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2021 in the United States

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This article outlines United States-related events which occurred in the year 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to heavily impact the US, with the emergence of numerous COVID-19 variants leading to a substantial rise in both infections and deaths across the country.

Though Donald Trump lost his bid to be re-elected president of the United States to former vice president Joe Biden, Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election have continued throughout the year, most violent on January 6, when supporters of Trump stormed the Capitol building and unsuccessfully halted the formal counting of electoral votes in Congress. Much of the year, as well as 2022 in the United States, involved the aftermath of the attack itself (which included Trump's second impeachment, a first for a US president) and criminal trials of those at the Capitol, most of which has been carried out by a special committee in the House of Representatives.

2021 was additionally defined by protests against COVID-19 lockdowns in response to the pandemic, as well as the beginning of a period of high inflation and ongoing protests mostly against police brutality. The year also saw an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, a destructive wildfire season in California, and a power crisis in Texas.

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Incumbents

=Federal government=

::Donald Trump (R-Florida) (until January 20)

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

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

::Kamala Harris (D-California) (starting January 20)

::Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) (until January 20)

::Chuck Schumer (D-New York) (starting January 20)

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Ongoing events

Events

= January =

File:Joe Biden presidential portrait.jpg becomes the 46th U.S. president.]]

File:Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Portrait.jpg becomes the 49th U.S. vice president.]]

