-trump-immigration-234142 |publisher=Politico |title=Trump signs orders on border wall, immigration crackdown |date=January 25, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches 20,000 points for the first time ever.{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-cracks-20000-milestone-intraday-for-the-first-time-2017-01-25 |publisher=Market Watch |title=Dow cracks 20,000 for the first time ever |date=January 25, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}
  • January 26 – A 2007 interview is released in which Carolyn Bryant, for whom African-American teenager Emmett Till was accused of making verbal and physical advances on, leading to his lynching death in 1955, admits that she fabricated that aspect of her testimony against Till.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/how-author-timothy-tyson-found-the-woman-at-the-center-of-the-emmett-till-case |magazine=Vanity Fair |title=How Author Timothy Tyson Found the Woman at the Center of the Emmett Till Case |date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}
  • January 27 –
  • President Trump signs an executive order banning the entry of refugees of the Syrian Civil War into the United States indefinitely, and banning the entry of all nationals, regardless of visa status, of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen to the US for 90 days. The order prompts international criticism, a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union, the detainment of legal Muslim travelers at several international airports, and Iran announcing a ban on entry of US citizens into the country until the ban is lifted.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38781973 |publisher=BBC News |title=Trump's refugee and travel suspension: world reacts |date=January 28, 2017 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/316676-legal-groups-file-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-amid-refugee/ |work=The Hill |title=ACLU sues White House over immigration ban |date=January 28, 2017 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-prompting-legal-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-order.html |work=The New York Times |title=Trump's Order Blocks Immigrants at Airports, Stoking Fear Around Globe |date=January 28, 2017 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/middleeast/iran-will-ban-us-citizens/ |publisher=CNN |title=Iran to ban US citizens in response to Trump's immigration order |date=January 28, 2017 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}
  • Vice President Mike Pence attends and speaks at the March for Life, becoming the first vice president and the then highest-ranking federal official to do so.{{cite web | last1=Gaudiano | first1=Nicole | title=At Anti-Abortion Rally, Mike Pence is a Beacon of Hope |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/27/anti-abortion-rally-mike-pence-beacon-hope/97151584/ | date=January 27, 2017 | work=USA Today | access-date=January 27, 2017}}{{cite web | last1=Fredericks | first1=Bob | title=Mike Pence Makes History by Rallying with Pro-Life Marchers |url=https://nypost.com/2017/01/27/mike-pence-will-make-history-by-rallying-with-pro-life-marchers/ | date=January 27, 2017 | work=New York Post | access-date=January 27, 2017}}
  • January 30 – President Trump fires acting United States Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructs the Justice Department to not carry out Trump's recent executive order on refugees and immigrants.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |title=Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him |date=January 30, 2017 |access-date=February 3, 2017}}
  • January 31 – President Trump nominates federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court left by the death of Antonin Scalia in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-picks-colo-appeals-court-judge-neil-gorsuch-for-supreme-court/2017/01/31/2b08a226-e55e-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Trump picks Colo. appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=February 3, 2017}}

=February=

  • February 1 – The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General office opens an investigation into the implementation of Executive Order 13769.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/317610-dhs-watchdog-to-probe-implementation-of-refugee-order/ |work=The Hill |title=DHS watchdog to investigate rollout of Trump's immigration order |date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=February 3, 2017}}
  • February 3
  • The Trump administration enacts new sanctions against 25 entities in Iran in retaliation for their recent ballistic missile test.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/treasury-department-announcing-sanctions-against-iran-friday-morning/ |publisher=CNN |title=Treasury Department announcing sanctions against Iran Friday morning |date=February 3, 2017 |access-date=February 3, 2017}}
  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order to review and eventually scale back the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act put in place after the Great Recession.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38858009 |publisher=BBC News |title=Trump orders review that could relax Dodd-Frank bank rules |date=February 3, 2017 |access-date=February 3, 2017}}
  • Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson secures a nationwide temporary restraining order on President Trump's immigration ban from judge James Robart, calling it unlawful and unconstitutional.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38866749 |publisher=BBC News |title=Trump travel ban: 'President must honour ruling' |date=February 4, 2017 |access-date=February 4, 2017}}
  • February 5 – In Super Bowl LI, the New England Patriots defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34–28 in the first overtime game in the game's history.{{cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Benjamin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/sports/super-bowl-score-patriots-falcons.html?_r=1 |title=Here's How the Patriots Won Their Fifth Super Bowl |work=The New York Times |date=February 5, 2017 |access-date=February 8, 2017}}
  • February 7
  • Betsy DeVos is confirmed as the new US Secretary of Education by the United States Senate in a 51–50 vote, with Vice President Mike Pence casting the tiebreaker vote. It is the first time in Senate history that a vice president has done so for a Cabinet nominee confirmation.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/07/513739920/betsy-devos-confirmed-as-education-secretary|title=Betsy DeVos Confirmed As Education Secretary|newspaper=NPR.org|date=February 7, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/us/politics/betsy-devos-education-secretary-confirmed.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=64887255&pgtype=Homepage |work=The New York Times |title=Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary; Pence Breaks Tie |date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=February 7, 2017}}
  • A tornado impacts New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving approximately 10,000 homes without electricity.{{cite web |last=Rice |first=Doyle |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/02/07/tornadoes-louisiana/97595738/ |title=Tornadoes rip through New Orleans area, decimating homes and neighborhoods|date=February 7, 2017 |work=USA TODAY |access-date=February 8, 2017}}
  • February 12
  • Nearly 200,000 people are evacuated around Oroville, California, and surrounding areas due to an emergency spillway failure at Oroville Dam.
  • The annual 59th Grammy Awards are held in the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
  • February 14 – It is reported that President Trump's election campaign aides and other associates had repeated contacts with Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election.{{cite web |last=Rice |first=Doyle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/russia-intelligence-communications-trump.html |title=Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence|date=February 14, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}}
  • February 17 – President Donald Trump visits the Boeing South Carolina facility to see the first 787–10 Dreamliner built.{{cite news|url=http://www.postandcourier.com/news/president-trump-coming-to-north-charleston-friday-for-boeing-/article_3145bd44-f2ca-11e6-bc56-03ca8d236103.html|title=President Trump coming to North Charleston Friday for Boeing 787–10 roll-out|last=Kropf|first=Schuyler|date=February 14, 2017|agency=The Post and Courier|access-date=February 16, 2017}}
  • February 22
  • NASA announces that TRAPPIST-1, a star system 39 light years away, has been found to contain seven Earth-sized planets. At least three are in the habitable zone, but all seven have the potential to support liquid water.{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=7 Earth-Size Planets Identified in Orbit Around a Dwarf Star |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/science/trappist-1-exoplanets-nasa.html |date=February 22, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 22, 2017}}
  • An Indian engineer is shot dead and another injured in Olathe, Kansas, in an apparent hate crime.
  • February 23 – Police forcibly evict all remaining Dakota Access Pipeline protesters, arresting thirty-three people.{{cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Julia Carrie|author-link=Julia Carrie Wong |title=Police remove last Standing Rock protesters in military-style takeover|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/23/dakota-access-pipeline-camp-cleared-standing-rock|access-date=February 23, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 23, 2017}}
  • February 25 – Democrat Stephanie Hansen wins a special election, ensuring her party retains its 44-year control of the Delaware Senate. Democrats across the country, motivated by antipathy to Trump's presidency, raised over a million dollars for her campaign, a record amount for an election to the Delaware legislature and any special election in the state. Former Vice President Joseph Biden also went door-to-door with her.{{cite news|last1=Murray|first1=Molly|last2=Albright|first2=Matthew|title=Hansen wins, preserves Democrats' control of Senate|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/25/senate-district-10-race-draws-crowd-complaints/98375166/|newspaper=News Journal|date=February 25, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2017}}
  • February 26
  • Kurt Busch wins the Daytona 500 in the first race for NASCAR's newest race format.
  • The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight winning Best Picture. Additionally, Damien Chazelle wins Best Director and Emma Stone wins Best Actress for La La Land, and Casey Affleck wins Best Actor for Manchester by the Sea. La La Land wins six awards out of a record-tying 14 nominations. The telecast garners 33 million viewers.{{cite news |date=February 27, 2017 |title=Oscars winners 2017: The full list |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38716725 |work=BBC|access-date=August 17, 2017}}
  • In an embarrassing gaffe, La La Land is thought to be the winner of the Oscar for Best Picture, before the envelope is shown to reveal Moonlight as the actual winner.

=March=

  • March 2 – President Trump visits the aircraft carrier, the {{USS|Gerald R. Ford}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/politics/donald-trump-aircraft-carrier-defense-funding/index.html|title=Trump visits aircraft carrier to push military agenda|author=Stephen Collinson|website=CNN|date=March 2, 2017|access-date=March 10, 2017}}
  • March 3 - Three women accuse That 70's Show actor Danny Masterson of sexually assaulting them between 2001 and 2003 and claim a cover-up by the Church of Scientology, prompting an investigation by Los Angeles Police Department.
  • March 6 - President Trump issues Executive Order 13780, replacing Executive Order 13769. This new order removes Iraq from the list of banned countries.
  • March 15
  • The U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest rates from 0.75 to 1.0%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/15/us-federal-reserve-raises-interest-rates-to-1|title=US Federal Reserve raises interest rates to 1% in bid to hold off inflation |website=The Guardian|date=March 15, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2017}}
  • President Trump's revised travel ban on Muslims and refugees is blocked by federal judges Derrick Watson in Hawaii and Theodore D. Chuang in Maryland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39287656|title=Trump travel ban: US judge blocks new executive order |website=BBC News|date=March 16, 2017|access-date=March 16, 2017}}
  • March 16 – Sebastian Gorka, a top advisor to President Trump, faces calls to resign after he is revealed to be a member of a Hungarian Nazi group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/sebastian-gorka-white-house-vetting-fail/519843/|title=Sebastian Gorka and the White House's Questionable Vetting |website=The Atlantic|date=March 16, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://forward.com/news/national/366181/exclusive-nazi-allied-group-claims-top-trump-aide-sebastian-gorka-as-sworn/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Nazi-Allied Group Claims Top Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka As Sworn Member|website=Forward|date=March 16, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2017}}
  • March 18 – Rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry dies at the age of 90.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39318602|title=Rock and roll legend Chuck Berry dies aged 90|website=BBC News|date=March 19, 2017|access-date=March 19, 2017}}
  • March 20
  • The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence holds a hearing about Russian interference in the 2016 election and confirms that there is an ongoing investigation into ties between Trump's team and Russia.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/mar/20/fbi-director-russia-trump-campaign-video |title=FBI director confirms inquiry into Russia and Trump campaign – video highlights |date=March 20, 2017 |work=The Guardian |access-date=March 31, 2017}}
  • The Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings on the nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States.{{cite web |last=de Vogue |first=Ariane |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/politics/neil-gorsuch-what-to-watch/index.html |title=5 things to watch at Neil Gorsuch's hearing |date=March 20, 2017 |work=CNN |access-date=March 31, 2017}}
  • March 27 – President Trump calls to investigate any ties with Hillary Clinton and Russia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/03/28/trump-wants-investigation-clintons-russian-ties/99719180/|title=Trump calls for investigation of the Clintons' Russian ties|work=USA TODAY|access-date=March 28, 2017}}
  • March 28 – President Trump signs the Energy Independence Executive Order, intended to boost coal and other fossil fuel production by rolling back Obama-era policies on climate change and the environment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39415631|title=Trump signs order undoing Obama climate change policies|website=BBC News|date=March 28, 2017|access-date=March 28, 2017}}
  • March 30
  • Michael Flynn offers to testify before Congress in exchange for immunity from prosecution in relation to alleged Russian influence on the 2016 presidential election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/us/politics/michael-flynn-congress-immunity-russia.html|title=Michael Flynn Offers to Testify Before Congress in Exchange for Immunity|website=NY Times|date=March 30, 2017|access-date=March 31, 2017}}
  • SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.{{cite web |title=SpaceX Launches a Satellite With a Partly Used Rocket |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/science/spacex-launches-a-satellite-with-a-partly-used-rocket.html |work=The New York Times|date=March 30, 2017 |access-date=March 31, 2017}}{{cite web |title=Success for SpaceX 're-usable rocket' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39451401 |publisher=BBC News|date=March 31, 2017 |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