  • January 1
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: The United States surpasses 20{{nbsp}}million cases of COVID-19.{{cite web |last=Cohen |first=Li |date=January 1, 2021 |title=U.S. surpasses 20 million cases of coronavirus on first day of 2021 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-cases-us-surpasses-20-million-first-day-2021/ |website=CBS News}}
  • The U.S. Senate votes 81–13 for the National Defense Authorization Act 2021, overriding a veto by President Donald Trump for the only time in his presidency.{{Cite news |date=January 1, 2021 |title=US Congress overrides Trump veto for first time |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55510151 |access-date=January 2, 2021}}
  • Montana Initiative 190 comes into effect, making Montana the 13th state to legalize recreational cannabis.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/helena-montana-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-6abadbe03ccb6b8a266442799cfc17af |title=Montana law to take effect; residents can grow, possess pot |date=December 29, 2020 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=December 29, 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/marijuana-legalization-begins-in-part-as-new-year-starts/article_f1321e17-1438-5501-9e36-a578300e57ae.html |title=Marijuana legalization begins, in part, as new year starts |last=Larson |first=Seaborn |date=December 29, 2020 |work=Independent Record |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230033209/https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/marijuana-legalization-begins-in-part-as-new-year-starts/article_f1321e17-1438-5501-9e36-a578300e57ae.html |archive-date=December 30, 2020 |access-date=January 20, 2021}}
  • Public Domain Day: All books and films published in 1925 enter the public domain in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/01/951171599/party-like-its-1925-on-public-domain-day-gatsby-and-dalloway-are-in|title=Party Like It's 1925 On Public Domain Day (Gatsby And Dalloway Are In)|website=NPR.org|date=January 2021|last1=Ulaby|first1=Neda}}
  • January 2 – COVID-19 pandemic: New York becomes the fourth state to surpass one million COVID-19 cases, following Texas, California, and Florida.{{Cite news |last=Sherman |first=Stacy |date=January 2, 2021 |title=New York State Surpasses 1 Million Cases in Holiday Surge |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-02/new-york-state-surpasses-1-million-cases-in-holiday-season-surge |newspaper=Bloomberg.com}}
  • January 3 – The Washington Post publishes an audio recording of President Donald Trump urging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to change the state's 2020 presidential election results in his favor.{{Cite news |date=January 3, 2021 |title=Audio: Trump berates Ga. secretary of state, urges him to 'find' votes |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/audio-trump-berates-ga-secretary-of-state-urges-him-to-find-votes/2021/01/03/aba64f5f-8c3c-490f-af34-618ccea732d7_video.html |access-date=January 3, 2021}}
  • January 4 – COVID-19 pandemic: Michigan surpasses 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases.{{cite web |last=Bennett |first=Courtney |date=January 4, 2021 |title=Michigan surpasses 500,000 confirmed coronavirus case totals |url=https://nbc25news.com/news/local/michigan-surpasses-500000-confirmed-coronavirus-case-totals |website=WEYI-TV}}
  • January 5
  • Two runoff elections are held in Georgia to decide U.S. Senate seats, with incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler facing Raphael Warnock and Senator David Perdue facing Jon Ossoff.
  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order barring transactions with eight Chinese software applications (including Alipay, WeChat Pay, and Tencent QQ) citing concerns about Chinese access to sensitive data of American citizens.{{Cite news |last1=Alper |first1=Alexandra |last2=Sherpardson |first2=David |last3=Goh |first3=Brenda |last4=Horwitz |first4=Josh |last5=Li |first5=Pei |last6=Crossley |first6=Gabriel |date=January 5, 2021 |title=Trump bars U.S. transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay |work=Reuters |editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=Matthew |editor2-last=Adler |editor2-first=Leslie |editor3-last=Feast |editor3-first=Lincoln |editor4-last=Elgood |editor4-first=Giles |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-tech-exclusive/trump-signs-order-banning-transactions-with-eight-chinese-apps-including-alipay-idUSKBN29A2PA |access-date=January 6, 2021}}
  • January 6
  • Five people die and at least 56 police officers and five civilians are injured after supporters of President Donald Trump storm the United States Capitol, forcing Congress to evacuate.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/questions-mount-over-law-enforcements-failure-to-protect-the-capitol.html |title=Questions mount over law enforcement's failure to protect the Capitol |last1=Thrush |first1=Glenn |last2=Dewan |first2=Shaila |last3=Eligon |first3=John |last4=MacFarquhar |first4=Neil |date=January 7, 2021 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |quote=Mr. Sund said more than 50 Capitol Police and Washington Metro Police officers had been injured, and several Capitol Police officers were hospitalized with serious injuries. |access-date=January 8, 2021}} Congress reconvenes and formally certifies Joe Biden as the next president of the United States on the morning of January 7.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/0409d7d753461377ff2c5bb91ac4050c |title=Biden win confirmed after pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol |last1=Mascaro |first1=Lisa |last2=Tucker |first2=Eric |last3=Jalonick |first3=Mary Clare |last4=Taylor |first4=Andrew |last5=Colvin |first5=Jill |last6=Miller |first6=Zeke |last7=Freking |first7=Kevin |last8=Fram |first8=Alan |last9=Daly |first9=Matthew |last10=Rama |first10=Padmananda |last11=Fox |first11=Ben |last12=Khalil |first12=Ashraf |last13=Barrow |first13=Bill |date=January 7, 2021 |website=apnews.com |agency=Associated Press |access-date=January 20, 2021}} President Trump formally concedes to an orderly transition of power to Joe Biden.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/07/trump-says-there-will-be-an-orderly-transition-of-power.html |title=After inciting riot, Trump now promises peaceful transfer of power |last1=Ellyatt |first1=Holly |last2=Mangan |first2=Dan |last3=Pramuk |first3=Jacob |last4=Breuninger |first4=Kevin |date=January 7, 2021 |publisher=CNBC |access-date=January 8, 2021}}
  • During the Electoral College vote count, Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Paul Gosar object to Arizona's election results, the first time a vote is forced to accept or reject the objection since 2004.{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Andrew C. |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Cruz and Gosar Object to Arizona's Electoral Votes |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/cruz-and-gosar-object-to-arizonas-electoral-votes/ |website=National Review}}{{cite web|url=https://ktvz.com/politics/2021/01/06/gop-challenges-arizona-electoral-votes-the-first-of-several-expected-objections-to-bidens-2020-win/|title=GOP challenges Arizona electoral votes, the first of several expected objections to Biden's 2020 win|date=January 6, 2021}} Representative Scott Perry and Senator Josh Hawley subsequently object to Pennsylvania's election results.
  • January 7
  • Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk becomes the world's richest person, with a net worth exceeding $185{{nbsp}}billion, surpassing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55578403|title=Elon Musk becomes world's richest person as wealth tops $185bn|publisher=BBC News|date=January 7, 2021}}
  • Facebook indefinitely bans President Donald Trump from all of its platforms, citing his role in the January 6 Capitol riot.[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55569604 Trump blocked by Twitter and Facebook] BBC, January 7, 2021 Twitter permanently suspends Trump's personal account the next day, January 8.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitter-bans-donald-trump-1234881689/|title=Twitter Permanently Bans Donald Trump|work=Variety|date=January 8, 2021}}
  • Betsy DeVos resigns as Education Secretary in protest of President Trump's role in the January 6 Capitol riot.{{Cite news|last1=Meckler|first1=Laura|last2=Douglas-Gabriel|first2=Danielle|date=January 8, 2021|title=Betsy DeVos resigns as education secretary, citing Trump's role in riot|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/education-secretary-devos-resigns/2021/01/07/1a3c967a-5155-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210110074855/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/education-secretary-devos-resigns/2021/01/07/1a3c967a-5155-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html|archive-date=January 10, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}
  • January 8
  • Amid an industry crackdown on extremist content following the January 6 Capitol riot, Google removes the mobile app of social networking service Parler from Google Play.{{cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/8/22221648/google-suspends-bans-parler-play-store|title=Google pulls Parler from Play Store for fostering calls to violence|work=The Verge|date=January 8, 2021}} Apple suspends the app from its App Store the next day, January 9.[https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/9/22221730/apple-removes-suspends-bans-parler-app-store Apple removes Parler from the App Store] The Verge, January 9, 2021 Parler goes offline a day later, January 10, when Amazon ceases to provide its cloud computing services.[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-parler-aws Amazon Is Booting Parler Off Of Its Web Hosting Service] BuzzFeed News, January 9, 2021
  • After 36 years, Alex Trebek's final episode of Jeopardy! airs. Ken Jennings becomes the temporary host on January 11 as the search for a new permanent host continues.[https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2021/01/04/alex-trebeks-final-jeopardy-episodes-air-this-week/ Alex Trebek's final Jeopardy! episodes air this week] WDIV-TV, January 4, 2021
  • January 9 – The Trump administration lifts longstanding restrictions on contacts between Taiwanese and U.S. officials.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55606594|title=Pompeo: US to lift restrictions on contacts with Taiwan|date=January 9, 2021|access-date=January 10, 2021|work=BBC}}
  • January 11 – Alabama Crimson Tide football head coach Nick Saban surpasses former head coach Bear Bryant for most national titles won in college football history, seven total, following a 52–24 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2021 CFB National Championship.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/college/2021/01/12/nick-saban-passes-bear-bryant-most-championships-cfb|title=Nick Saban Passes Bear Bryant for Most National Titles in CFB History|date=January 11, 2021|access-date=January 12, 2021|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}
  • January 13
  • Donald Trump becomes the first U.S. president to be impeached for a second time, following a 232–197 vote in the House of Representatives.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55656385|title=Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riot|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=January 13, 2021|publisher=BBC News}}
  • Former Governor of Michigan Rick Snyder is charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty in connection with the Flint water crisis. Former state health director Nick Lyon and many others are also charged.[https://www.kwtx.com/2021/01/14/ex-michigan-health-chief-charged-with-manslaughter-in-flint/ Flint water probe brings charges against ex-governor, others] KWTX, January 14, 2021
  • Lisa Marie Montgomery is executed by the federal government, the first female federal inmate to be executed since 1953.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/2-federal-executions-halted-d29e4250646d5e177df53efa64da6163|title=US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=January 13, 2021|work=Associated Press News}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The NHL's shortened 2020–21 season begins, running for 56 games per team and ending on May 8.[https://nbc25news.com/sports/nhl/nhl-announces-a-56-game-regular-season-starting-january-13-2021 NHL announces a 56 game regular season starting January 13, 2021] WEYI-TV, December 20, 2020