=April=

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  • April 5 – President Trump removes his senior strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council.{{cite web |title=Steve Bannon loses National Security Council seat |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39508351 |publisher=BBC News|date=April 5, 2017 |access-date=April 5, 2017}}
  • April 6 – In response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town, the U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39523654|title=Syria war: US launches missile strikes in response to chemical 'attack'|date=April 7, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=April 7, 2017}}
  • April 7 – Andi Mack debuts on Disney Channel.{{cite web|title=Disney Channel's Andi Mack, an Engaging New Series from the Creator of Lizzie McGuire, Begins Friday, March 10, on the Disney Channel App and All on-Demand Platforms|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2017/03/02/disney-channels-andi-mack-an-engaging-new-series-from-the-creator-of-lizzie-mcguire-begins-friday-march-10-on-the-disney-channel-app-and-all-on-demand-platforms-230315/20170302disney01/|publisher=The Futon Critic|date=March 2, 2017|access-date=March 11, 2017}}
  • April 9 – David Dao, an Asian physician, is physically assaulted and dragged off a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville by police, prompting worldwide reaction.{{cite web |title=SEE IT: Man claiming to be doctor bloodied, dragged off overbooked United Airlines flight |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-claiming-doctor-bloodied-dragged-united-airlines-article-1.3038898 |work=New York Daily News|date=April 11, 2017 |access-date=April 11, 2017}}
  • April 13 – a large non-nuclear bomb known as the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), is dropped by the United States in the Nangahar's Achin District in eastern Afghanistan to destroy tunnel complexes used by ISIL.{{cite web |title=US drops "Mother of all Bombs" for First Time

|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-drops-mother-of-all-bombs-in-afghanistan-marking-weapons-first-use/ |work=CBS News|date=April 13, 2017|access-date=April 13, 2017}} It is the first time the weapon is used in a combat role.

  • April 14 – Angelo Colon-Ortiz, 31, a suspect in the death of jogger Vanessa Marcotte, who disappeared on August 7, 2016, in Massachusetts and was later found dead, is arrested.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/15/us/vanessa-marcotte-jogger-arrest/|title=Suspect arrested in August killing of jogger Vanessa Marcotte|date=April 16, 2017|last=Levenson|first=Eric|work=CNN}}
  • April 15
  • Hundreds of President Trump's supporters clash with anti-Trump protesters in Berkeley, California. 21 people are arrested.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/r-right-left-wing-protesters-clash-in-berkeley-california-park-2017-4|title=At least 13 people arrested after pro-Trump and anti-Trump protesters clashed in Berkeley, California|date=April 15, 2017|work=Business Insider}}
  • Protests erupt in cities across the country, most notably at Mar-a-Lago with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanding President Trump release his tax returns.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/us/politics/tax-day-protests-trump-returns.html|title=As Tax Day Approaches, Protesters Demand to See Trump's Returns|first1=Julie Hirschfeld|last1=Davis|first2=Emily|last2=Baumgaertner|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 15, 2017}}
  • Federal judge Kristine Baker in Arkansas issues an injunction halting the execution by lethal injection of nine inmates, calling this method unconstitutional.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/15/us/arkansas-executions-halted/|title=Federal judge issues injunction to block Arkansas executions|author1=Ray Sanchez |author2=Ralph Ellis|date=April 15, 2017|publisher=CNN}}
  • April 16
  • Vice President Pence visits South Korea and calls North Korea's missile launch a 'provocation'.
  • Shooting of Robert Godwin: 74-year-old Godwin, a retired foundry worker is shot and killed while walking on a sidewalk in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio by 37-year-old Steve Stephens, who posted a video of the shooting on his Facebook account.
  • April 17
  • Vice President Pence visits Camp Bonifas near the DMZ, unexpectedly deviating from his security plan and walking all the way to the military demarcation line, sending nearby security personnel scrambling.
  • President Trump, Melania and their son Barron kick off the 139th Annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House.
  • A State Department official warns of a "significant international response" if North Korea were to mount another nuclear test.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/us-response-to-north-korea-nuclear-test-2017-4|title=US warns of 'significant international response' if North Korea conducts another nuclear test|website=Business Insider}}
  • A U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk from Fort Belvoir, Virginia with three crew members aboard crashes near Leonardtown, Maryland. One of the crew members was taken by helicopter to a local hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/crew-member-killed-after-blackhawk-helicopter-crashes-on-maryland-golf-course/|title=Crew member killed after Blackhawk helicopter crashes on Maryland golf course|website=Fox News|date=April 17, 2017}}
  • April 18
  • Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017; a special election to replace Tom Price is scheduled to take place, With no candidate managing to get over 50% of the vote, leading to a run-off election scheduled for June 20 (although Democrat Jon Ossoff won a plurality of the votes){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-house-special-election-district-6|title=Election Results: Ossoff, Handel Advance in Race for Georgia's Sixth Congressional District|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 19, 2017}}
  • Disappearance of Etan Patz; Pedro Hernandez is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of Etan Patz.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/nyregion/pedro-hernandez-etan-patz-sentencing.html|title=Pedro Hernandez Gets 25 Years to Life in Murder of Etan Patz|first=James C. Jr.|last=McKinley|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 18, 2017}}
  • 39-year-old Kori Ali Muhammad kills three people in shootings in downtown Fresno{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fresno-shooting-20170418-story.html|title=Hate crime is suspected after a gunman kills 3 white men in downtown Fresno|first2=Veronica|last2= Rocha|first3= Joseph|last3= Serna|first4= Diana|last4= Marcum|first1= Hailey|last1=Branson-Potts|website=Los Angeles Times|date=April 19, 2017}}
  • Shooting of Robert Godwin: Murder suspect Steve Stephens is found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a brief police pursuit in Erie County, Pennsylvania.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/us/facebook-killer-suicide-erie.html|title=Hunt for Facebook Killer Ends With McDonald's Sighting and a Suicide|first1=Richard|last1=Pérez-Peña|first2=Christopher|last2=Mele|first3=Serge F.|last3=Kovaleski|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 18, 2017}}
  • April 19
  • Vice President Pence gives a speech to troops stationed at the Yokosuka Naval Base aboard the {{USS|Ronald Reagan}}
  • Aaron Hernandez commits suicide by hanging himself in prison.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19191373/nfl-former-new-england-patriots-tight-end-aaron-hernandez-found-dead-leaves-us-one-final-why|title=Aaron Hernandez leaves us with one final 'Why?'|date=April 19, 2017}}
  • Jason Chaffetz announces he will not run for re-election to his House seat in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jason-chaffetz-announces-he-wont-run-for-office-in-2018/2017/04/19/aad10c75-1200-483c-8d7f-16f2a996866d_story.html|title=Chaffetz will leave behind Oversight panel he used to investigate Obama White House|first=Elise|last=Viebeck|date=April 19, 2017|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
  • Television host and author Bill O'Reilly is fired from Fox News following accusations of sexual assault.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/19/fox-news-has-weathered-scandal-and-prime-time-turnover-but-how-much-more-can-it-take/|title=Analysis – Bill O'Reilly is out. How much turmoil can Fox News handle?|first=Callum|last=Borchers|date=April 19, 2017|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/19/fox-news-reportedly-decides-its-time-for-bill-oreilly-to-go.html|title=Fox News reportedly decides it's time for Bill O'Reilly to go|first=Lauren|last=Thomas|website=CNBC|date=April 19, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bill-oreilly-is-officially-out-at-fox-news/2017/04/19/74ebdc94-2476-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html|title=Bill O'Reilly's Fox News career comes to a swift end amid growing sexual harassment claims|first=Paul|last=Farhi|date=April 19, 2017|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
  • April 20
  • 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas from Middle Tennessee is found safe in Northern California and 50-year-old kidnapper Tad Cummins is arrested after a four-week manhunt.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/20/a-former-teacher-accused-of-kidnapping-a-troubled-teenager-has-been-arrested-in-california/|title='We are beyond elated': Missing Tennessee teen and her accused kidnapper found in California|first1=Peter|last1=Holley|first2=Cleve R. Jr.|last2=Wootson|date=April 21, 2017|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
  • President Trump hosts Sarah Palin, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent at the White House.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/politics/donald-trump-sarah-palin-kid-rock-ted-nugent/|title=A detailed analysis of the Trump-Palin-Nugent-Kid Rock photo|first=Chris |last=Cillizza |website=CNN|date=April 20, 2017}}
  • President Trump holds a joint news conference with Italian PM Paolo Gentiloni.
  • April 21 – Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is removed from his post by the Trump administration and replaced by Sylvia Trent-Adams.
  • April 22 – March for Science.
  • April 23
  • Kim Sang-duk, a Korean American professor is detained in North Korea.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2017/04/23/ba448984-280f-11e7-be51-b3fc6ff7faee_story.html|title=North Korea detains American at airport|first=Anna|last=Fifield|date=April 23, 2017|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
  • Former President Barack Obama arrives in Chicago for a two-day visit and meets privately with at-risk young men on the South Side.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-barack-obama-arrives-chicago-met-0423-20170423-story.html|title=Obama launches Chicago trip with visit to South Side job training group|first=Katherine|last=Skiba|website=Chicago Tribune}}
  • April 24
  • Workers in New Orleans began to remove four monuments dedicated to the Confederacy era in New Orleans.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/us/new-orleans-confederate-statue.htm {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
  • The entire Senate is invited to the White House for a briefing on North Korea.