  • January 14 – COVID-19 pandemic: Texas becomes the first state to administer one million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.{{cite news|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/14/texas-coronavirus-vaccine-one-million/|title=Texas becomes first state to administer 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=January 15, 2021|work=Texas Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114235031/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/14/texas-coronavirus-vaccine-one-million/|archive-date=January 14, 2021|url-status=live}}
  • January 15 – The National Rifle Association of America files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announces plans to reincorporate in Texas.{{cite news |author1=Daniel Villarreal |title=NRA Files For Bankruptcy, Vows to Reincorporate in Texas |url=https://www.newsweek.com/nra-files-voluntary-bankruptcy-vows-reincorporate-texas-1562046 |access-date=17 July 2023 |work=Newsweek |date=15 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115213225/https://www.newsweek.com/nra-files-voluntary-bankruptcy-vows-reincorporate-texas-1562046 |archive-date=15 January 2021 |language=en}}
  • January 16
  • Dustin Higgs is executed by the federal government, becoming the 13th and final person to be executed by the Trump administration.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55687279|title=Dustin Higgs: Final execution of Trump presidency is carried out|date=January 16, 2021|access-date=January 16, 2021|publisher=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116090413/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55687279|archive-date=January 16, 2021|url-status=live}}
  • President-elect Joe Biden announces he will elevate the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to a Cabinet-level position, making its nominated director Eric Lander the first biologist in the Cabinet, if confirmed by the U.S. Senate.{{Cite news |last=Milman |first=Oliver |date=January 16, 2021 |title=Joe Biden names scientific advisers and seeks to bring Eric Lander into cabinet |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/16/joe-biden-scientific-advisers-eric-lander-cabinet |access-date=January 17, 2021}}
  • January 17 – Riley June Williams, a 22-year-old woman suspected of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the January 6 Capitol riot, is charged by the FBI with intent to sell the device to Russian foreign intelligence services.{{cite news|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/riley-june-williams-capitol-attack-pelosi-laptop-harrisburg-pennsylvania-arrests-20210118.html|title=Feds seeking Harrisburg woman accused by her ex of stealing Nancy Pelosi's laptop during Capitol riot|date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 18, 2021|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}
  • January 18
  • Vice President-elect Kamala Harris resigns from her U.S. Senate seat. Her chosen successor, former California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, becomes the first Latino to represent California in the Senate.[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534688-harris-resigns-senate-seat-ahead-of-swearing-in-as-vp Harris resigns Senate seat ahead of swearing in as VP] The Hill, January 18, 2021
  • The 1776 Report is released by the 1776 Commission.{{Cite news|date=January 19, 2021|title='A hack job,' 'outright lies': Trump commission's '1776 Report' outrages historians|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/01/19/1776-report-historians-trump/|access-date=January 20, 2021}}
  • January 19
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Nationwide COVID-19 deaths surpass 400,000.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-death-toll-400k-united-states/ COVID-19 death toll tops 400,000 as incoming CDC director expects "dark weeks ahead"] CBS News, January 19, 2021
  • On his final full day in office, President Trump issues pardons for 144 people.[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/18/trump-warned-against-self-pardon-white-house-officials-reports Trump to issue more than 100 pardons before Biden sworn in] The Guardian, January 18, 2021
  • New York State Office of Court Administration employee Brendan Hunt is arrested by the FBI for encouraging public executions of members of the U.S. Congress on social media.{{cite web|last1=Dienst|first1=Jonathan|last2=Santia|first2=Marc|last3=Valiquette|first3=Joe|date=January 19, 2021|title=Feds: NY Court Worker Called for 'Public Executions' of Top Dems in Online Posts|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-accused-of-threatening-elected-officials-online-is-arrested-in-queens-source/2837459/|access-date=January 19, 2021|website=NBC New York}}
  • January 20
  • Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Kamala Harris becomes the first woman, first Asian American, and first African American to become Vice President of the United States.[https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/20/us/biden-inauguration Inauguration Live Updates: Biden Is Sworn In as 46th President, Kicking Off New Era in Washington] The New York Times, January 20, 2021 Donald Trump becomes the first outgoing president to boycott his successor's inauguration since Andrew Johnson in 1869.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/presidents-who-skipped-inaugurations.html|work=The New York Times|title=Trump Is Not the First President to Snub an Inauguration|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=January 20, 2021}}
  • President Biden signs his first executive orders reversing several Trump administration actions, including rejoining the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization, repealing the 2017 travel bans, ending funding for the Mexico–United States border wall, and revoking the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55738746 Biden sets to work on reversing Trump policies with executive orders] BBC, January 20, 2021
  • January 21 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves Cabenuva as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.{{cite press release | title=FDA Approves First Extended-Release, Injectable Drug Regimen for Adults Living with HIV | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | date=January 21, 2021 | url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-extended-release-injectable-drug-regimen-adults-living-hiv | access-date=January 21, 2021}}{{cite web | title=Cabenuva and Vocabria approved for HIV infection | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | date=January 27, 2021 | url=https://www.fda.gov/drugs/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv/fda-approves-cabenuva-and-vocabria-treatment-hiv-1-infection | access-date=January 27, 2021}}
  • January 22 – Recreational cannabis sales begin in Arizona.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc15.com/news/state/first-arizona-recreational-marijuana-sales-take-place-friday-after-73-licenses-approved |title=First Arizona recreational marijuana sales take place Friday after 73 licenses approved |author=abc15.com staff |date=January 22, 2021 |work=KNXV-TV |access-date=January 22, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122234050/https://www.abc15.com/news/state/first-arizona-recreational-marijuana-sales-take-place-friday-after-73-licenses-approved |archive-date=January 22, 2021}}
  • January 24
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Nationwide confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 25{{nbsp}}million.[https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/01/24/960126270/u-s-tops-25-million-cases-of-the-coronavirus U.S. Tops 25 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases] NPR, January 24, 2021
  • The Tampa Bay Buccaneers advance to Super Bowl LV after a 31–26 victory against the Green Bay Packers, the first time an NFL team will play the Super Bowl on their home field.[https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/55791239 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-26 Green Bay Packers: Tom Brady to bid for seventh Super Bowl win] BBC, January 24, 2021
  • January 25
  • President Biden repeals the Trump administration's ban on transgender personnel in the military.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-reverse-ban-transgender-military-f0ace4f9866e0ca0df021eba75b3af20|title=Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=January 25, 2021|work=Associated Press News}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Minnesota reports the first national case of the Lineage P.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2.[https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/minnesota-confirms-first-known-us-case-of-more-contagious-covid-variant-originally-found-in-brazil.html Minnesota confirms first known U.S. case of more contagious Covid variant originally found in Brazil] CNBC, January 25, 2021
  • Dominion Voting Systems sues former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation during the 2020 presidential election.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-dominion-trump.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes|title=Rudy Giuliani Sued by Dominion Voting Systems Over False Election Claims|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=January 25, 2021|work=The New York Times}}
  • January 26
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The Biden administration announces it will purchase 200{{nbsp}}million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, in addition to the prior order of 400{{nbsp}}million.[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-orders-additional-200-million-doses-covid-19-vaccine-n1255744 Biden administration orders additional 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine] NBC News, January 26, 2021
  • January 27
  • The U.S. Army announces new personal grooming and appearance standards, relaxing rules regarding makeup and jewelry and allowing for more diverse hairstyles.{{cite news|url=https://www.army.mil/article/242536/army_announces_new_grooming_appearance_standards|work=U.S. Army|title=Army announces new grooming, appearance standards|date=January 27, 2021|access-date=February 5, 2021}}
  • President Biden signs a series of executive orders regarding climate change, including halting new oil and gas leases on public lands, procuring an all-electric federal vehicle fleet, and doubling offshore wind power by 2030.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55829189|title=Biden signs 'existential' executive orders on climate and environment|date=January 27, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021|publisher=BBC News}}
  • One of the 14 men accused in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot pleads guilty and agrees to testify against his co-defendants, with sentencing set for July 8.{{cite news|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2021/01/michigan-man-says-he-surveilled-gov-whitmers-home-in-kidnap-plot.html|title=Michigan man says he surveilled Gov. Whitmer's home in kidnap plot|publisher=MLive Media Group|last=Agar|first=John|date=January 27, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021}}
  • Investment funds report major losses after video game retailer GameStop's stock prices rise 900 times their record low.[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/gamestop-wall-street-bets.html 'Dumb Money' Is on GameStop, and It's Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game] The New York Times, January 27, 2021 The next day, January 28, some financial services companies restrict the trade of stocks of several companies, including GameStop, triggering outrage online.
  • January 31–February 3 – A major winter storm strikes the Northeastern United States, bringing nearly {{convert|3|feet|meters}} of snow to some areas, causing over 575,000 power outages, and killing six people.[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/02/weather-snowfall-totals-winter-storm-new-england-new-york/4351996001/ Winter storm heads into New England; New Yorkers dig out; biggest snowfall total 33 inches in Pa.] USA Today, February 2, 2021

= February =

  • February 1
  • Oregon Measure 110 comes into effect, making Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of all illicit drugs.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/01/oregon-decriminalizes-all-drugs-offers-treatment-instead-jail-time/4311046001/|title=Oregon decriminalizes all drugs, offers treatment instead of jail time|website=USA Today|date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201163621/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/01/oregon-decriminalizes-all-drugs-offers-treatment-instead-jail-time/4311046001/|archive-date=February 1, 2021}}
  • Actress Evan Rachel Wood alleges that Marilyn Manson sexually abused and groomed her as a teenager. Four other women make similar claims while Manson denies the allegations.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/02/he-horrifically-abused-me-for-years-evan-rachel-wood-and-other-women-make-allegations-of-abuse-against-marilyn-manson|title=He "Horrifically Abused Me for Years": Evan Rachel Wood and Other Women Make Allegations of Abuse Against Marilyn Manson|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=February 1, 2021|magazine=Vanity Fair}} The next day, February 2, Manson is dropped by his record label, Loma Vista Recordings, and removed from two TV shows: American Gods and Creepshow.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55900061 |title=Marilyn Manson dropped by record label over abuse allegations |date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|publisher=BBC News}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/02/marilyn-manson-removed-from-us-tv-shows-following-abuse-allegations |title=Marilyn Manson removed from US TV shows following abuse allegations |date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|work=The Guardian}}
  • February 2
  • 2021 Sunrise, Florida shootout: During the service of a warrant, a suspect kills two FBI agents and injures three others before barricading himself inside his home. He is later found dead, reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.{{cite web|last1=Neal|first1=David J.|last2=Marchante|first2=Michelle|last3=Weaver|first3=Jay|last4=Ovalle|first4=David|date=February 2, 2021|title=2 FBI agents killed, 3 wounded while serving warrant. Gunman, now dead, shot them through door.|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article248942479.html|access-date=February 2, 2021|website=Miami Herald}} The shootout was the most violent incident in the FBI's history since 1986.{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/sunrise/fl-ne-fbi-agent-deaths-20210202-7mowz5ftnjhevi52lajl7ofbru-story.html|title=Among the deadliest: Past incidents that killed FBI agents|publisher=Sun-Sentinel|last=Perkins|first=Chris|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021}}
  • The United States Senate votes 50–49 to pass a budget resolution that would allow Democrats to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package without support from Republicans.[https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-senate-democrats-biden-rescue-plan-without-gop-votes-2021-2 Senate Democrats take the first step to pass Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package on their own as the administration stands by it] Business Insider, February 2, 2021 Three days later, February 5, the Senate passes a $1.9 trillion budget for COVID-19 relief. The 50–50 tie-breaker vote is broken by Vice President Kamala Harris.{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/05/politics/senate-budget-resolution-covid-19-relief/index.html |title=Senate passes key procedural step to allow Democrats to pass Covid-19 relief without threat of GOP filibuster |date=February 5, 2021|access-date=February 5, 2021|work=CNN}}
  • Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos steps down after more than 26 years to focus on Blue Origin and names Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy as his successor.[https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/02/jeff-bezos-to-step-down-as-amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-to-take-over-in-q3.html Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy to take over in Q3] CNBC, February 2, 2021
  • February 4
  • The United States House of Representatives votes 230–199 to remove Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from her assignments on the Education and Labor and Budget committees and following controversial comments made about the mass shootings in Parkland and Sandy Hook, as well as calling for violence towards Democrats, and the support of numerous conspiracy theories such as QAnon.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55940542 Marjorie Taylor Greene: US House votes to punish Republican] BBC, February 4, 2021
  • Smartmatic files a $2.7{{nbsp}}billion defamation lawsuit against the Fox Corporation and its cable news hosts Lou Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro, and Maria Bartiromo as well as frequent guests and ex-President Donald Trump's former lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, who spread false conspiracy theories about them after the 2020 United States presidential election.[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/business/media/smartmatic-fox-news-lawsuit.html Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion] The New York Times, February 4, 2021
  • February 5
  • U.S. Reps Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) are fined $5,000 for refusing to go through the metal detectors outside the House chamber.[https://www.businessinsider.com/2-gop-congressmen-fined-5000-for-bypassing-house-metal-detector-2021-2 Republican congressmen Louie Gohmert and Andrew Clyde fined $5,000 each for refusing to go through a new metal detector in the Capitol] Business Insider, February 6, 2021
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Breyanzi to treat large B-cell lymphoma.{{cite press release | title=FDA Approves New Treatment For Adults With Relapsed Or Refractory Large-B-Cell Lymphoma | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | date=February 5, 2021 | url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-new-treatment-adults-relapsed-or-refractory-large-b-cell-lymphoma | access-date=February 5, 2021}}
  • February 7
  • The Tampa Bay Buccaneers win Super Bowl LV, defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 31–9, making them the first wildcard team to win the Super Bowl since the 2010 Green Bay Packers and the first to win it in their home stadium.[https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/55975394 Super Bowl 2021: Tom Brady wins seventh title as Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Kansas City Chiefs] BBC, February 7, 2021
  • U.S. Rep Ron Wright (R–TX) passes away at the age of 67 after contracting COVID-19, making him the first sitting member of Congress to die of the disease.{{cite web|last=Grisales|first=Claudia|date=February 8, 2021|title=Rep. Ron Wright Is 1st Member Of Congress To Die After Coronavirus Diagnosis|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/08/965370870/1st-member-of-congress-texas-rep-ron-wright-dies-following-covid-19-diagnosis|access-date=February 8, 2021|website=NPR}}
  • February 8 – South Dakota Constitutional Amendment A, which would have legalized recreational cannabis in South Dakota on July 1, is struck down as unconstitutional by judge Christina Klinger.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210208233034/https://apnews.com/article/constitutions-south-dakota-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-kristi-noem-c990e08307ca5016d789f7504cb6e7e6 South Dakota judge rejects amendment legalizing marijuana].
  • February 9
  • The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.[https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-trial-live-updates/2021/02/09/965970361/senate-votes-its-constitutional-to-try-former-president-donald-trump Senate Declares That Trump's Impeachment Trial Is Constitutional] NPR, February 9, 2021 He is acquitted four days later, February 13 with a 57–43 vote in the Senate, ten votes short of the required two-thirds majority for conviction.{{cite news |last1=Gregorian |first1=Dareh |title=Trump acquitted in impeachment trial; 7 GOP Senators vote with Democrats to convict |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-acquitted-impeachment-trial-7-gop-senators-vote-democrats-convict-n1257876 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=NBC News |date=February 13, 2021 }}
  • COVID-19 drug development: The FDA issues an emergency use authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab and etesevimab.{{cite press release|title=FDA Authorizes Monoclonal Antibodies for Treatment of COVID-19|website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)|date=February 10, 2021|url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-monoclonal-antibodies-treatment-covid-19-0|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
  • February 11
  • President Biden terminates the national emergency declaration on the US-Mexico border which President Trump had used to pay for the wall.{{cite news|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/11/biden-rescinds-trump-national-emergency-funded-border-wall/6720714002/ |title=Biden rescinds national emergency at US southern border that allowed Trump to fund border wall |date=February 11, 2021|access-date=February 11, 2021|work=USA Today}}
  • In Fort Worth, Texas, at least six people are killed in an accident involving 133 vehicles on Interstate 35W, affected by weather conditions left by a snowstorm system.[https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/us/texas-fort-worth-crash/index.html At least 9 dead in crashes across Dallas-Fort Worth area due to winter storms] CNN, February 11, 2021
  • February 12
  • The United States Senate votes by unanimous consent to award United States Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman the Congressional Gold Medal for keeping rioters away from the Senate chamber during the storming of the United States Capitol.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-riot-goodman-impeachment/2021/02/12/ae9f074e-6d89-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html Senate votes to award Officer Eugene Goodman the Congressional Gold Medal] The Washington Post, February 12, 2021
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Cosela as the first therapy in its class to reduce the frequency of chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression.{{cite press release | title=FDA Approves Drug to Reduce Bone Marrow Suppression Caused by Chemotherapy | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | date=February 12, 2021 | url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-drug-reduce-bone-marrow-suppression-caused-chemotherapy | access-date=February 12, 2021}}
  • February 15 – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces that Congress will establish a 9/11-styled commission to investigate the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol.[https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-acquittals-impeachments-trump-impeachment-7ebcbaedd6985537dec0c3918cbf06d9 Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot] Associated Press, February 15, 2021
  • February 13–17 – A major winter storm kills 58 people in the United States (and 12 in Mexico) and causes over 9,724,000 power outages across 13 states in the Midwest and Southwest, with Southwest Power Pool declaring an "energy emergency".[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-15/u-s-southwest-grid-operator-orders-rolling-blackouts-amid-cold Blackouts Hit 13 States Beyond Texas in Deepening Power Crisis] Bloomberg, February 15, 2021[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/us/texas-deaths-winter-storm.html Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards] The New York Times, February 19, 2021[https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/16/estados/tormenta-invernal-deja-12-muertos-en-estados-del-norte/ Winter storm kills 12 in northern states] La Jornada, February 18, 2021
  • February 17
  • COVID-19 pandemic: North Dakota confirms their first case of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2.[https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/coronavirus/6891467-North-Dakota-confirms-first-cases-of-United-Kingdom-COVID-19-variant North Dakota confirms first cases of United Kingdom COVID-19 variant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513111557/https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/coronavirus/6891467-North-Dakota-confirms-first-cases-of-United-Kingdom-COVID-19-variant |date=May 13, 2021 }} Grand Folks Herald, February 17, 2021
  • The former Trump Plaza hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey is demolished in a controlled implosion.[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-plaza-hotel-casino-atlantic-city-scheduled-demolition-n1258090 Former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City demolished] NBC News, February 17, 2021
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the Patient Specific Talus Spacer 3D-printed talus implant for humanitarian use. The Patient Specific Talus Spacer is the first in the world and first-of-its-kind implant to replace the talus—the bone in the ankle joint.{{cite press release | title=FDA Approves First in the World, First-of-Its-Kind Implant for the Treatment of Rare Bone Disease as a Humanitarian Use Device | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | date=February 17, 2021 | url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-world-first-its-kind-implant-treatment-rare-bone-disease-humanitarian-use-device | access-date=April 18, 2021}}
  • February 18 – NASA successfully lands its Perseverance rover on Mars, seven months after launching.{{cite web|last=mars.nasa.gov|title=Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover|url=https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=mars.nasa.gov}}
  • February 19 – The U.S. officially rejoins the Paris Agreement, 107 days after leaving.{{cite news |date=February 19, 2021|title=US makes official return to Paris climate pact | url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/19/us-official-return-paris-climate-pact |work=The Guardian|access-date=February 19, 2021}}
  • February 22
  • New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin takes a personal leave of absence after the Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda publishes a story in which former Kontinental Hockey League coach Andrei Nazarov accuses him of sexually assaulting an 18-year old Latvian woman in Riga. The team releases a statement calling the allegations against Panarin a "intimidation tactic" against him after speaking out against "recent political events", most notably expressing his support for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was detained upon return to Russia from Germany.{{cite web | url=https://www.foreverblueshirts.com/new-york-rangers-analysis/new-york-rangers-release-statement-of-support-as-artemi-panarin-denies-allegations/ | title=New York Rangers release statement of support as Artemi Panarin denies allegations | date=February 22, 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/artemi-panarin-navalny-putin-78b80d4a-bafd-460c-bb9d-a7678b92f51e.html | title=Rangers call assault allegations against Artemi Panarin an "intimidation tactic" by Putin | date=February 23, 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/22/artemi-panarin-new-york-rangers-leave-putin-navalny-nhl | title=NHL star Artemi Panarin on leave after 'intimidation' over Navalny support | New York Rangers | the Guardian | date=February 22, 2021 }}
  • Enabling legislation for New Jersey Public Question 1 is signed into law by governor Phil Murphy, making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize recreational cannabis.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/legislature-new-jersey-legislation-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-a48e6e0f7dd4958f88aef9a5780acc55|title=New Jersey governor signs laws to set up marijuana market|website=Associated Press|date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222185101/https://apnews.com/article/legislature-new-jersey-legislation-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-a48e6e0f7dd4958f88aef9a5780acc55|archive-date=February 22, 2021}}
  • The Supreme Court rejects a last-ditch attempt by Donald Trump to shield his financial records, and issues an order requiring his accountants to turn over his tax and other records to prosecutors in New York.{{cite news |date=February 22, 2021|title=Supreme Court rejects Trump attempt to shield taxes from Manhattan District Attorney's Office | url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/supreme-court-rejects-trump-attempt-shield-taxes-manhattan/story?id=76043035 |work=ABC News|access-date=February 22, 2021}}
  • Dominion Voting Systems sues Mike Lindell for $1.3{{nbsp}}billion for defamation, claiming he spread false conspiracy theories about them after the 2020 presidential election.{{cite news|url=https://nbc25news.com/newsletter-daily/dominion-voting-systems-sues-mypillow-guy-for-13-billion|title=Dominion Voting Systems sues 'MyPillow Guy' for $1.3 billion|agency=Associated Press|via=WEYI-TV|date=February 22, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic – The United States surpasses 500,000 deaths from COVID-19. In response, President Biden orders flags to fly at half-mast for five days.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/02/22/covid-news-masks-variants-vaccine-winter-storm/4534724001/|title=US reaches 500,000 coronavirus deaths in under a year, a once-unthinkable milestone: Latest COVID-19 updates|work=USA Today|date=February 22, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-covid-announcement-flag-us-deaths-b1805832.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222201618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-covid-announcement-flag-us-deaths-b1805832.html |archive-date=2021-02-22 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Biden orders flags to fly at half-mast to mark deaths of 500,000 Americans from Covid-19|work=The Independent|date=February 22, 2021}}
  • February 23
  • Golf champion Tiger Woods is seriously injured in a car crash, and undergoes surgery at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center.{{cite news |date=February 24, 2021|title=Tiger Woods car crash: Golfing great 'awake and responsive' following surgery | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/56172067 |publisher=BBC Sport Online|access-date=February 24, 2021}}
  • February 24 – COVID-19 pandemic: Johnson & Johnson's vaccine candidate receives emergency use authorization from the FDA. The single-shot vaccine is 66% effective in combating the virus and can be stored in regular, unspecialized refrigerators.{{cite news|last1=Christensen|first1=Jen|last2=Howard|first2=Jacqueline|date=February 24, 2021|title=Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, FDA analysis finds|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/health/johnson-vaccine-fda-analysis/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210225024701/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/health/johnson-vaccine-fda-analysis/index.html|archive-date=February 25, 2021|access-date=February 24, 2021|website=CNN}}
  • February 25
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccines administered in the United States exceeds 50{{nbsp}}million.{{cite web|title=Biden hails 50m vaccine doses since he took office but warns US not to relax |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/25/joe-biden-coronavirus-50m-vaccine-doses|date=February 25, 2021|access-date=February 27, 2021|work=The Guardian}}
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Amondys 45 for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This is the first FDA-approved targeted treatment for people with the exon 45 skipping mutation.{{cite press release | title=FDA Approves Targeted Treatment for Rare Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Mutation | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | date=February 25, 2021 | url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-targeted-treatment-rare-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-mutation-0 | access-date=February 25, 2021}}
  • February 26
  • Washington's felony drug possession law is struck down as unconstitutional by the Washington Supreme Court, making Washington the 2nd state (after Oregon) to remove criminal penalties for possession of illicit drugs.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/spokane-washington-538035a1cf94b649861a3b3a5f8ad75a |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210226193608/https://apnews.com/article/spokane-washington-538035a1cf94b649861a3b3a5f8ad75a |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |title=Washington state justices strike down drug possession law |date=February 25, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=February 28, 2021 |url-status=live }}
  • Representative Paul Gosar and former Representative Steve King{{cite web|last=Leber|first=Rebecca|title=GOP congressman skipped the stimulus vote to appear at a white nationalist event|url=https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/02/paul-gosar-nick-fuentes-white-nationalist/|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Mother Jones}} attend The America First Political Action Conference, whose organizer is Nick Fuentes. Gosar's attendance was the subject of controversy.{{cite news |last=Steakin |first=Will |date=February 27, 2021 |title=GOP congressman headlines conference where organizers push white nationalist rhetoric |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/gop-congressman-headlines-conference-organizers-push-white-nationalist/story?id=76152780 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=March 2, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Spocchia|first=Gino|date=February 28, 2021|title=Republican congressman appears at white nationalist conference whose founder called Capitol riot 'awesome'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/paul-gosar-afpac-cpac-fuenetes-b1808678.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228135648/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/paul-gosar-afpac-cpac-fuenetes-b1808678.html |archive-date=2021-02-28 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=The Independent}}{{cite web|last=Axelrod|first=Tal|date=February 27, 2021|title=Rep. Gosar denounces 'white racism' after controversial appearance|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540835-rep-gosar-denounces-white-racism-after-controversial-appearance|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=The Hill}}
  • February 27
  • The House of Representatives passes the American Rescue Plan Act, President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. It will next be sent to the Senate.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/26/joe-bidens-covid-relief-bill-stimulus-checks-passes-house/6836187002/|title=House passes Joe Biden's COVID relief bill with $1,400 stimulus checks, legislation heads to Senate|work=USA Today|date=February 27, 2021}}
  • Virginia's legislature passes an adult-use cannabis legalization law, though the law (including both retail sales and simple possession) initially did not come into effect until 2024.{{cite web|title=Virginia joins 15 other states in legalizing marijuana |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/27/virginia-legalizes-marijuana-471840|date=February 27, 2021|access-date=February 28, 2021|work=Politico}} It is later amended to legalize cannabis possession in Virginia beginning on July 1, 2021, while keeping the original 2024 retail sales start date.{{cite news|last1=Paviour|first1=Ben|title=Virginia 16th State To Legalize Recreational Pot, Latest To Emphasize 'Social Equity'|work=National Public Radio|date=April 7, 2021|access-date=April 7, 2021 |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/04/07/985014557/virginia-16th-state-to-legalize-recreational-pot-latest-to-emphasize-social-equi}}
  • New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is accused of sexual harassment by a second former aide to the governor Charlotte Bennett after alleging that he harassed her late last spring, during the height of the state's fight against the coronavirus.{{Cite news|last=McKinley|first=Jesse|date=2021-02-27|title=Cuomo Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by a 2nd Former Aide|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/nyregion/cuomo-charlotte-bennett-sexual-harassment.html|access-date=2021-03-14|issn=0362-4331}}