=May=

  • May 5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the 15th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.
  • May 9
  • A tunnel collapse occurs at the Hanford Site in Washington State.{{cite news |url=http://hanford.gov/c.cfm/eoc/?pag |title=HANFORD EMERGENCY INFORMATION |date=May 9, 2017 |website=hanford.gov |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy Richland Operations |access-date=May 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170510002220/http://hanford.gov/c.cfm/eoc/?pag |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/washington-nuclear-tunnel-collapse-hanford-latest-news-updates-plutonium-plant-disaster-a7726866.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/washington-nuclear-tunnel-collapse-hanford-latest-news-updates-plutonium-plant-disaster-a7726866.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Hanford nuclear emergency: Workers take cover at 'most toxic place in America' after tunnel collapse |date=May 9, 2017 |work=The Independent |access-date=May 10, 2017}}{{cbignore}}
  • FBI chief James Comey is fired by Trump for mishandling of the Hillary Clinton email controversy. However, critics accuse Trump of attempting to subvert the ongoing FBI investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39866170|title=Trump fires FBI chief Comey|date=May 10, 2017|publisher=BBC News}}
  • May 12 – 43-year-old Thomas Hartless kills three people, including a police chief, in a shooting attack at Kirkersville, Ohio.{{cite web|last=Bruner|first=Bethany|title=Kirkersville shooting takes lives of chief, nurse, aide|url=http://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2017/05/12/active-shooter-reported-kirkersville/101587810/|work=The Newark Advocate|date=May 12, 2017|access-date=May 12, 2017}}
  • May 16
  • President Trump is accused of asking FBI chief James Comey to drop an inquiry into links between Michael Flynn and Russia.{{cite web|title=Trump asked FBI's Comey to drop Flynn inquiry – reports|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39944520|publisher=BBC News|date=May 17, 2017|access-date=May 17, 2017}}
  • President Trump is reported to have shared highly classified information with Russia, provided by Israeli intelligence, but stands by his "absolute right" to share it.{{cite web|title=Trump stands by 'absolute right' to share sensitive information with Russia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/16/donald-trump-russia-shared-information|work=The Guardian|date=May 16, 2017|access-date=May 16, 2017}}
  • Turkey's Police Counter Attack Team attack a crowd of protesters at the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in Washington, D.C.{{Cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2017/05/17/Fight-Turkish-Ambassador-Residence-Washington/stories/201705170170|title=Fight Outside Turkish Ambassador's Residence in Washington Injures 9|first1=Christopher|last1=Mele|first2=Nicholas|last2=Fandos|date=May 17, 2017|access-date=May 24, 2017|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}
  • May 17
  • Chelsea Manning is freed after serving seven years of her 35-year sentence for leaking diplomatic cables and military files to WikiLeaks.{{cite web|title=Chelsea Manning: Wikileaks source freed from prison |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39947602|publisher=BBC News|date=May 17, 2017|access-date=May 17, 2017}}
  • Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) calls for President Trump to be impeached on the House floor.{{cite web|title=Dem calls for Trump impeachment on House floor |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/333807-dem-calls-for-trump-impeachment-on-house-floor/|work=The Hill|date=May 17, 2017|access-date=May 17, 2017}}
  • The U.S. Justice Department names former FBI chief Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion between President Trump's campaign and Moscow.{{cite web|title=Trump election: Former FBI boss to lead Russia inquiry |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39957358|publisher=BBC News|date=May 18, 2017|access-date=May 18, 2017}}
  • May 18
  • An 18-year-old woman is killed and 22 other people injured after a car plows into pedestrians at Times Square in New York. The driver, a 26-year-old former U.S. Navy member, is arrested.{{cite web|title=Woman killed and 22 injured as car hits Times Square crowd |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39968710|publisher=BBC News|date=May 18, 2017|access-date=May 18, 2017}}
  • A 1982 painting, Untitled, by the late Jean-Michel Basquiat, sells for $110 million at Sotheby's, becoming the most expensive work by an American artist ever sold at an auction.{{cite web|title=Basquiat Painting Sells for $110 Million, Becoming the Most Expensive Work by an American Artist |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39968710|publisher=BBC News|date=May 18, 2017|access-date=May 18, 2017}}
  • May 20 – Trump makes his first foreign visit as president, to Saudi Arabia, where he signs deals worth more than $350 billion. This includes a $110 billion arms deal – the single biggest in U.S. history.{{cite web|title=Trump in Saudi Arabia: First foreign trip starts as home troubles mount |url=http://fortune.com/2017/05/19/basquiat-painting-auction-record-maezawa/|work=Fortune|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=May 21, 2017}}
  • May 21 – The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus stages the final show in its 146-year history at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/21/nyregion/ringling-brothers-circus-takes-final-bow.html|title=After 146 Years, Ringling Brothers Circus Takes Its Final Bow|last1=Nir|first1=Sarah Maslin|last2=Schweber|first2=Nate|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 21, 2017|access-date=May 21, 2017}}
  • May 26 – An anti-Muslim stabbing attack aboard a Portland, Oregon commuter train kills two people and injures a third.
  • May 27
  • President Trump attends the G7 summit, where the six other leaders reaffirm their commitment to the Paris climate accord, but Trump says he will delay a decision on the agreement until the following week.{{cite web|title=G7 talks: Trump isolated over Paris climate change deal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40069636|publisher=BBC News|date=May 27, 2017|access-date=May 27, 2017}}
  • Pandora – The World of Avatar opens at Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
  • May 28 – Takuma Sato wins the 101st Indianapolis 500, becoming the first Japanese driver to win the event.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/indycar/2017/05/28/takuma-sato-wins-101st-indianapolis-500--fernando-alonso/102265930/|title=Takuma Sato wins 101st Indianapolis 500|last=Tucker|first=Heather|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 28, 2017}}

= June =

  • June 1 – President Trump announces his intentions to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-withdraw-us-paris-climate-agreement/story?id=47767077|title=Trump withdrawing US from Paris climate agreement but open to returning |date=June 1, 2017|work=ABC News|access-date=June 1, 2017}}
  • June 2 – Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins, is released as the fourth film in the DC Extended Universe.
  • June 3 – Intelligence specialist Reality Winner is arrested in Texas on suspicion of leaking classified information to journalists.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reality-winner-alleged-nsa-leaker-will-plead-not-guilty-lawyer-n769526|title=Alleged NSA leaker Reality Winner to plead not guilty|website=NBC News|date=June 8, 2017 }}
  • June 7 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) issues its first ever statewide travel advisory after Missouri passes SB-43.{{Cite web|url=http://www.monaacp.org/2017/06/10/urgent-missouri-travel-advisory/|title=URGENT – MISSOURI TRAVEL ADVISORY – Missouri NAACP|date=June 10, 2017|access-date=February 25, 2020}}
  • June 8 – Former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee about conversations he had with President Trump and whether he pressured him to drop an investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/News/world/americas/us-politics/comey-testimony-live-trump-latest-updates-news-russia-investigation-fbi-fired-flynn-memo-senate-a7779021.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/News/world/americas/us-politics/comey-testimony-live-trump-latest-updates-news-russia-investigation-fbi-fired-flynn-memo-senate-a7779021.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Comey testimony as it happened: Trump's lawyer hits back at fired FBI director and says he could be investigated|access-date=June 8, 2017|work=The Independent|date=June 8, 2017}}{{cbignore}}
  • June 11
  • The 71st annual Tony Awards are held at Radio City Music Hall. Dear Evan Hansen wins six awards including Best Musical and Best Leading Actor for Ben Platt.
  • The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Nashville Predators in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals to win the series 4–2 and win their 5th Stanley Cup title in their 50th season, winning the NHL Championship for the second year in a row. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the NHL Playoffs MVP for the second consecutive year.
  • June 12
  • President Trump convenes his first full cabinet meeting in the White House.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/12/donald-trump-first-cabinet-meeting-praise|title='Thank you for the blessing': cabinet takes turns lavishing Trump with praise|access-date=June 14, 2017|work=The Guardian|date=June 13, 2017}}
  • The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a decision blocking President Trump's revised travel ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations.{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/9th-circuit-travel-ban/index.html|title=9th Circuit deals Trump travel ban another defeat|access-date=June 12, 2017|work=CNN|date=June 12, 2017}}
  • The Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win the series 4–1 and win their 5th NBA championship and their second in three years, winning the title with the best postseason record in history going 16–1. Warriors forward Kevin Durant won his first NBA title and won the NBA Finals MVP award.
  • June 14
  • House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise and his aides are hit by gunfire during a baseball practice in Virginia. The shooter is killed by a security detail.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40275055|title=Gunman dead after attacking congressmen at Virginia baseball field|access-date=June 14, 2017|work=BBC|date=June 14, 2017}}
  • The Federal Reserve raises its key interest rate by 0.25%, to a target range of 1 to 1.25%, the second increase of the year and its highest level since 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40282066|title=US key interest rate highest since 2008|access-date=June 14, 2017|work=BBC|date=June 14, 2017}}
  • Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. announce on Twitter that they will fight on August 26 after heavy anticipation at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the event being dubbed as The Money Fight.
  • It is reported that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating President Trump for possible obstruction of justice and whether he tried to end an inquiry into his sacked national security adviser.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40283036|title=Trump-Russia inquiry: President 'probed for obstruction of justice'|access-date=June 15, 2017|work=BBC|date=June 15, 2017}}
  • A shooting at a UPS facility in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood leaves four dead, including the shooter, and six injured.
  • June 16
  • Michelle Carter of Massachusetts is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend Conrad Roy to take his own life. She had sent a number of text messages encouraging him to kill himself and as a result Roy died of carbon monoxide poisoning inside his vehicle in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/boston-judge-finds-michelle-carter-guilty-manslaughter-texts/|title=Judge finds Michelle Carter guilty of manslaughter over texts encouraging boyfriend to commit suicide|first=Harriet|last=Alexander|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=June 16, 2017|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
  • Jeronimo Yanez is acquitted of all charges and is found to be not guilty in the case of the shooting of Philando Castile. He is later fired by the city of St. Anthony, Minnesota.
  • Pixar Animation Studios' 18th feature film, Cars 3, the sequel to 2011's Cars 2, is released in theaters.
  • June 19 – Otto Warmbier, an American student detained in North Korea, dies after suffering from what is believed to be a cardiopulmonary event.
  • June 20 – A severe heatwave causes more than 40 American Airlines planes to be grounded.{{cite web |url=http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/heat-wave-hits-southwest-on-1st-day-of-summer/ar-BBCX7Yb |title=Heat wave hits Southwest on 1st day of summer |website=www.msn.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624003316/http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/heat-wave-hits-southwest-on-1st-day-of-summer/ar-BBCX7Yb |archive-date=24 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/us/weather-west-heat-wave/|title=How hot is it in the West? Let us count the ways|first=Madison |last=Park|date=June 20, 2017|publisher=CNN}}