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  • March 2
  • A major car crash in Imperial County, California kills 13 people and injures 13 others.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/us/imperial-california-crash/index.html |title=More than a dozen dead in crash involving SUV and semitruck in California near US-Mexico border |first1=Konstantin |last1=Toropin |first2=Stella |last2=Chan |first3=Eric |last3=Levenson |first4=Alexandra |last4=Meeks |date=March 3, 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=March 2, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Against CDC warnings, Texas Governor Greg Abbott lifts the statewide mask requirement and allows businesses to open at 100% capacity beginning March 10.{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/541272-texas-governor-lifts-state-mask-mandate-other-covid-restrictions |title=Texas governor lifts state mask mandate, other COVID-19 restrictions |last=Weixel |first=Nathaniel |date=March 2, 2021 |work=The Hill |access-date=March 2, 2021}}
  • Oregon reports its first cases of the Lineage P.1 variant in two people from Douglas County who previously traveled to Brazil.{{Cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2021/03/brazilian-variant-of-covid-19-identified-in-oregons-douglas-county.html|title=Brazilian variant of COVID-19 identified in Oregon's Douglas County|work=OregonLive|date=March 2, 2021}}
  • March 5
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Illinois reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil in a person from Chicago.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-first-case-of-more-contagious-brazilian-covid-19-variant-reported-in-chicago/2455112/|title=Illinois' First Case of More Contagious Brazilian COVID-19 Variant Reported in Chicago|publisher=WMAQ-TV|date=March 5, 2021}}
  • Tennessee reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsmv.com/news/first-case-of-south-african-variant-of-covid-19-confirmed-in-tennessee/article_fd057646-7dcb-11eb-9662-77be0d9cb6c9.html|title=First case of South African variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Tennessee|publisher=WSMV-TV|date=March 5, 2021}}
  • March 6 – The Senate passes the American Rescue Plan Act, President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/05/politics/senate-covid-relief-vote-a-rama/index.html|title=Senate passes Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan after all-night votes|publisher=CNN|date=March 6, 2021}}
  • March 7 – March 2021 Hawaii floods – Floods in Hawaii leave one missing, destroy six homes, force evacuations, and leave 1,300 without electricity.{{cite web|title=Emergency Declared as Hawaii Flooding Forces Evacuations and Leaves One Missing|url=https://weather.com/news/news/2021-03-10-hawaii-flooding-oahu-maui-kauai-evacuations-haleiwa|website=The Weather Channel|access-date=March 11, 2021}}
  • March 8
  • Missouri Senator Roy Blunt announces he will not run for re-election in 2022.[https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/blunt-not-running-reelection/index.html GOP Sen. Roy Blunt announces he will not run for reelection] CNN, March 8, 2021
  • The trial for Derek Chauvin, a former police officer involved in the murder of George Floyd last May, begins with jury selection.{{Cite news|date=November 5, 2020|title=Judge orders 1 trial for 4 officers charged in George Floyd's death|url=https://www.fox9.com/news/judge-orders-1-trial-for-4-officers-charged-in-george-floyds-death|access-date=November 7, 2020|work=FOX 9}}{{Cite news|last=Xiong|first=Chao|date=2021-01-13|title=Derek Chauvin will be tried separately in death of George Floyd|work=Star Tribune|url=https://www.startribune.com/derek-chauvin-will-be-tried-separately-in-death-of-george-floyd/600009598/}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Hawaii reports its first case of South Africa's 501.V2 variant in an Oahu resident with no travel history.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/africa-south-africa-coronavirus-pandemic-honolulu-hawaii-1c4ecb70b6939b5981023748b1ab2a45|title=Virus variant from South Africa detected in Hawaii|work=Associated Press News|date=March 8, 2021}}
  • Michigan reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant in a child from Jackson County.{{cite news|url=https://www.woodtv.com/health/coronavirus/south-african-virus-variant-found-in-michigan/|title=South African virus variant found in Michigan|publisher=WOOD-TV|date=March 8, 2021}}
  • March 10
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Michigan surpasses 600,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.[https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/03/michigan-crosses-600000-mark-for-new-coronavirus-cases-reports-7-new-deaths.html Michigan crosses 600,000 mark for new coronavirus cases, reports 7 new deaths] MLive.com March 10, 2021
  • New Jersey reports its first case of 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.[https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2021/03/nj-confirms-1st-case-of-more-contagious-south-african-covid-variant-total-variant-cases-up-to-145.html N.J. confirms 1st case of more contagious South African COVID variant. Total variant cases up to 145. ] NJ.com, March 10, 2021
  • The United States House of Representatives votes 220–211 to pass the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The stimulus bill was signed into law by President Biden the next day.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-signs-covid-relief-bill-american-rescue-plan-into-law/ Biden signs $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law] CBS News, March 12, 2021
  • Cannabis in South Dakota
  • Attorneys defending Amendment A, which would have legalized cannabis in the state on July 1 before being struck down by a lower court judge, submit their arguments to the South Dakota Supreme Court.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/constitutions-south-dakota-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-constitutional-amendments-12d1f41b4df178dc4b8fa60db91f2f4d|title=Pot advocates make first arguments in Supreme Court appeal|website=Associated Press|date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311070716/https://apnews.com/article/constitutions-south-dakota-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-constitutional-amendments-12d1f41b4df178dc4b8fa60db91f2f4d|archive-date=March 11, 2021}}
  • An attempt to delay the effective date of South Dakota's medical cannabis law from July 2021 until January 2022 fails due to disagreements between the South Dakota House and Senate on the proposed legislation.{{cite news|url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/government-and-politics/6927680-With-South-Dakota-lawmakers-at-impasse-medical-marijuana-program-approved-by-voters-in-November-looking-more-viable|title=With South Dakota lawmakers at impasse, medical marijuana program approved by voters in November looking more viable | work=Grand Forks Herald |date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311063844/https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/government-and-politics/6927680-With-South-Dakota-lawmakers-at-impasse-medical-marijuana-program-approved-by-voters-in-November-looking-more-viable|archive-date=March 11, 2021}}
  • March 11
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Minnesota reports its first case of the South African 501.V2 variant of COVID-19. The patient is a person from the Twin Cities area who became ill on January 24 and tested positive on January 29.[https://kstp.com/coronavirus/first-case-of-south-african-covid-19-variant-found-in-minnesota-/6039754/ MDH: 1st case of South African COVID-19 variant found in Minnesota] KSTP-TV, March 11, 2021
  • Washington reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2, which originated in Brazil. The patient is a person from the King County.[https://apnews.com/article/public-health-health-virology-washington-coronavirus-pandemic-df69ce8eb077f83f1f39f7c65cc987b8 First case of Brazil COVID-19 variant found in Washington] Associated Press, March 12, 2021
  • South Dakota reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2, which originated in the United Kingdom.[https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/state-and-regional/uk-variant-of-covid-19-confirmed-in-south-dakota/article_4e4cb76a-b13b-5db3-a112-0ada83f08236.html UK variant of COVID-19 confirmed in South Dakota] Rapid City Journal, March 11, 2021
  • March 12
  • The family of George Floyd, the man murdered while in police custody last May, sparking nationwide (and later worldwide) protests against police brutality and systemic racism, settles their lawsuit against the city of Minneapolis for $27{{nbsp}}million.[https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-to-pay-record-27-million-to-settle-lawsuit-with-george-floyd-s-family/600033541/ Minneapolis to pay record $27 million to settle lawsuit with George Floyd's family] Minneapolis Star-Tribune, March 12, 2021
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States: The U.S. surpasses 100{{nbsp}}million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered.[https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/12/us-tops-100-million-covid-vaccine-doses-administered-13percent-of-adults-now-fully-vaccinated.html U.S. tops 100 million Covid vaccine doses administered, 13% of adults now fully vaccinated] CNBC, March 12, 2021
  • Arizona reports its first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant, which originated in Brazil.[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2021/03/12/az-identifies-3-cases-more-contagious-brazil-variant/4674509001/ Arizona reports 3 cases of more transmissible COVID-19 variant first detected in Brazil] Arizona Republic, March 12, 2021
  • March 14 – Marvin Scott{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/family-of-man-who-died-while-in-custody-at-the-collin-county-jail-speaks-out/2586931/ |title=Scott's Family Wants Answers After In-Custody Death at Collin County Jail |first=Sophia |last=Beausoleil |date=March 23, 2021 |website=nbcdfw.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328154835/https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/family-of-man-who-died-while-in-custody-at-the-collin-county-jail-speaks-out/2586931/ |archive-date=March 28, 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2021}} died on March 14, 2021, in police custody at a correctional facility in McKinney, Texas.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/collin-county-jail-employees-administrative-leave-death-inmate-marvin-scott-marijuana-possession/ |title=7 Collin County Jail Employees On Administrative Leave Following In-Custody Death Of Man Arrested For Marijuana Possession |author=CBSDFW.com Staff |date=March 15, 2021 |website=dfw.cbslocal.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328155427/https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/03/15/collin-county-jail-employees-administrative-leave-death-inmate-marvin-scott-marijuana-possession/ |archive-date=March 28, 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cityofallen.org/1000/Message-from-the-Chief |title=Message from the Chief |author=Chief Brian Harvey |date=March 18, 2021 |website=cityofallen.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328160213/https://www.cityofallen.org/1000/Message-from-the-Chief |archive-date=March 28, 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2021}}
  • March 14–15 – A blizzard in Colorado brings over {{convert|24.1|in|cm}} of snow, passing a record of {{convert|23.8|in|cm}} set in 1982, to become the fourth largest recorded snowfall in Denver history and the largest since 2003 when the city received {{convert|31.8|in|cm}}. It also leaves tens of thousands of people without power and some stranded in their cars after roads are closed.[https://www.denverpost.com/2021/03/14/colorado-blizzard-snowstorm-closures-outages/ Colorado blizzard is now Denver's 4th largest storm on record] Denver Post, March 14, 2021 In Wyoming, over {{convert|31|in|cm}} were received in Cheyenne, and {{convert|52.5|in|cm}} in the Laramie Range.[https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/2021/03/15/winter-storm-xylia-concludes-sunday-night-in-wyoming-but-its-affects-will-impact-the-week-ahead/ Winter Storm Xylia concludes Sunday Night in Wyoming, but its effects will impact the week ahead] Wyoming News Now, March 15, 2021
  • March 15 – Three people are killed and one injured when a small plane crashes in Pembroke Pines, Florida.[https://abc7news.com/florida-plane-crashes-into-car-north-perry-airport-pembroke-pines-accident/10421935/ 3 dead, including young boy, after small plane crashes into a car on a Florida road] KGO-TV, March 16, 2021
  • March 16
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Massachusetts confirms its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant that originated in Brazil.[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/16/metro/covid-19-variant-first-detected-brazil-confirmed-massachusetts/ COVID-19 variant first detected in Brazil confirmed in Massachusetts] The Boston Globe, March 16, 2021
  • 2021 Atlanta spa shootings – Eight people are killed and one is injured in a trio of shootings at spas in the Metro Atlanta, Georgia area. A suspect is arrested 150 miles south of Atlanta later that day and charged with eight counts of murder and one count of attempted murder two days later, March 18.[https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/us/metro-atlanta-shootings/index.html 8 dead in shootings at three spas in metro Atlanta] CNN, March 16, 2021[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/03/18/georgia-spa-shootings-victims-suspect-what-we-know-now/4743976001/ What to know about Atlanta-area spa shootings: Suspect charged with murder; killings inextricably tied to race, experts say] USA Today, March 18, 2021
  • March 17
  • The IRS announces that the deadline for Tax Day will be postponed to May 17.{{cite web|first=Carmen|last=Reinicke|title= IRS postpones April 15 U.S. tax deadline to May 17|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/irs-pushes-april-15-us-tax-deadline-to-may-17.html|website=CNBC|date=March 17, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: North Dakota confirms its first four cases of the California variant of SARS-CoV-2. Additionally, seven cases of the UK variant are also confirmed.[https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/california-covid-19-variants-surface-in-north-dakota-state-also-confirms-more-cases-of-uk/article_b9655409-4f6f-5375-a3c6-349d229fb49f.html California COVID-19 variants surface in North Dakota; state also confirms more cases of UK variant] The Bismarck Tribune, March 17, 2021
  • March 18–19 – The U.S. and China hold talks in Alaska to discuss relations, with topics ranging from Taiwanese security to Black Lives Matter.{{Cite news|date=2021-03-18|title=U.S.-China Talks in Alaska Quickly Descend Into Bickering|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-18/u-s-china-meeting-will-underscore-biden-s-continuity-with-trump|access-date=2021-03-21}}
  • March 19 – COVID-19 pandemic – Mississippi reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant, which was originally detected in South Africa, in a person in Harrison County.[https://mississippitoday.org/2021/03/19/vaccine-resistant-covid-19-strain-detected-in-mississippi/ Vaccine-resistant COVID-19 strain detected in Mississippi] Mississippi Today, March 19, 2021
  • March 20 – A special election is held in Louisiana's 5th congressional district, vacant since Representative-elect Luke Letlow died on December 29, 2020. Letlow's widow Julia Letlow wins with 67,203 of the 103,616 votes cast (64.86%).{{cite news|first1=Adam|last1=Levy|first2=Ethan|last2=Cohen|title=Julia Letlow makes history in Louisiana's 5th District special election while 2nd District goes to runoff|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/20/politics/louisiana-special-election-congressional-races/index.html|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=CNN}}
  • March 22 – 2021 Boulder shooting: 10 people are shot dead at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. It is the third deadliest mass shooting in the state's history, behind the 1999 Columbine High School massacre which left 13 dead and 24 injured, and the 2012 Aurora theater shooting which left 12 dead and 70 injured.{{cite news |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/03/24/colorado-mass-shootings-incidents-list/ |title=Tracking Colorado's mass shootings: 47 have died in seven incidents since 1993 |first=Kevin |last=Hamm |date=March 24, 2021 |newspaper=The Denver Post |access-date=August 6, 2021}} A 21-year-old suspect, Ahmad Al Issa, is arrested after being shot in the leg by police.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/us/boulder-colorado-shooting-suspect/index.html |title=Here's what we know about the Boulder, Colorado, mass shooting suspect |first1=Ray |last1=Sanchez |first2=Paul |last2=Murphy |first3=Blake |last3=Ellis |first4=Amir |last4=Vera |date=March 24, 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 6, 2021}}
  • March 24
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Georgia reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil. It was found in a resident in Newton County.[https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/georgia-covid-variant-brazil/85-560c21f1-51f3-476e-bf09-e945638abbc7 Georgia reports first case of coronavirus variant that was initially detected in Brazil, health officials say] WMAZ-TV, March 23, 2021
  • COVID-19 pandemic: More than 30{{nbsp}}million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States.{{cite news | title=The Latest: US tops 30 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 | website=ABC News | date=March 25, 2021 | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/latest-pakistan-orders-doses-chinese-made-vaccines-76649087 | access-date=April 17, 2021}}
  • March 25
  • Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: The Senate votes 92–7 to pass the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act of 2021, a bill that would extend the Paycheck Protection Program until May 31. President Biden signed the bill into law on March 30.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/25/politics/paycheck-protection-program-extension-senate-vote/index.html |title=Senate votes to extend Paycheck Protection Program to deliver pandemic relief to businesses |first1=Clare |last1=Foran |first2=Katie |last2=Lobosco|date=March 25, 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=March 26, 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ppp-extension-law-deadline-may-31/ |title=Biden signs PPP extension into law, moving application deadline to May 31 |first=Grace |last=Segers |date=March 30, 2021 |publisher=CBS News |access-date=March 31, 2021}}
  • Tornadoes in Alabama kill five people, destroy several homes, and cause thousands of power outages.[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/25/alabama-tornado-damage-birmingham Alabama tornadoes kill five as homes are destroyed and thousands lose power] The Guardian, March 25, 2021
  • The North Dakota state senate rejects a bill to legalize recreational cannabis in the state by a 10–37 vote.{{cite web |url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/north-dakota-senate-rejects-house-passed-marijuana-legalization-bill-ceding-issue-to-activists-for-ballot-measure/ |title=North Dakota Senate Rejects House-Passed Marijuana Legalization Bill, Ceding Issue To Activists For Ballot Measure |first=Kyle |last=Jaeger |date=March 25, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325210714/https://www.marijuanamoment.net/north-dakota-senate-rejects-house-passed-marijuana-legalization-bill-ceding-issue-to-activists-for-ballot-measure/ |archive-date=March 25, 2021 |access-date=March 27, 2021}}
  • March 26
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Maine reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil.[https://www.centralmaine.com/2021/03/26/state-reports-253-new-covid-19-cases-highest-daily-total-since-early-february/ Maine reports first case of Brazil variant of coronavirus] CentralMaine.com, March 26, 2021
  • Wisconsin confirms their first cases of the Lineage P.1 and 501.V2 variants of SARS-CoV-2.[https://www.wbay.com/2021/03/26/wisconsin-health-officials-confirm-south-africa-covid-19-variant/ Outagamie County health officials confirm South Africa COVID-19 variant] WBAY-TV, March 26, 2021
  • Arizona reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant, which was originally detected in South Africa.[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2021/03/26/arizona-has-confirmed-two-cases-south-african-coronavirus-strain/7021506002/ First 2 cases of South Africa COVID-19 variant confirmed in Arizona] Arizona Republic, March 26, 2021
  • New Jersey amends its alcohol and cannabis laws to allow police to notify parents or guardians after a first-time offense by a minor, following strong opposition to the prohibition on first-time notifications implemented when New Jersey legalized cannabis the previous month.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-parents-must-be-told-of-cannabis-offense-under-new-state-law/2966962/ |title=NJ Parents Must Be Told of Cannabis Offense Under New State Law |first=Mike |last=Catalini |date=March 27, 2021 |publisher=WNBC4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327154120/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-parents-must-be-told-of-cannabis-offense-under-new-state-law/2966962/ |archive-date=March 27, 2021 |access-date=March 27, 2021}}
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves Abecma to treat multiple myeloma. Abecma is the first cell-based gene therapy approved by the FDA for the treatment of multiple myeloma.{{cite press release | title=FDA Approves First Cell-Based Gene Therapy for Adult Patients with Multiple Myeloma | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | date=March 27, 2021 | url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-cell-based-gene-therapy-adult-patients-multiple-myeloma | access-date=March 29, 2021}}
  • March 29
  • In Minnesota, opening statements begin at the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of murdering 46-year-old black man George Floyd by kneeling on his neck.{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/derek-chauvin-trial-opening-statements-03-29-2021/h_5faade98755050bae236d34de64c0176 |title=Derek Chauvin is on trial for George Floyd's death |first1=Melissa |last1=Macaya |first2=Mike |last2=Hayes |first3=Meg |last3=Wagner |first4=Melissa |last4=Mahtani |first5=Veronica |last5=Rocha |date=March 29, 2021 |work=CNN |access-date=March 29, 2021}}
  • The Arkansas Senate passed, HB1570, a bill that prohibited normally functioning and physically healthy minors from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital and non-genital invasive surgical alterations.{{cite news |date=March 30, 2021|title=Arkansas and South Dakota pass bans targeting transgender minors | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/29/arkansas-transgender-healthcare-ban-minors |work=The Guardian|access-date=March 31, 2021}}{{cite web|title=HB1570 Bill Information - Arkansas State Legislature|url=https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=hb1570&ddBienniumSession=2021/2021R&Search=|access-date=2021-11-13|website=www.arkleg.state.ar.us}}
  • A judge orders three men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to stand trial, after a three-day preliminary hearing. Threat of terrorism charges are also dismissed against two of the defendants.{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-orders-trial-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor-76751760 |title=Judge orders 3 to trial in plot to kidnap Michigan governor |first=Corey |last=Williams |date=March 29, 2021 |work=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=March 31, 2021}}
  • Killing of Adam Toledo – A 13-year-old Latino boy, Adam Toledo, is shot and killed by an officer of the Chicago Police Department.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/16/adam-toledo-police-shooting-how-chicagos-narrative-changed/7260911002/ |title=Evolution of a city's account of a killing: How Chicago's narrative changed in the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo |last=Hauck |first=Grace |date=April 16, 2021 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=April 17, 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56768217 |title=Adam Toledo: Chicago police release video of officer shooting boy |date=April 16, 2021 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=August 6, 2021}}
  • March 30 – Both houses of the New York State Legislature pass a bill to legalize recreational cannabis in New York, which, upon being signed by governor Andrew Cuomo the following day, made New York the 15th state to legalize recreational cannabis.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/new-york-andrew-cuomo-bills-marijuana-c2ffd8c91c0602060505e94c6f9dfbd5 |title=NY lawmakers pass pot legalization, sending bill to governor |first1=Marina |last1=Villeneuve |first2=Jennifer |last2=Peltz |date=March 31, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=March 31, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331035243/https://apnews.com/article/new-york-andrew-cuomo-bills-marijuana-c2ffd8c91c0602060505e94c6f9dfbd5 |archive-date=March 31, 2021}}
  • March 31
  • 2021 Orange, California office shooting – Four people are killed and two others, including the suspect, are injured in a shooting at an office building.[https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-31/orange-mass-shooting-reported 4 killed, including child, in mass shooting at Orange office complex ] Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2021
  • President Biden unveils a $2 trillion infrastructure plan.{{cite news |date=March 31, 2021|title=FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan | url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/31/fact-sheet-the-american-jobs-plan/ |work=The White House|access-date=April 1, 2021}}{{cite news |date=March 31, 2021|title=Biden unveils 'once-in-a generation' $2tn infrastructure investment plan | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/31/biden-promises-historic-2tn-spending-in-infrastructure-but-capitol-hill-fight-awaits |work=The Guardian|access-date=April 1, 2021}}
  • Governor Greg Gianforte signs a bill that bans Sanctuary cities in the state of Montana into law.{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/545936-montana-governor-signs-bill-banning-sanctuary-cities |title=Montana governor signs bill banning sanctuary cities |first=Dominick |last=Mastrangelo |date=April 1, 2021 |website=thehill.com |access-date=April 1, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mtpr.org/post/gov-gianforte-signs-sanctuary-city-ban |title=Gov. Gianforte Signs 'Sanctuary City' Ban |first=Shaylee |last=Ragar |date=March 31, 2021 |website=mtpr.org |access-date=April 1, 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/national/gianforte-signs-bill-banning-sanctuary-cities-in-montana/article_88a1985e-cd23-5c58-a21e-65af4a314038.html |title=Gianforte signs bill banning sanctuary cities in Montana |author=AP Staff |date=March 31, 2021 |newspaper=Sioux City Journal |agency=Associated Press |access-date=April 1, 2021}} Montana becomes the 13th state to ban sanctuary cities.