= July =

  • July 7 – Spider-Man: Homecoming, the second reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise directed by Jon Watts, is released by Marvel Studios and Columbia Pictures as the 16th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
  • July 9 – It is reported that President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., met with a Russian lawyer after being promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html|title=Trump's Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton |date=July 9, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 10, 2017}}
  • July 11 – Donald Trump Jr. releases email transcripts, via Twitter, showing he was offered "sensitive" information about Hillary Clinton from a Russian contact, and replied "I love it".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40574564|title=Donald Trump Jr emails show Russia communication |date=July 11, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=July 11, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/politics/trump-russia-email-clinton.html|title=Russian Dirt on Clinton? 'I Love It,' Donald Trump Jr. Said |date=July 11, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 11, 2017}}
  • July 15
  • Police officer Mohamed Noor murders Australian woman Justine Damond near her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota after she called 9–1–1 to report a nearby assault. The police officers did not have their body cameras turned on and the reason for the shooting is unclear, prompting protests in the city.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40636002|title=Australian's death raises US questions|publisher=BBC News|date=July 18, 2017}}
  • Flash floods occur at a popular swimming hole near Payson, Arizona, killing 10 people and injuring 4 more.
  • July 18 – A Senate GOP bill to repeal and replace large portions of Obamacare fails to win enough support to pass.{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/18/politics/john-kasich-health-care-cnntv/index.html?sr=twCNN071817john-kasich-health-care-cnntv0711PMVODtop|title=Kasich: People 'breathing a sigh of relief' after health care bill folds |date=July 18, 2017|work=CNN|access-date=July 19, 2017}}
  • July 20 – Former US football star and actor O. J. Simpson is granted parole after nine years in a Nevada prison.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40676882|title=OJ Simpson to be freed from prison |date=July 20, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=July 20, 2017}}
  • July 21
  • White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigns in protest at the appointment of communications director Anthony Scaramucci.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40687521|title=White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigns |date=July 21, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=July 21, 2017}}
  • Raven's Home debuts on Disney Channel.{{cite web|url=https://m.eonline.com/amp/news/848754/raven-s-home-finally-has-a-disney-channel-premiere-date|title=Raven's Home Finally Has a Disney Channel Premiere Date|website=E! Online|first=Billy|last=Nilles|date=May 5, 2017|access-date=October 1, 2018}}
  • July 22 – In a tweet, President Trump asserts his "complete power to pardon." This follows reports that he had been discussing his ability to pardon people under investigation for possible ties between his campaign and Russia meddling with the 2016 election.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-pardon-complete-power-president-tweet-russia-investigation-impeach-latest-a7854561.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-pardon-complete-power-president-tweet-russia-investigation-impeach-latest-a7854561.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Donald Trump says 'US President has complete power to pardon' as Russia investigation pressure mounts |date=July 22, 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=July 22, 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343265-trump-everyone-agrees-the-president-has-complete-power-to-pardon/|title=Trump: Everyone agrees the president has 'complete power to pardon' |date=July 22, 2017|work=The Hill|access-date=July 22, 2017}}
  • July 24 – President Trump sparks controversy after giving a highly politicized speech to approximately 35,000 Boy Scouts at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/25/539241800/trump-s-boy-scouts-speech-and-the-thin-line-between-openness-and-recklessness|title=Trump's Boy Scouts Speech And The Thin Line Between Openness And Recklessness |date=July 25, 2017|work=BBC|access-date=July 25, 2017|last1=Montanaro |first1=Domenico }}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40715185|title=Trump boy scout Jamboree speech angers parents |date=July 25, 2017|work=NPR|access-date=July 25, 2017}}
  • July 25
  • The US Senate votes to start debating a new Republican healthcare bill to replace Obamacare.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40723060|title=Obamacare: US senators vote in favour of debating repeal |date=July 26, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=July 26, 2017}}
  • The US House of Representatives votes to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, despite President Trump objecting to the legislation.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40722299|title=US moves one step closer to imposing fresh Russia sanctions |date=July 26, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=July 26, 2017}}
  • July 26
  • The President tweets that transgender people cannot serve in "any capacity" in the US military.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40729996|title=Trump: Transgender people 'can't serve' US military |date=July 26, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=July 26, 2017}}
  • The first gene editing of human embryos in the USA is reported to have taken place, using CRISPR.{{cite web |title=Human embryo gene editing has taken place in US, claims report |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2141971-human-embryo-gene-editing-has-taken-place-in-us-claims-report/ |date=July 27, 2017 |work=New Scientist |access-date=July 27, 2017 }}{{cite web |title=First Human Embryos Edited in U.S. |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608350/first-human-embryos-edited-in-us/?set=608342 |date=July 26, 2017 |work=Technology Review |access-date=July 27, 2017 }}
  • The United States men's national soccer team defeats Jamaica 2–1 in the final to win the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup title, their 6th overall.
  • The FBI raids the home of Paul Manafort, a former chairman of the Trump campaign, regarding potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.{{cite web |title=Paul Manafort: FBI raided home of former Trump chairman |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40879798 |date=August 9, 2017 |work=BBC |access-date=August 9, 2017 }}
  • July 27
  • Jeff Bezos briefly becomes the world's richest person, surpassing Bill Gates with a net worth of just over $90 billion. He loses the title later in the day when Amazon's stock drops, returning him to second place with a net worth just below $90 billion.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/jeff-bezos-is-set-to-become-the-worlds-richest-man.html |title=Jeff Bezos was briefly the world's richest person |date=July 27, 2017 |publisher=CNBC}}
  • In a 235–192 vote, the House passes a $788 billion spending bill that combines a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump's controversial border wall with Mexico and a large budget increase for the Pentagon.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/the-latest-house-oks-16b-down-payment-for-trumps-wall/2017/07/27/069c218a-72fb-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727213043/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/the-latest-house-oks-16b-down-payment-for-trumps-wall/2017/07/27/069c218a-72fb-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2017|title=The Latest: House passes $788B bill for military, wall |date=July 27, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 28, 2017}}
  • A third attempt to repeal Obamacare fails after it is voted down by 51 votes to 49. Three Republicans – John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski – vote against the bill.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40750071|title=US healthcare: Senate 'skinny repeal' bill fails |date=July 28, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=July 28, 2017}}
  • July 28
  • Reince Priebus is removed as White House Chief of Staff, with President Trump naming General John Kelly as his replacement.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40759132|title=John Kelly appointment: Trump replaces chief of staff Priebus |date=July 28, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=July 28, 2017}}
  • President Trump removes Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director, just ten days after his appointment.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40782299|title=Anthony Scaramucci sacked as Trump media chief |date=August 1, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=August 1, 2017}}
  • It is reported that President Trump personally dictated his son Donald Trump Jr.'s statement on his talks with a Russian lawyer during the election campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40786411|title=Trump 'dictated' son's statement on Russian lawyer meeting |date=August 1, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=August 1, 2017}}