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  • April 2
  • United States Capitol car attack: The Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. is placed under lockdown after a suspect rams a car into a barricade on Constitution Avenue and exits the vehicle holding a knife. Two police officers are injured in the attack and taken to a hospital, where one dies from his injuries. The suspect is killed by Capitol Police.{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/capitol-security-threat-04-02-21/index.html |title=Officer killed in attack near US Capitol |first1=Melissa |last1=Macaya |first2=Meg |last2=Wagner |first3=Veronica |last3=Rocha |first4=Melissa |last4=Mahtani |first5=Fernando |last5=Alfonso III |date=April 2, 2021 |work=CNN |access-date=April 2, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 vaccination – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that over 100{{nbsp}}million people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.[https://www.businessinsider.com/over-100-million-people-in-us-first-dose-covid-19-vaccine-2021-4 Over 100 million people in the US have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine] Business Insider, April 2, 2021
  • April 6
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 vaccination – President Biden announces that the deadline for all states to make all adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine will be moved up from May 1 to April 19.[https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-deadline-biden/index.html Biden moves deadline for all US adults to be eligible for Covid vaccine to April 19] CNN, April 6, 2021
  • Colorado reports their first cases of the Lineage P.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in two people from Boulder County.[https://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/06/colorado-brazilian-covid-variant-positive-tests-p-1/ Colorado confirms first cases of COVID variant that reinfects survivors easily] The Denver Post, April 6, 2021
  • Transgender discrimination – The state of Arkansas becomes the first state to ban surgery, hormones and puberty blockers for transgender youths.{{cite news |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/veto-override-arkansas-bans-treatment-212546496.html |title=With veto override, Arkansas bans treatment for trans youth |date=April 6, 2021 |website=au.news.yahoo.com |access-date=April 7, 2021}}{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/06/arkansas-transgender-youth-gender-affirming-treatment-ban |title=Arkansas is first state to ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth |date=April 6, 2021 |work=The Guardian |access-date=April 7, 2021}}
  • House Representative for Florida's 20th congressional district Alcee Hasting dies at age 84 from pancreatic cancer.{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Greg |date=2021-04-06 |title=Longtime Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings Dies At 84 |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/04/06/984756651/longtime-florida-congressman-alcee-hastings-dies-at-84 |access-date=2022-03-21}}{{Cite web |author=Annie Grayer and Clare Foran |title=Florida Democratic congressman Alcee Hastings dies at 84 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/politics/alcee-hastings-died-florida-democratic-congressman/index.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=CNN|date=April 6, 2021 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/alcee-hastings-dead/2021/04/06/1bbd3e38-18da-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html |title=Rep. Alcee Hastings, civil rights lawyer and judge elected to 15 terms in Congress, dies at 84 |first=Harrison |last=Smith |date=April 6, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |title=US Rep. Alcee Hastings dies at 84; was impeached as judge |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-rep-alcee-hastings-dies-84-impeached-judge-76899297 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=ABC News }}{{Cite web |last=Wu |first=Nicholas |title=Rep. Alcee Hastings dies at 84 after cancer fight |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/06/rep-alcee-hastings-dies-at-84-after-cancer-fight-479152 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=POLITICO |date=April 6, 2021 }}{{Cite web |title=Rep. Alcee Hastings, barrier-breaking Florida Democrat, dies at 84 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democratic-rep-alcee-hastings-florida-dies-84-n1263150 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=NBC News |date=April 6, 2021 }}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-20 |title=US Rep. Alcee Hastings dies at 84; was impeached as judge |url=https://apnews.com/article/impeachments-fort-lauderdale-florida-alcee-hastings-886d7a13f0aabfbc7407d863fcc828a0 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=AP NEWS }}{{Cite web |title=Congressman Alcee Hastings, who served in US House since 1995, dies at 84 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/06/congressman-alcee-hastings-dies-after-battle-cancer/7105602002/ |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=USA TODAY }}{{Cite web |last=Schultz |first=Marisa |date=2021-04-06 |title=Alcee Hastings, Democratic congressman from Florida, dead at 84 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alcee-hastings-democratic-congressman-from-florida-dies |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Fox News }}{{Cite news |date=2021-04-06 |title=Democratic U.S. congressman Alcee Hastings of Florida dies at 84 |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-hastings-idUSKBN2BT1TC |access-date=2022-03-21}}{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Eliza |date=2021-04-06 |title=Longtime Congressman Alcee Hastings Dies at 84 |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/longtime-congressman-alcee-hastings-dies-at-84-11617720461 |access-date=2022-03-21 |issn=0099-9660}}
  • April 7
  • COVID-19 pandemic – Oklahoma surpasses 8,000 deaths from COVID-19.[https://kfor.com/news/coronavirus/cdc-oklahomas-covid-19-deaths-pass-8000/amp/ CDC: Oklahoma's COVID-19 deaths pass 8,000] KFOR-TV, April 8, 2021
  • 2021 Rock Hill shooting – Six people are killed by gunshots at a house in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The shooter, former NFL cornerback Phillip Adams, later committed suicide.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/rock-hill-shootings-south-carolina-aaf71f2618f139ab3781592634c8e37c |title=AP source: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself |first=Meg |last=Kinnard |date=April 8, 2021|work=Associated Press News|access-date=April 8, 2021}}
  • April 9
  • President Biden requests Congress to authorize a $1.5 trillion federal spending plan in 2022, which includes an emphasis on public health, as well as major increase in science and research funding.{{cite news |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00897-0 |title=Biden pursues giant boost for science spending |date=April 9, 2021 |website=Nature |access-date=April 11, 2021}}
  • The U.S. House Ethics Committee announces that they have opened an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R – FL) over sexual misconducts and federal sex-trafficking.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5953916/matt-gaetz-federal-investigation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410164529/https://time.com/5953916/matt-gaetz-federal-investigation/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 10, 2021|title=Gaetz Faces House Ethics Probe, Federal Investigation Widens|magazine=Time}}
  • During his show, Tucker Carlson argued that the Democratic Party "is trying to replace the current electorate, the voters now casting ballots, with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World". He also said, "Everyone wants to make a racial issue out of it, 'Ooh, the white replacement theory.' No, no, no, this is a voting rights question. I have less political power because they are importing a brand-new electorate. Why should I sit back and take that?" The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and others said that Carlson was endorsing the Great Replacement, a white nationalist conspiracy theory that claims white people are being systemically replaced through declining white birth rates and high rates of immigration.{{Cite news|last=Cameron|first=Chris|date=April 9, 2021|title=The Anti-Defamation League calls for Tucker Carlson to be fired over 'replacement theory' remarks |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/us/tucker-carlson-adl-replacement-theory.html|access-date=April 10, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web|last=Bowker|first=Brittany|date=April 10, 2021|title='We believe it's time for Carlson to go': Anti-Defamation League calls on Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/10/business/we-believe-its-time-carlson-go-anti-defamation-league-calls-fox-news-fire-tucker-carlson/|access-date=April 11, 2021|website=Boston Globe}} In an open letter to Fox News, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called for the network to fire Carlson.
  • April 11
  • Killing of Daunte Wright – A police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, killed a black man during an attempted arrest following a traffic stop, leading to rioting and looting in the city in the subsequent days.[https://www.startribune.com/brooklyn-center-police-fatally-shoot-man-20-inflaming-tensions-during-the-derek-chauvin-trial/600044821/ Brooklyn Center police fatally shoot man, 20, inflaming tensions during the Derek Chauvin trial] Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 11, 2021[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/12/daunte-wright-shooting-protests-brooklyn-center-police/7197379002/ Daunte Wright shooting: 40 arrests made after protesters clashed with police in Brooklyn Center; Harris calls for 'justice and healing'] USA Today, April 12, 2021 The protests later spread to the surrounding area and other cities and states, as far away as Portland, Oregon.[https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/04/portland-protesters-march-after-minnesota-police-killing-of-daunte-wright.html PPB declares riot as crowd protests police killing of Daunte Wright] The Oregonian, April 13, 2021 The suspect, Officer Kim Potter, later resigned and was charged with second-degree manslaughter.[https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/04/14/daunte-wright-shooting-fmr-brooklyn-center-officer-kim-potter-arrested-charged-with-2nd-degree-manslaughter/ Daunte Wright Shooting: Fmr. Officer Kim Potter Released From Jail Hours After Arrest For Manslaughter Charges] WCCO-TV, April 14, 2021
  • COVID-19 pandemic – California surpasses 60,000 deaths from COVID-19.[https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-11/californias-covid-19-death-toll-surpasses-60-000 California's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 60,000 even as conditions improve]|work=Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2021
  • April 12
  • COVID-19 drug development – The U.S. government terminates a deal with Eli Lilly and Company for 350,856 remaining doses of the single antibody bamlanivimab that were scheduled to be delivered by the end of March. The deal will instead be focused on a supply of combined antibodies with etesevimab.[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-12/u-s-cancels-deal-for-lilly-s-single-antibody-to-focus-on-combo U.S. Ends Deal for Lilly Single Antibody to Focus on Combo] Bloomberg, April 12, 2021
  • Microsoft announces the $20{{nbsp}}billion acquisition of AI firm Nuance Communications, the second largest deal in its history, after LinkedIn in 2016.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56722862 |title=Microsoft makes $20bn bet on speech AI firm Nuance |date=April 12, 2021 |website=BBC News Online |access-date=April 13, 2021}}
  • April 15