= August =

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  • August 1 – A top EPA official, Elizabeth "Betsy" Southerland, resigns in protest at the direction of the agency under the Trump administration.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/news-by-subject/energy-environment/344825-top-epa-official-resigns-over-direction-of-agency-under/|title=Top EPA official resigns over direction of agency under Trump |date=August 1, 2017|work=The Hill|access-date=August 2, 2017}}{{Cite web|url = https://www.peer.org/assets/docs/epa/8_1_17_Betsy_farewell_message.pdf|title = Dissent Inside EPA Deepens|date = August 2017|access-date = August 2, 2017|archive-date = August 1, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170801221018/https://www.peer.org/assets/docs/epa/8_1_17_Betsy_farewell_message.pdf|url-status = dead}}
  • August 2
  • Grandmaster Flash member Kidd Creole is arrested in New York on murder charges after a homeless man is found with multiple stab wounds to his torso.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/03/grandmaster-flash-kidd-creole-murder|title= Grandmaster Flash member Kidd Creole arrested for murder |date=August 3, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=August 4, 2017}}
  • White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirms in her daily briefing that two supposed phone calls to President Trump never actually took place – the first from the Boy Scouts, who Trump claimed had praised him for the best speech ever delivered in the organization's 100-year history; the second from Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, who Trump claimed had complimented his border control efforts.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/politics/those-calls-to-trump-white-house-admits-they-didnt-happen.html|title=Those Calls to Trump? White House Admits They Didn't Happen |date=August 2, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 4, 2017}}
  • August 3
  • Transcripts from a phone call released by The Washington Post show that President Trump had urged Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to stop saying he would refuse to pay for the proposed border wall. Another transcript is released of a heated argument between Trump and the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/politics/australia-mexico-transcripts/|title='This deal will make me look terrible': Full transcripts of Trump's calls with Mexico and Australia |date=August 3, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=August 4, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40817253|title=Trump 'pressed Mexico to stop talk of wall payments' |date=August 3, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=August 4, 2017}}
  • The special counsel investigating claims of Russian meddling in the US election begins using a grand jury in Washington.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40820863|title=Grand jury used in Trump-Russia investigation |date=August 4, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=August 4, 2017}}
  • West Virginia governor Jim Justice announces he is switching parties from Democrat to Republican at a rally with Trump.
  • August 4
  • Martin Shkreli is found guilty in federal court on three counts of fraud related to two hedge funds he ran, MSMB Capital and MSMB Healthcare.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/business/dealbook/martin-shkreli-guilty.html|title=Martin Shkreli Is Found Guilty of Fraud |date=August 4, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 5, 2017}}
  • In a letter to Darwin Life, Inc. and New Hope Fertility Center, the FDA warns that the "three parent baby" technique should not be marketed in the U.S.{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23531384-100-three-parent-technique-must-not-be-marketed-in-us-says-fda/|title='Three parent' technique must not be marketed in US, says FDA|work=New Scientist|date=August 9, 2017|access-date=August 10, 2017}}
  • August 5 – A tornado takes place near Tulsa, Oklahoma.{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma|title=NWS Damage Survey for 8/6/17 Tornado Event|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSTSA&e=201708070458|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=August 6, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2017}}{{cite news|title=Three Tornadoes Struck Green Country Early Sunday|url=http://www.newson6.com/story/36075841/three-tornadoes-struck-green-country-early-sunday|website=KOTV-DT|publisher=Griffin Communications|date=August 7, 2017}}{{cite news|title=NWS confirms EF-2 tornado damage in midtown Tulsa|url=http://ktul.com/news/local/nws-confirms-tornado-in-midtown|website=KTUL|publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group|date=August 6, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2017}}{{cite news|title=Rare August tornado sends 30 to hospital in Tulsa; no deaths|url=http://www.fox23.com/news/oklahoma/possible-oklahoma-tornado-injures-more-than-a-dozen-1/583390564|author=Ken Miller|agency=Associated Press|website=KOKI-TV|publisher=Cox Media Group|date=August 6, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106185907/http://www.fox23.com/news/oklahoma/possible-oklahoma-tornado-injures-more-than-a-dozen-1/583390564|url-status=dead}}
  • August 6 – Sharknado 5: Global Swarming airs for the first time on Syfy.{{cite web |url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2017/04/07/syfy-sets-summer-premiere-dates-for-sharknado-5-dark-matter-killjoys-wynonna-earp-and-more |title=Syfy Sets Summer Premiere Dates for Sharknado 5, Dark Matter, Killjoys, Wynonna Earp and More |work=IGN |first=Alex |last=Gilyadov |date=April 7, 2017 |access-date=October 11, 2018}}
  • August 8
  • After reports that North Korea has produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside its missiles, President Trump warns that the country "will be met with fire and fury" if it threatens the US.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40869319|title=Trump threatens 'fury' against N Korea |date=August 8, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
  • North Korea states that it is considering a missile strike against the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40871416|title=North Korea says considering missile strike on Guam |date=August 8, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
  • August 9 – North Korea releases a statement that the Korean People's Army Strategic Force is considering firing multiple Hwasong-12 IRBMs near Guam as a warning shot against the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/politics/north-korea-considering-near-guam-strike/index.html|title=North Korea 'seriously examining' a strike near Guam |date=August 9, 2017|work=CNN|access-date=August 9, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40883372|title=North Korea Guam missile strike plan 'ready by mid-August' |date=August 9, 2017|work=BBC|access-date=August 9, 2017}}
  • August 12 – The Unite the Right rally, a gathering of alt-right, white nationalist, neo-Nazi, and neo-Confederate groups protesting the removal of the Robert Edward Lee Sculpture and other Confederate monuments and memorials from public spaces, is held in Charlottesville, Virginia.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/white-nationalists-kkk-demo-virginia-647748|title=Alt-Right, Nazis, and KKK to Emerge from Behind Keyboards to Form 'Largest Racist Protest in Decades'|last=Porter|first=Tom|work=Newsweek|date=August 8, 2017|access-date=August 9, 2017}} Violent clashes break out between attendees and counter-protesters; 32-year-old Heather Heyer is killed and many others are injured when a car ploughs into a group of people; and two Virginia State Police troopers are killed when their surveillance helicopter crashes, prompting Governor Terry McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency.{{cite news |date=August 12, 2017 |title=State of emergency declared amid violence at Charlottesville's 'Unite the Right' rally |url=http://us.cnn.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-white-nationalists-rally/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=August 12, 2017}}
  • August 14 – After several days of public pressure, President Donald Trump explicitly condemns the white supremacist groups involved in violent clashes at Charlottesville.{{cite news |date=August 14, 2017 |title=Trump condemns 'evil racism' in Charlottesville |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40927089 |work=BBC|access-date=August 16, 2017}}
  • August 15
  • President Trump is criticized by leaders in the Republican and Democrat parties for backpedaling on explicitly condemning the white supremacist groups involved in the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' rally.{{cite news |date=August 15, 2017 |title=Trump again blames Charlottesville violence on both sides |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40943425 |work=BBC|access-date=August 16, 2017}}
  • Following a week of escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un opts to wait on attacking Guam.{{cite news |date=August 15, 2017 |title=N Korea leader 'briefed' on Guam plan but opts to wait |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40931775 |work=BBC|access-date=August 16, 2017}}
  • August 16
  • President Trump disbands two of his business councils after multiple members resign in response to the President's handling of the Charlottesville incident.{{cite news |date=August 16, 2017 |title=Trump Ends Business Councils as CEOs Turn Against President |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-16/trump-ceo-strategy-council-is-said-to-be-disbanding-after-exodus |work=Bloomberg Politics|access-date=August 16, 2017}}{{cite news |date=August 16, 2017 |title=Trump hits back at business leaders |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40933391 |work=BBC|access-date=August 16, 2017}}
  • Former president Barack Obama's Twitter response to the Charlottesville rally, in which he posted a quote from Nelson Mandela, receives over 4 million 'likes' and becomes the most 'liked' tweet ever.{{cite news |date=August 16, 2017 |title=Obama tolerance tweet becomes most liked|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40945096 |work=BBC|access-date=August 17, 2017}}
  • Regarding the earlier violence in Charlottesville, former presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush call upon incumbent President Trump to "reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism and hatred in all forms."{{cite news |date=August 16, 2017 |title=Bush presidents wade into Trump furore over Charlottesville |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40946386 |work=BBC|access-date=August 16, 2017}}
  • August 18
  • Steve Bannon is fired from his positions as the White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President.{{cite news |date=August 18, 2017 |title=Steve Bannon fired as Trump White House's top strategist |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40980994 |work=BBC|access-date=August 18, 2017}} In a statement later, he says "The Trump presidency we fought for and won is over. We still have this huge movement, and there'll be good days and bad days, but that presidency is over."{{cite news |date=August 19, 2017 |title=Now expect Steve Bannon to try to run White House from the outside |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/now-expect-steve-bannon-to-try-to-run-white-house-from-the-outside-20170819-gxzx3g.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=August 19, 2017}}
  • A mass resignation of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities is made in protest against Trump's response to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.{{cite news|last1=O'Keefe|first1=Ed|title=Members of White House presidential arts commission resigning to protest Trump's comments|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/08/18/members-of-white-house-presidential-arts-commission-resign-to-protest-trumps-comments/|access-date=August 18, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 18, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Members of the President's Commission on Arts & Humanities resignation letter to President Trump|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/356620864/Members-of-the-President-s-Commission-on-Arts-Humanities-resignation-letter-to-President-Trump|website=Scribd|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=August 18, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Kamal|first1=Sameea|last2=Bierman|first2=Noah|title=16 members of White House arts panel resign to protest Trump's response to Charlottesville|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-members-of-a-white-house-panel-on-arts-1503065476-htmlstory.html|access-date=August 18, 2017|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=August 18, 2017}}
  • A search team financed by Paul Allen locates the wreck of the {{USS|Indianapolis|CA-35|6}} in the Philippine Sea, 72 years after it was sunk by a Japanese submarine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/us/uss-indianapolis-wreckage-found/index.html|title=USS Indianapolis wreckage found 72 years later|author=Emanuella Grinberg|website=CNN|date=August 19, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017}}
  • August 19 – Up to 30,000 people gather on Boston Common to protest a right-wing rally, motivated in part as a response to the recent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.{{cite news |date=August 19, 2017 |title=Boston march against right-wing rally draws thousands |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40980175 |work=BBC|access-date=August 21, 2017}}
  • August 20 – An oil tanker collides with the {{USS|John S. McCain|DDG-56|6}} near Singapore, injuring five US Navy sailors and leaving ten missing.{{cite news|date=August 20, 2017 |title=US Navy ship and oil tanker collide near Singapore |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40995829 |work=BBC|access-date=August 21, 2017}}
  • August 21 – A total solar eclipse takes place. It is the first total solar eclipse of the 21st century for the United States, the first visible from the continental U.S. since February 26, 1979, and the first to span the entire continental U.S. since June 8, 1918. Totality occurs along a path curving from Oregon to South Carolina, and lasts at most for 2 minutes and 40.2 seconds. The location and time of "greatest eclipse" is on the western edge of Christian County, Kentucky, at 36.9715 degrees north and 87.6559 degrees west, occurring at 18:25 UTC.[http://www.hermit.org/eclipse/2017-08-21/ Total Solar Eclipse: August 21 2017]. Hermit.org. Updated 2006. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  • August 22 – At a "Make America Great Again" rally in Phoenix, Arizona, President Trump says he will close down the US government if necessary to build his wall along the Mexico border.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41020779|title=Trump says he is willing to 'close government' to build Mexico wall|website=BBC News|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017}}
  • August 23 – The science envoy for the State Department, Daniel Kammen, resigns following President Trump's response to the rally in Charlottesville. In his resignation letter addressed to Trump, the first letter of every paragraph spells out "impeach".{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/347644-state-dept-science-envoy-resigns/|title=State Dept. science envoy resigns with letter that spells out 'Impeach'|website=The Hill|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017}}
  • August 24
  • A woman from Chicopee, Massachusetts wins $758.7m—the largest jackpot in North American history—in the Powerball lottery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/41040013|title=Massachusetts winner of $758m lottery jackpot quits job|website=BBC News|date=August 24, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2017}}
  • For the first time, a drug-cocktail of etomidate, rocuronium bromide, and potassium acetate is used by the United States for lethal injection. The experimental injection is used to execute Mark Asay in Florida after concerns that a more conventional drug, midazolam, was causing prisoners to suffer agonizing deaths.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41043810|title=Florida inmate Mark Asay executed by experimental injection|website=BBC News|date=August 24, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2017}}
  • Hurricane Harvey forms in the Gulf of Mexico.{{Cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-storm-harvey-idUKKCN1B50G4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825081619/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-storm-harvey-idUKKCN1B50G4|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 25, 2017|title=Hurricane Harvey strengthens, threatens U.S. with most powerful storm in 12 years|website=Reuters|date=August 25, 2017|access-date=August 25, 2017}}
  • August 25
  • Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Texas. The hurricane is predicted to be the worst to strike Texas in 12 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41058774|title=Hurricane Harvey's high winds make landfall in Texas|website=BBC News|date=August 25, 2017|access-date=August 25, 2017}}
  • A directive is signed by President Donald Trump that bans transgender military recruits.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/trump-transgender-military/index.html|title=Trump signs directive banning transgender military recruits|website=CNN|date=August 25, 2017|access-date=August 25, 2017}}
  • President Trump pardons former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had previously been convicted of defying a court order to cease traffic patrols using racial profiling.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41058851 |title=President Trump pardons controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio |website=BBC News |date=August 25, 2017 |access-date=August 25, 2017}}
  • Sebastian Gorka, a military and intelligence analyst, resigns from his position as a White House counter-terrorism adviser.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/gorka/index.html |title=Sebastian Gorka gone from White House |website=CNN |date=August 25, 2017 |access-date=August 25, 2017}}
  • August 26
  • American Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Irishman Conor McGregor in the 10th round at "The Money Fight" boxing match in Las Vegas, extending his undefeated professional boxing streak to 50 victories and 0 defeats (50–0), surpassing the 49–0 record of Rocky Marciano.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/41064767 |title=Floyd Mayweather stops Conor McGregor in 10th round in Las Vegas |website=BBC News |date=August 26, 2017 |access-date=August 28, 2017}}
  • New Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River opens.
  • August 27
  • Katy Perry hosts the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, California.{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3004608/2017-vmas-mtv-date-location-awards/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420235016/http://www.mtv.com/news/3004608/2017-vmas-mtv-date-location-awards/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 20, 2017 | title=Here's When You Can Watch The 2017 VMAs This Summer | work=MTV News | date=April 20, 2017 | access-date=April 21, 2017 | author=Geffen, Sasha}} American rapper Kendrick Lamar is the night's biggest winner, walking away with six awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41070289 |title=MTV VMAs: Kendrick Lamar dominates as awards show gets political |website=BBC News |date=August 27, 2017 |access-date=August 28, 2017}}
  • Right-wing protesters and thousands of far-left counter-protesters clash in Berkeley, California. 11 people are injured and 21 are arrested.{{cite web |last1=St. John |first1=Paige |title=Hundreds of Trump supporters and counter-protesters clash at Berkeley rally |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-berkeley-trump-rally-20170415-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 15, 2017}}
  • August 28 – President Trump signs an executive order allowing police to acquire and use military-style equipment.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41078158 |title=Trump restores police surplus military equipment scheme |website=BBC News |date=August 28, 2017 |access-date=August 29, 2017}}
  • August 29
  • Following North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile over northern Japan, President Donald Trump warns that "all options are on the table" in terms of a response to North Korean aggression.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41082680 |title=North Korea missiles: Trump warns 'all options' on table |website=BBC News |date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=August 29, 2017}}
  • Both the Addicks Dam and Barker Dam in Houston begin overflowing due to Hurricane Harvey, worsening flooding hazards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41081629 |title=Houston flood: Dams begin overflowing amid record rainfall |website=BBC News |date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=August 29, 2017}} A curfew is imposed in Houston to help prevent looting of evacuated homes.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41091030 |title=Houston floods: Night curfew bid to stop robbery and looting |website=BBC News |date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=August 29, 2017}}
  • U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive in Texas to survey the damage of Tropical Storm Harvey.{{cite web|url=https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/29/trump-surveys-epic-damage-as-harveys-rains-lash-texas/23187043/|title=Trump vows full response to Harvey's 'epic' flooding in Texas|first=AOL|last=Staff}}
  • August 30
  • U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia blocks Texas's enforcement of a sanctuary city law.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/federal-judge-blocks-enforcement-of-texas-sanctuary-cities-law/|title=Federal judge blocks enforcement of Texas' 'sanctuary cities' law|website=Fox News|date=August 30, 2017}}
  • The U.S. government orders the closure of Russian consulate facilities in San Francisco, D.C., and New York City.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/31/politics/us-russia-retaliation-orders-closure-consulate/index.html |title=US retaliates against Russia ordering closure of consulate and annexes |website=CNN |date=August 31, 2017 |access-date=September 1, 2017}}

= September =

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  • September 3 – Media outlets publish the content of the letter Barack Obama left in the Resolute desk for President Donald Trump.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/us/politics/obama-trump-letter.html|title=Obama's Letter to President Trump on Inauguration Day|last=Caron|first=Christina|date=September 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 4, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}
  • September 4 – Governor Rick Scott declares a state of emergency for Florida as Hurricane Irma approaches from the Atlantic.{{Cite news|url=http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/09/04/florida-gov-declares-state-of-emergency-over-hurricane-irma/|title=Florida Gov. Declares State Of Emergency Over Hurricane Irma|author=Giovanna Maselli|date=September 4, 2017|newspaper=CBS Miami|access-date=September 4, 2017}}
  • September 5 – The Trump administration announces that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy, which was set by the Obama administration in 2012, will be scrapped.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41165513|title=Daca Dreamers: US scraps young undocumented immigrants scheme|date=September 5, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=September 5, 2017}}
  • September 9 – Sloane Stephens defeats Madison Keys in two sets to win the US Open women's singles tennis championship, her first Grand Slam title.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/sports/tennis/us-open-womens-final-madison-keys-sloane-stephens.html|title=Sloane Stephens Beats Madison Keys to Claim U.S. Open Title|last=Clarey|first=Christopher|work=The New York Times|date=September 9, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017}}
  • September 10 – Millions of homes are left without power as the center of Hurricane Irma hits mainland Florida, just south of Naples.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41222053|title=Hurricane Irma: Eye of storm hits Florida west coast|date=September 10, 2017|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=September 10, 2017}}
  • September 12
  • Seattle mayor Ed Murray resigns after facing multiple accusations of child abuse, rape and sexual molestation, including some from family members and children under his care. He denies the accusations.[https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-mayor-ed-murray-resigns-after-fifth-child-sex-abuse-allegation/ Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns after fifth child sex-abuse allegation | The Seattle Times]
  • Hillary Clinton's memoir, What Happened, is published, describing her experience as the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
  • September 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards Los Angeles, California, the rights to host for the 2028 Summer Olympics. It was alongside in Paris, for the winning selected city for the 2024 Summer Olympics, respectively.{{cite web|last1=Wharton|first1=David|title=Los Angeles makes deal to host 2028 Summer Olympics|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-2028-olympics-deal-20170731-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 31, 2017|access-date=July 31, 2017}}
  • September 18 – Toys "R" Us files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stating the move will give it flexibility to deal with $5 billion in long-term debt and invest in improving current operations.{{cite news |title= Toys R Us files for bankruptcy |first= Charisse |last= Jones |newspaper= USA Today |date= September 19, 2017 | url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/09/19/toys-r-us-files-bankruptcy/678069001 }}
  • September 19 – President Trump makes his first appearance at the United Nations, during which he claims the US may 'have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea'.{{cite news |title=Donald Trump at UN: US may 'have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea' – live |newspaper=The Guardian |date= September 19, 2017 | url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/sep/19/donald-trump-united-nations-general-assemly-live-updates-news }}
  • September 20 – Hurricane Maria makes landfall in the US territory of Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds of {{convert|250|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}}.{{cite news |title=Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico |newspaper=BBC News |date= September 20, 2017 | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41323272 }} Millions of people are left without power.{{cite news |title=Hurricane Maria Leaves Puerto Rico Facing Months Without Power |publisher=NBC News |date= September 22, 2017 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/hurricane-maria-leaves-puerto-rico-facing-months-without-power-n803326 }}
  • September 21 – American thriller film 1 Buck is released.{{cite web |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-1-buck-review-20170920-story.html|title= Swampy crime drama '1 Buck' sinks fast|last= Goldstein|first= Garry|date= 20 September 2017|website= Los Angeles Times|access-date= 31 August 2022|quote=}}
  • September 22 – During a political rally in Alabama, President Trump criticizes NFL football players kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police brutality against African-Americans, saying that team owners should "fire" them for doing it. The comments spark widespread condemnation and increases in protests from players during the national anthem.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-nfl-owners-fire-players-who-kneel-during-national-anthem/ |work=CBS News |title=Trump to NFL owners: Fire players who kneel during national anthem |date=September 23, 2017|access-date= October 3, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/09/24/donald-trump-nfl-player-protests-national-anthem-week-3-response/697609001/ |work=USA Today |title=NFL player protests sweep league after President Donald Trump's hostile remarks|date=September 24, 2017|access-date=October 3, 2017}}
  • September 27 – Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies at the age of 91.
  • September 29 – US Health Secretary Tom Price resigns over a scandal involving the use of expensive private planes for official business.{{cite news |title=US health secretary Tom Price quits after plane scandal |publisher=BBC News |date=September 29, 2017| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41450290 }}
  • September 30 – President Donald Trump receives widespread backlash for attacking Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Twitter after she criticizes the United States federal government's response to the devastation from Hurricane Maria in the territory.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/30/donald-trump-attacks-puerto-rico-mayor-carmen-yulin-cruz |work=The Guardian |title=Trump attack Puerto Rico mayor: 'They want everything done for them' |date=September 30, 2017|access-date=October 3, 2017}}

=October=

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  • October 1
  • Former US football star and actor O. J. Simpson is freed on parole after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and 10 other charges.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41458911|title=OJ Simpson released on parole from Nevada jail |date=October 1, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=October 1, 2017}}
  • Stephen Paddock opens fire on a crowd at the Route 91 Harvest music festival adjacent to the Mandalay Bay resort and casino at the Las Vegas Strip. 59 people were killed and 869 were injured, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.{{cite magazine |last=Waxman |first=Olivia B. |url=https://time.com/4968108/las-vegas-deadliest-shooting-modern-us-history/ |title=Las Vegas Was the Deadliest Shooting in Modern U.S. History. Here's Why 'Modern' Is So Important |magazine=Time |date=October 4, 2017 |access-date=October 7, 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/jan/19/sheriff-to-provide-update-about-strip-mass-shootin/ |title=Sheriff: Person of interest part of Strip shooting probe; Paddock had child porn |date=January 19, 2018 |work=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=January 19, 2018 |first1=Ricardo |last1=Torres-Cortez}}
  • October 5
  • The Department of Justice reverses an Obama-era policy which used Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to protect transgender employees from discrimination.{{cite news |title=Sessions' DOJ reverses transgender workplace protections |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-doj-reverses-obama-era-transgender-work-protections/ |access-date=October 7, 2017 |work=CBS News |date=October 5, 2017}}
  • An exposé is published in The New York Times accusing film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment spanning three decades, involving a number of actresses and female production assistants, temps and other employees.{{cite news|last1=Kantor|first1=Jodi|last2=Twohey|first2=Megan|title=Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html|access-date=October 9, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=October 5, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html|title=Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein|work=The New York Times|date=October 5, 2017|access-date=October 6, 2017|last1=Kantor|first1=Jodi|last2=Twohey|first2=Megan}} Further allegations emerge in subsequent days, that Weinstein had assaulted or harassed 13 women, and raped three of them.{{cite magazine|last=Farrow|first=Ronan|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories|title=From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories|magazine=The New Yorker|date=October 10, 2017|access-date=October 10, 2017}}
  • October 6
  • The Trump administration issues a ruling that allows employers to opt out of providing free birth control to their employees.{{cite news |date=October 6, 2017 |title=Trump rolls back access to free birth control |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41528526 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=October 7, 2017}}
  • The Vegas Golden Knights play their first NHL game in franchise history with a 2–1 win over the Dallas Stars.
  • October 8 – October 2017 Northern California wildfires: The deadliest week of wildfires in California's history occurs, killing at least 35 people and leaving devastation across hundreds of thousands of acres.{{cite news |date=October 12, 2017 |title='Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat ...': Watch Mail Carrier Deliver To Burned-Out Homes |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/12/557324350/neither-snow-nor-rain-nor-heat-watch-mail-carrier-deliver-to-burned-out-homes |work=NPR|access-date=October 14, 2017}}
  • October 10
  • Las Vegas is the site of the first professional sports event in the city's history when the Vegas Golden Knights host the Arizona Coyotes at T-Mobile Arena there is a pre-game ceremony before puck drop to honor the victims of the mass shooting that had occurred nine days earlier.
  • The USA soccer team plays the last match against Trinidad and Tobago in qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup to be played in Russia, the Americans had to win to qualify for the World Cup but lost 2 to 1 leaving them eliminated by first time in its history cutting a positive streak of 7 consecutive classifications to the world championships.
  • October 11
  • President Trump threatens to shut down News Media for report his criticise in media.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nbc-license-ban-tweet-cnn-shut-down-fake-news-threat-latest-a7994861.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nbc-license-ban-tweet-cnn-shut-down-fake-news-threat-latest-a7994861.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Donald Trump just threatened to shut down one of America's biggest news stations|website=The Independent|date=October 19, 2017}}{{cbignore}}
  • It is announced that the Boy Scouts will allow girls to join for the first time in the program's 117-year history beginning in the fall of 2018.
  • October 12 – The US announces its withdrawal from UNESCO, accusing it of "anti-Israel" bias.{{cite news |date=October 12, 2017 |title=US quits Unesco over 'anti-Israel bias' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41598991 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=October 12, 2017}}
  • October 13 – In a speech at the White House, President Trump condemns Iran as a "fanatical regime", proposes new sanctions, and states that he will refuse to continue certifying the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a landmark nuclear deal.{{cite news |date=October 13, 2017 |title=Trump aims blow at Iran and threatens landmark nuclear deal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41613314 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=October 14, 2017}}
  • October 26 – Nearly 3,000 files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are released, while President Trump orders others to be withheld, citing national security concerns. The documents were scheduled for release in a 1992 law.{{cite web |last1=Dilanian |first1=Ken |last2=Johnson |first2=Alex |last3=Siemaszko |first3=Corky |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/jfk-assassination-files/release-jfk-assassination-file-delayed-deadline-looms-n814691 |title=Trump allows release of most but not all remaining Kennedy assassination files |work=NBC News |date=October 26, 2017|access-date=October 27, 2017}}
  • October 27 – The first charges are filed in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russia interference in the 2016 US election.{{cite news |date=October 28, 2017 |title=Trump-Russia investigation: First charges filed, reports say |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41786470 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=October 28, 2017}}
  • October 30 – Actor Kevin Spacey issues an apology over an alleged sexual advance made towards a child actor 30 years previously.{{cite news |date=October 30, 2017 |title=Kevin Spacey apologises over Anthony Rapp 'sexual advance' claim |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41799026 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=October 30, 2017}} It is announced that Netflix will end the popular TV show House of Cards, in which Spacey has played the leading role.{{cite news |date=October 31, 2017 |title=Netflix ends House of Cards amid sex claim against Kevin Spacey |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41812439 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=October 31, 2017}} Further allegations arise in subsequent days.{{cite news |date=November 1, 2017 |title=Kevin Spacey: More allegations of sexual harassment surface |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41829484 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 1, 2017}}
  • October 31 – A flatbed pickup truck is driven into pedestrians along West Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, causing at least eight deaths and multiple injuries.{{cite news |date=October 31, 2017 |title=Truck attack in Manhattan kills 8; mayor calls it act of terror |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/31/us/new-york-shots-fired/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=October 31, 2017}}

=November=

  • November 1
  • Actor Dustin Hoffman is accused of sexually harassing a 17-year-old intern on the set of one of his films in 1985.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41836843|title=Dustin Hoffman among stars facing new harassment accusations |date=November 2, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 2, 2017}}
  • The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers after seven games to become the World Series champions. The Astros World Series title comes at a time of healing for the city of Houston which was struck by Hurricane Harvey three months earlier.
  • General Council Daniel Nordby represents Florida Governor Rick Scott before the Florida Supreme Court in a landmark case.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2017-12-14/florida-supreme-court-tosses-petition-to-block-appointments|title=Florida Supreme Court Tosses Petition to Block Appointments|last=Farrington|first=Brendan|date=December 14, 2017|website=usnews.com|accessdate=5 April 2018}}
  • November 2
  • President Trump confirms Jerome Powell as his nominee for chair of the US Federal Reserve.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41842445|title=Donald Trump nominates Jerome Powell as Fed chair |date=November 2, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 2, 2017}}
  • The New York City news websites DNAinfo and Gothamist are shut down by owner Joe Ricketts one week after the publications' employees voted to unionize.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/nyregion/dnainfo-gothamist-shutting-down.html|title=DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shut Down After Vote to Unionize |date=November 2, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 2, 2017}}
  • November 3
  • The latest National Climate Assessment, a 477-page report by 13 federal agencies, concludes that global warming is "extremely likely" (with 95 to 100% certainty) to be human-caused, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels. This contradicts statements from the Trump administration that carbon dioxide is not the primary contributor to global warming.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/03/climate-change-report-us-government-contradicts-trump|title=US report finds climate change 90% manmade, contradicting Trump officials |date=November 3, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=November 4, 2017}}
  • Thor: Ragnarok, directed by Taika Waititi, is released by Marvel Studios as the 17th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2011's Thor and 2013's Thor: The Dark World.
  • November 4 – President Trump begins his first visit to Asia, a 13-day tour that will include Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/04/politics/trump-tokyo-asia-trip-shinzo-abe/index.html|title=Trump arrives in Japan, first in five-country Asian tour |date=November 5, 2017|work=CNN|access-date=November 12, 2017}}
  • November 5
  • 26-year-old Devin Kelley kills 26 people and injures 20 in a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. It is the 5th deadliest shooting in United States history, and the deadliest in a place of worship.
  • Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is revealed by the Paradise Papers to have business links with Russian allies of President Vladimir Putin who are under US sanctions.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41876939|title=Paradise Papers: Commerce chief Wilbur Ross's links with sanctioned Russians |date=November 5, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 6, 2017}}
  • November 6 – Entrepreneur Andrew Yang announces his candidacy for U.S. president in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/everyone-who-is-running-for-president-in-2020-2019-1|date=March 14, 2019|access-date=March 18, 2019|publisher=Business Insider|last=Alfaro|first=Mariana|title=Here's everyone who has officially announced they are running for president in 2020}}
  • November 7 – In Virginia, Danica Roem becomes the first openly transgender person to win an election to a state legislature and serve her term, beating Republican Bob Marshall.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/08/danica-roem-virginia-first-transgender-person-elected-state-legislature|title=Virginia elects transgender woman to state legislature |date=November 8, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=November 8, 2017}}
  • November 9 – The New York Times publishes allegations from five women who said they were sexually harassed by Louis C.K. between the late 1990s and 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/movies/louis-ck-rumors-wont-answer.html|title=Asking Questions Louis C.K. Doesn't Want to Answer|date=September 11, 2017|last=Buckley|first=Cara|work=The New York Times}}
  • November 10 – XCom Global telecommunications company announces "the closure of its USA operations."{{cite web |url=https://www.xcomglobal.com/office-closure-notice/ |title=Office Closure Notice |date=2017-10-17 |access-date=2017-10-17 |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925085322/https://www.xcomglobal.com/office-closure-notice/ |url-status=dead }}
  • November 12 – After North Korea denounces President Trump's Asia trip, calling it a "warmonger's visit" and describing the president as a "dotard",{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41958553|title=Trump trades 'short and fat' barb with N Korea's Kim |date=November 12, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 12, 2017}} Trump responds on Twitter: "Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old", when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend – and maybe someday that will happen!"{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/929511061954297857|title=Donald J. Trump on Twitter |date=November 12, 2017|work=Twitter|access-date=November 12, 2017}}
  • November 13 – The FDA approves "Abilify MyCite", the first drug in the U.S. with a digital ingestion tracking system that records when the medication was taken, via a sensor embedded in the pill.{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm584933.htm|title=FDA approves pill with sensor that digitally tracks if patients have ingested their medication|date=November 13, 2017|work=FDA|access-date=November 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/otsuka-and-proteus-announce-the-first-us-fda-approval-of-a-digital-medicine-system-abilify-mycite-aripiprazole-tablets-with-sensor-300555280.html|title=Otsuka And Proteus® Announce The First U.S. FDA Approval Of A Digital Medicine System: ABILIFY MYCITE® (aripiprazole tablets with sensor) |date=November 14, 2017|work=PR Newswire|access-date=November 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/609476/the-fda-has-approved-smart-pills-that-track-when-patients-take-their-meds/|title=The FDA Has Approved Smart Pills That Track When Patients Take Their Meds|date=November 14, 2017|work=Technology Review|access-date=November 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/14/16648166/fda-digital-pill-abilify-otsuka-proteus|title=The FDA has approved the first digital pill|date=November 14, 2017|work=The Verge|access-date=November 15, 2017}}
  • November 14 – A gunman embarks on a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California, killing a total of four people and wounding twelve others before being shot and killed by police. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home.{{cite news |url = https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tehama-shooting-20171115-story.html |title = Rancho Tehama gunman killed his wife and hid her body under their home, authorities say |work =Los Angeles Times |date = November 15, 2017 |access-date = November 15, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171115203928/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tehama-shooting-20171115-story.html |archive-date = November 15, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}{{cite news |last1 = Chan |first1 = Stella |last2 = Mossburg |first2 = Cheri |last3 = Sanchez |first3 = Ray |last4 = Almasy |first4 = Steve |title = 4 dead after California shooting; gunman tried to enter school |url = http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/us/california-tehama-county-shootings/index.html |access-date = November 15, 2017 |work = CNN |date = November 14, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171114215539/http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/us/california-tehama-county-shootings/index.html |archive-date = November 14, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}{{cite news |last1 = Helsel |first1 = Phil |last2 = Abdelkader |first2 = Rima |last3 = Dong |first3 = Shanshan |title = Gunman kills four, wounds child at school in California shootings |url = https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tehama-county-california-shooting-leaves-three-dead-near-school-n820766 |access-date = November 15, 2017 |work = NBC News |language = en |date = November 14, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171114223319/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tehama-county-california-shooting-leaves-three-dead-near-school-n820766 |archive-date = November 14, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}{{cite news |title = Red Bluff deadly shooting: Gunman identified |url = http://abc7.com/red-bluff-deadly-shooting-staff-saved-lives-with-school-lockdown/2647030/ |access-date = November 15, 2017 |work = ABC7 Los Angeles |date = November 14, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171115115827/http://abc7.com/red-bluff-deadly-shooting-staff-saved-lives-with-school-lockdown/2647030/ |archive-date = November 15, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}{{cite news |last1 = Domonoske |first1 = Camila |last2 = Gonzales |first2 = Richard |title = At Least 4 Victims Killed After Shooting At School, Other Locations In California |url = https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/14/564117257/at-least-3-reported-dead-after-shooting-at-school-other-locations-in-california |access-date = November 15, 2017 |work = NPR.org |date = November 14, 2017 |language = en |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171114231723/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/14/564117257/at-least-3-reported-dead-after-shooting-at-school-other-locations-in-california |archive-date = November 14, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}
  • November 15 – The Trump administration announces that it will reverse a ban on elephant trophies from Africa, enacted by Barack Obama in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-admin-reverse-ban-elephant-trophies-africa/story?id=51178663|title=Trump admin. to reverse ban on elephant trophies from Africa |date=November 15, 2017|work=ABC News|access-date=November 16, 2017}}
  • November 17
  • The former President George HW Bush is accused by multiple women of groping them in the past.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41987895|title=George Bush Snr accused of groping by eighth woman |date=November 17, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 17, 2017}}
  • Justice League, directed by Zack Snyder – with post-production direction by Joss Whedon – is released as the fifth film in the DC Extended Universe. Following its release, fans began to push for the release of Snyder's original version of the film. This version, Zack Snyder's Justice League, would later be released in 2021.
  • November 19
  • The notorious killer and cult leader Charles Manson dies aged 83, after 46 years in prison.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42016704|title=Charles Manson dies aged 83 after four decades in prison |date=November 20, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 20, 2017}}
  • Martin Truex Jr. wins his first ever Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship at Homestead Miami Speedway.{{cite web|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2017/11/19/martin-truex-jr-2017-champion-homestead-miami/|title=Dominant season turns into emotional championship for Truex, Furniture Row|date=November 19, 2017}}
  • November 20 – It is alleged that Eric Trump funneled cancer charity money to his business.{{cite web|url=http://abc7chicago.com/news/eric-trump-funneled-cancer-charity-money-to-his-business-report/2069561/|title=Eric Trump funneled cancer charity money to his business: Report |date=November 20, 2017|work=ABC|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
  • November 21 – CBS fires talk show host Charlie Rose after eight women accuse him of inappropriate behavior.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42073417|title=Charlie Rose: CBS sacks talk show host over harassment claims |date=November 21, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
  • November 22 – Pixar Animation Studios' 19th feature film, Coco, is released in theaters.
  • November 27 – Matt Lauer, one of the most famous TV news anchors in the US, is fired from NBC following accusations of sexual assault.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42168640|title=Matt Lauer: NBC sacks star Today Show host over sex allegation |date=November 29, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 29, 2017}}
  • November 29 – President Trump's Twitter account retweets three inflammatory videos from far-right group, Britain First.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42166663|title=Trump Twitter account retweets incendiary videos |date=November 29, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 29, 2017}}
  • November 30 – It is reported that, during the summer, President Trump tried to pressure a number of top Republicans to end the Senate investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/us/politics/trump-russia-senate-intel.html|title=Trump Pressed Top Republicans to End Senate Russia Inquiry |date=November 30, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 1, 2017}}

=December=

  • December 1 – President Trump's ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn is charged with making a false statement to the FBI in January.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42192080|title=Trump-Russia: Flynn charged with 'making false statement' |date=December 1, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 1, 2017}}
  • December 2
  • The Senate passes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the most sweeping overhaul of the US tax code since the Reagan era.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42205181|title=Tax bill: Trump victory as Senate backs tax overhaul |date=December 2, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 2, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/01/senate-republicans-reform-bill-us-tax-code|title=Senate Republicans pass sweeping overhaul of US tax code |date=December 2, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 2, 2017}}
  • Emails, interviews and court documents involving senior Trump transition team officials, reported by The New York Times, suggest that Michael Flynn did not act alone, both before and after he spoke with Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/russia-mcfarland-flynn-trump-emails.html|title=Emails Dispute White House Claims That Flynn Acted Independently on Russia |date=December 2, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 3, 2017}}
  • December 4
  • President Trump announces an 85% cut to Utah's 1.3m acre Bears Ears National Monument and a 50% cut to the 1.9m acre Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, angering Native American tribes and environmental groups.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42226752|title=Trump shrinks Utah monuments angering environmentalists |date=December 4, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 4, 2017}}
  • The Supreme Court allows President Trump's travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries to go fully into effect.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42231806|title=Supreme court backs Trump travel ban |date=December 4, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 4, 2017}}
  • December 6 – In a speech at the White House, President Trump announces that the US now recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42259443|title=Jerusalem is Israel's capital – Trump |date=December 6, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 6, 2017}}
  • December 7 – A magnitude 4 earthquake happens in California.
  • December 8 – A state of emergency is declared in California as the worst wildfires on record devastate homes and businesses in the region, forcing the evacuation of 200,000 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42289831|title=California wildfires: Businesses face ruin as blaze rages |date=December 9, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 9, 2017}}
  • December 11 – A man is arrested after an explosion at New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal, described by Mayor Bill de Blasio as an "attempted terrorist attack".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42312293|title=New York explosion at Manhattan bus terminal |date=December 11, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 11, 2017}}
  • December 12 – Democrat Doug Jones defeats Republican candidate Roy Moore to win the Senate seat for Alabama, the first time a Democrat has won the state since 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/12/roy-moore-loses-alabama-senate-race-doug-jones-wins|title=Alabama election: Democrats defeat Roy Moore, dealing huge blow to Donald Trump |date=December 13, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 13, 2017}}
  • December 13 – The Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter percentage point, to a range of 1.25–1.5 percent, the third rise of 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42344170|title=US Federal Reserve raises interest rates again |date=December 13, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 13, 2017}}
  • December 14
  • Walt Disney announces that it will buy 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets for $52.4bn, ending more than half a century of media expansion by Rupert Murdoch.{{cite web|url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-spinoff-certain-businesses-52-4-billion-stock/|title=The Walt Disney Company To Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., After Spinoff Of Certain Businesses, For $52.4 Billion In Stock |date=December 14, 2017|work=Walt Disney|access-date=December 14, 2017}}
  • Despite strong public opposition, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) votes to repeal net neutrality.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/technology/net-neutrality-repeal-vote.html|title=F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules |date=December 14, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 14, 2017}}
  • December 15
  • The Washington Post reports that staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been forbidden by the Trump administration from using the words "vulnerable", "entitlement", "diversity", "transgender", "fetus", "evidence-based" and "science-based" in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html|title=CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity |date=December 15, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 16, 2017}}
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi is released in theaters.
  • December 16 – The Pentagon confirms the existence of the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP), a secret investigatory effort funded from 2007 to 2012 by the United States government to study unexplained aerial phenomena (and/or unidentified flying objects).{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Helene |last2=Blumenthal |first2=Ralph |last3=Kean |first3=Lesie |title=Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html |date=December 16, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 16, 2017 }}{{cite news |last=Siese |first=April |title=The Pentagon has confirmed its $22M program to investigate UFOs |url=https://qz.com/1158998/the-pentagon-confirms-its-22-million-ufo-investigation-program/ |date=December 16, 2017 |work=Quartz |access-date=December 17, 2017 }}
  • December 18
  • President Trump announces that climate change will be dropped from a list of national security threats.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/donald-trump-climate-change-national-secuirty-security-threats-global-warming-environment-clean-coal-a8116326.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/donald-trump-climate-change-national-secuirty-security-threats-global-warming-environment-clean-coal-a8116326.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Donald Trump to drop climate change from list of national security threats |date=December 18, 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=December 18, 2017}}{{cbignore}}
  • 2017 Washington train derailment: An Amtrak train derails and crashes onto Interstate 5 near DuPont, Washington, leaving three dead.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42401707|title=Washington train crash: Rail carriages fall on US motorway |date=December 18, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 18, 2017}}
  • John Skipper resigns as president of ESPN to deal with his substance addiction. Former network president and executive chairman George Bodenheimer is announced as the acting chairman for the next 90 days until a replacement is found.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/21804776/john-skipper-resigns-espn-president|title=John Skipper resigns as ESPN president, George Bodenheimer takes over as acting chairman |date=December 18, 2017|work=ESPN|access-date=December 18, 2017}}
  • December 19 – The FDA approves Luxturna, the first gene therapy for an inherited condition in the U.S., for patients with a form of retinal dystrophy.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/19/571962226/first-gene-therapy-for-inherited-disease-gets-fda-approval |title=First Gene Therapy For Inherited Disease Gets FDA Approval|date=December 19, 2017|publisher=NPR |access-date=December 20, 2017|last1=Stein|first1=Rob}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm589467.htm |title=FDA approves novel gene therapy to treat patients with a rare form of inherited vision loss|date=December 19, 2017|publisher=FDA |access-date=December 20, 2017}}
  • December 20 – The Greatest Showman is released in theaters.
  • December 21
  • Papa John's founder John Schnatter steps down as CEO of the pizza restaurant chain and will be replaced by chief operating officer Steve Ritchie on January 1.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/21/papa-johns-founder-out-as-ceo-weeks-after-nfl-comments.html|title=Papa John's founder out as CEO weeks after NFL comments|date=December 21, 2017|work=CNBC|access-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221230534/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/21/papa-johns-founder-out-as-ceo-weeks-after-nfl-comments.html|archive-date=December 21, 2017|url-status=dead}}
  • The National Center for Health Statistics reports that US life expectancy fell in 2016 for the second year running, the first time in more than half a century that such a consecutive decline has occurred. The drop, from 78.7 to 78.6, was reportedly driven by the worsening opioid crisis.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42452733|title=Opioid crisis linked to two-year drop in US life expectancy |date=December 22, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 23, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db293.pdf|title=Mortality in the United States, 2016 |date=December 21, 2017|work=CDC|access-date=December 23, 2017}}
  • December 22 – Everitt Aaron Jameson, a 25-year-old former marine, is arrested by the FBI on suspicion of planning a terror attack in the Pier 39 area of San Francisco over Christmas.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42462463|title=San Francisco: Man arrested over 'Christmas terror plan' |date=December 22, 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 23, 2017}}
  • December 31 – In American football, the Cleveland Browns finish their season with an 0–16 record, becoming the second team in history to do so after the 2008 Lions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/the-latest-browns-complete-2nd-0-16-season-in-nfl-history|title = The Latest: Browns complete 2nd 0-16 season in NFL history}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/42533183|title = Browns finish NFL season without a win|work = BBC Sport}}
  • Archview Investment Group LP, an institutional alternative investment firm founded in 2009, begins shutting down.{{Cite web|last=Natarajan|first=Sridhar|date=December 26, 2017|title=Distressed-Debt Hedge Fund Archview Is Shutting Down|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-26/distressed-debt-hedge-fund-archview-is-said-to-be-shutting-down|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-16|website=www.bloomberg.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226195301/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-26/distressed-debt-hedge-fund-archview-is-said-to-be-shutting-down |archive-date=2017-12-26 }}

Deaths

=January=

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File:Tommy Allsup.jpg]]

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File:Miguel Ferrer 2015.jpg]]

File:Special Guest Butch Trucks crop autoadjust.jpg]]

File:Mary Tyler Moore rework.jpg]]

File:Mike Connors Mannix 1968.JPG]]

File:Barbara Hale in Jolson Sings Again trailer.jpg]]

=February=

File:AlvinBaldus.jpg]]

File:Irwin Corey 1963.JPG]]

File:Richard Hatch 1977.JPG]]

File:LTG(R) Hal Moore at West Point 10 May 2010.JPG]]

File:Al Jarreau im ICC Berlin 1986.jpg]]

File:GeorgeSteeleWrestler2009.png]]

File:RobertHMichelCP.jpg]]

File:Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe) onthe steps of the Supreme Court, 1989 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Larry Coryell 1979.jpg]]

File:Alan Colmes 2014 with backdrop.jpg]]

File:Bill Paxton by Gage Skidmore.jpg]]

=March=

File:Miriam Colon 1962.jpg]]

File:Abeilenson.jpg]]

File:Robert Osborne at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards.jpg]]

File:James Cotton Monterey 1981.jpg]]

File:Chuck Berry 1957.jpg]]

File:Jimmy Breslin at the 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival.jpg]]

File:David Rockefeller - NARA - 195929 (cropped).jpg]]

File:The Gong Show Chuck Barris 1976.jpg]]

File:Tomas Milian.jpg]]

File:Lola Albright 1962.JPG]]

File:William Thaddeus Coleman - Cabinet meeting.jpg]]

=April=

File:Paul O'Neill (rock producer) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Don Rickles 1973.JPG]]

File:Peter Hansen General Hospital 1973.jpg]]

File:Linda Hopkins - Book Cover Photo.jpg]]

File:JGeilsPerforming.jpg]]

File:CharlieMurphyDec09.jpg]]

File:AmbassadorDanRooneyOfficial.jpg]]

File:AH-1975-s.jpg]]

File:Aaron Hernandez.JPG]]

File:CubaGoodingSrByPhilKonstantin (cropped).jpg]]

File:Erin Moran in 2008 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Kathleen Crowley 1958.jpg]]

File:Jonathan Demme May 2015.jpg]]

=May=

File:Bruce Hampton (cropped).jpg]]

File:Michael Parks Then Came Bronson 1969.JPG]]

File:Powers-boothe-zumawirewestphotos963564.jpg]]

File:Roger Ailes, June 2013.jpg]]

File:ChrisCornellTIFFSept2011.jpg]]

File:Dina Merrill 1968.JPG]]

File:Jared Martin The Fantastic Journey 1977.JPG]]

File:Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1977.jpg]]

File: Jim Bunning, official photo portrait, 111th Congress.jpg]]

File:Gregg Allman 1975.JPG]]

=June=

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File:Roger Smith Mister Roberts.JPG]]

File:Glenne Headly at the Geffen Playhouse, 2016 (cropped).jpg]]

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File:Bill Dana Jose Jimenez Bill Dana Show 1964.JPG]]

File:Stephen Furst by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg]]

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=July=

File:Nelsan Ellis at True Blood premiere party (crop).jpg]]

File:JimBush.jpg]]

File:Martin Landau-Mission-1968.jpg]]

File:Ralph Regula congressional portrait.jpg]]

File:Linkin Park-Rock im Park 2014- by 2eight 3SC0327.jpg]]

File:Bob DeMoss.jpg]]

File:Michael-Johnson-2002.jpg]]

File:Barbara Sinatra 2000.jpg]]

File:June Foray (4971507788 21f4124982 n) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Sam Shepard Stealth crop.jpg]]

=August=

File:Ty Hardin 1958.JPG]]

File:Glen Campbell 1967.JPG]]

File:Barbara Cook Shankbone Metropolitan Opera 2009.jpg]]

File:Joseph Bologna 1974.JPG]]

File:Dick Gregory 2015.jpg]]

File:Jerry Lewis - 1960s.jpg]]

File:Jay Thomas at 44th Primetime Emmy Awards cropped.jpg]]

File:Massacre à la tronçonneuse 40eme anniversaire Grand Rex 23 septembre 2014 - 25 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Rollie Massimino - 2009 03 21 in Philadelphia.jpg]]

File:Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman.JPG]]

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=September=

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File:Walter-Becker.jpg]]

File:Jim McDaniels 1975.jpg]]

File:Donwilliams.jpg]]

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File:HarryDeanStanton-1.jpg]]

File:Jake LaMotta signed photo postcard 1952.JPG]]

File:Charles Bradley (Traumzeit Festival 2013) IMGP6830 smial wp.jpg]]

File:Hugh Hefner Glamourcon 2010.jpg]]

File:Anne Jeffreys 1955.jpg]]

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=October=

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File:Robert Guillaume (1980).jpg]]

File:Fats Domino (1962).jpg]]

File:Jack Bannon 1977.JPG]]

=November=

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File:Brad Harris.jpg]]

File:John Hillerman Betty White The Betty White Show 1977 (cropped) 2.jpg]]

File:LizSmithSept2011.jpg]]

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File:MansonB33920 8-14-17 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Della Reese 1998.jpg]]

File:Mel Tillis.jpg]]

File:David Cassidy Allan Warren.jpg]]

File:Wayne Cochran 1969.JPG]]

File:Jon Hendricks 0157.jpg]]

File:Col Wesley L Fox.jpg]]

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File:Jim Nabors 1968.JPG]]

=December=

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See also

References

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