  • Chicago police release graphic footage of an officer shooting dead 13-year-old Adam Toledo in a dark alley.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56768217 |title=Adam Toledo: Chicago police release video of officer shooting boy |date=April 16, 2021 |website=BBC News Online |access-date=April 16, 2021}}
  • Indianapolis FedEx shooting: Nine people are killed, including the shooter, and seven injured, in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56770200 |title=Indianapolis mass shooting: Eight dead at FedEx facility |date=April 16, 2021 |website=BBC News |access-date=April 16, 2021}}
  • April 16
  • The media reports that U.S. Republican Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar are forming the America First Caucus.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/16/trump-loyalists-start-america-first-caucus-promote-us-uniquely-anglo-saxon/ Trump loyalists start 'America First Caucus' to promote U.S. as 'uniquely Anglo-Saxon'] The Washington Post, April 16, 2021{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/548731-pro-trump-lawmakers-form-caucus-to-promote-anglo-saxon-political-traditions|title=Pro-Trump lawmakers form caucus promoting 'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'|first=Timothy R.|last=Homan|date=April 16, 2021|website=TheHill}} It is scrapped within a day, following criticism from other GOP members.{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene scraps planned launch of controversial 'America First' caucus amid blowback from GOP |date=April 17, 2021 |website=CNN |access-date=April 18, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 drug development: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revokes the emergency use authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab.{{cite press release | title=Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Revokes Emergency Use Authorization for Monoclonal Antibody Bamlanivimab | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | date=April 16, 2021 | url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-revokes-emergency-use-authorization-monoclonal-antibody-bamlanivimab | access-date=April 16, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Virginia reports its first two cases of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil.[https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-virginia-164cb227d8cdff55f135374d419d5f38 First cases of Brazil COVID variant identified in Virginia] Associated Press, April 16, 2021
  • Michigan extends their restrictions on gatherings and dining to May 24 amid a rise of cases. The state also expands their mask mandate to children ages 2–4 years.[https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2021/04/16/michigan-covid-19-health-order-kid/7234835002/ Michigan extends COVID-19 health order for 1 month, adds new rules for kids] Detroit Free Press, April 16, 2021
  • The number of vaccines administered in the United States exceeds 200{{nbsp}}million.{{cite news | last=Armstrong | first=Drew | title=U.S. Vaccinations Reach 200 Million as Campaign Picks Up Speed | website=Bloomberg | date=16 April 2021 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-16/u-s-vaccinations-reach-200-million-as-campaign-picks-up-speed | access-date=18 April 2021}}
  • April 18 – COVID-19 vaccination: The CDC reports that over 50% of Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. At least 130 million adults have received the first dose, while 84 million adults have also received the second dose.[https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/18/covid-vaccine-half-adults-482924 Half of U.S. adults now have received at least 1 Covid shot] Politico, April 18, 2021
  • April 20
  • Trial of Derek Chauvin: Derek Chauvin is found guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd.[https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/20/us/derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-deliberations/index.html Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd] CNN, April 20, 2021
  • Killing of Ma'Khia Bryant: A 16 year old in Columbus, Ohio is shot and killed by police officer, Nicholas Reardon.{{Cite news|last1=Melendez|first1=Pilar|last2=Bournea|first2=Chris|last3=Bredderman|first3=William|date=2021-04-21|title=Columbus Cop Who Fatally Shot Black Teen Was Military-Trained Marksman|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/nicholas-reardon-identified-as-cop-who-fatally-shot-16-year-old-makhia-bryant|access-date=2021-11-01}}
  • April 21
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Michigan surpasses 800,000 confirmed cases and 17,000 confirmed deaths.[https://nbc25news.com/news/coronavirus/michigans-cumulative-covid-19-cases-surpasses-800k Michigan's cumulative COVID-19 cases surpasses 800K] WEYI-TV, April 21, 2021
  • South Dakota confirms their first case of the Lineage P.1 variant in Pennington County.[https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/04/21/health-department-confirms-brazil-coronavirus-variant-south-dakota-covid-cases-vaccine-us/7321987002/ Department of Health confirms detection of Brazil variant of the coronavirus in South Dakota] Argus Leader, April 21, 2021
  • April 22 – President Biden pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/22/us-emissions-climate-crisis-2030-biden |title=US vows to cut its emissions at least 50% by 2030 ahead of climate summit |first=Oliver |last=Milman |date=April 22, 2021 |work=The Guardian |access-date=April 22, 2021}}
  • April 24
  • A runoff election is held in Louisiana's 2nd congressional district vacant since Representative Cedric Richmond resigned to become the Director of the Office of Public Liaison and an advisor to President Biden. Troy Carter wins with 48,511 of the 87,806 votes cast (55.25%).{{cite web |url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/elections/article_adfe1c50-a527-11eb-8407-bb5d7601ace2.html |title=Troy Carter wins Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District seat in special election runoff |first=Tyler |last=Bridges |date=April 24, 2021 |website=nola.com |access-date=May 11, 2021}}
  • A viral Internet meme encourages users named Josh Swain to compete at an event in Lincoln, Nebraska and battle for the right to use the name Josh Swain. The event draws a crowd of several hundred people, and raises over $8,000 in charity.{{cite web|last=Best|first=Paul|date=2021-04-24|title=Nebraska Josh fight: Horde of dudes named Josh fight for right to name|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/nebraska-josh-fight-horde-of-dudes-named-josh-fight-for-right-to-name|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Fox News}}
  • April 25 – The 93rd Academy Awards, the third in a row with no official host,{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/oscars-2021-host-academy-awards-b1835103.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421115905/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/oscars-2021-host-academy-awards-b1835103.html |archive-date=2021-04-21 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=The Oscars host may be a thing of the past – good |first=Clarisse |last=Loughrey |date=April 22, 2021 |work=The Independent |access-date=August 6, 2021}} are held at both Union Station and Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-25/oscars-2021-union-station-covid-testing-downtown |title=The Oscars blocked Union Station for COVID test takers and disabled people. What to know |first=Jessica |last=Gelt |date=April 25, 2021 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=August 6, 2021}} Due to the ceremony's delay from February 28 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, films from two calendar years were eligible at the same point, with the cut-off date being the intended original Awards date.{{cite news |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/oscars-pushed-back-to-april-2021/5150654.article |title=Oscars pushed back to April 2021 |first=Jeremy |last=Kay |date=June 16, 2020 |work=Screen Daily |access-date=August 6, 2021}} Chloé Zhao's Nomadland wins three awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Frances McDormand for Best Actress. David Fincher's Mank leads the nominations with ten, while Anthony Hopkins wins Best Actor for The Father (becoming the oldest winner in an acting category), Daniel Kaluuya Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah and Youn Yuh-jung Best Supporting Actress for Minari.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/25/entertainment/oscars-winners-2021/index.html |title=See all the Oscar winners |date=May 2, 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 6, 2021}} Keeping in line with other award ceremonies reporting viewership declines, the telecast garners 10.4 million viewers according to Nielsen estimates, down 56% from the previous year and making the broadcast by far the lowest-rated in Oscar history.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/oscars/2021/04/26/oscars-ratings-fall-to-new-record-low/7382836002/ |title=Ouch: Oscars ratings hit (another) all-time low, dropping 56% |last=Levin |first=Gary |date=April 26, 2021 |work=USA Today |access-date=August 6, 2021}}
  • April 26 – COVID-19 pandemic – The CDC says that fully vaccinated Americans can go outside without wearing a mask unless they are in large crowds.[https://apnews.com/article/cdc-mask-wearing-guidance-d373775ddcf237764c19ff9428b59634 CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask] Associated Press, April 26, 2021
  • April 27 – COVID-19 pandemic – Colorado surpasses 500,000 cases of COVID-19.[https://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/27/colorado-half-million-covid-cases-hospitalizations/ Colorado surpasses half-million COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations continue to rise] The Denver Post, April 27, 2021
  • April 28
  • 2021 Joe Biden speech to a joint session of Congress: On the eve of his 100th day in office, President Biden gives his first address to a joint session of Congress encouraging them to pass $4 trillion worth of spending bills, including the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan, both part of his Build Back Better Plan.[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-s-speech-tonight-pitch-universal-preschool-4-trillion-economic-n1265718 'A dose of hope': Biden's speech touts improving pandemic conditions, pitches $4 trillion in economic spending] NBC News, April 28, 2021
  • The South Dakota Supreme Court hears oral arguments on an appeal of a ruling which struck down South Dakota Amendment A, which would have legalized recreational cannabis in the state on July 1, 2021.{{cite news |url=https://www.apnews.com/article/constitutions-medical-marijuana-south-dakota-marijuana-kristi-noem-3888b3480448a4ca7bf71f7d6e455733 |title=South Dakota Supreme Court weighs pot legalization battle |first=Stephen |last=Groves |date=April 28, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=May 23, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428222151/https://www.apnews.com/article/constitutions-medical-marijuana-south-dakota-marijuana-kristi-noem-3888b3480448a4ca7bf71f7d6e455733 |archive-date=April 28, 2021}}
  • April 30
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic – The White House announces the U.S. will begin restricting travel from India starting May 4 due to rising cases of the Lineage B.1.617 which originated in the latter country.[https://nbc25news.com/news/nation-world/us-to-restrict-travel-from-india-due-to-covid-19-surge US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday] WEYI-TV, April 30, 2021
  • Michigan reports its first case of Lineage B.1.617, first discovered in India, in a person from Clinton County.[https://www.clickondetroit.com/health/good-health/2021/04/30/michigan-confirms-first-case-of-another-new-covid-variant-this-one-from-india/ Michigan confirms first case of another new COVID variant, this one from India] WDIV, April 30, 2021

=May=

  • May 1 – Lubbock, Texas votes to become the largest city in U.S. to ban abortion with the "sanctuary city for the unborn".{{cite news |url=https://theeagle.com/news/state-and-regional/lubbock-votes-to-become-the-state-s-largest-sanctuary-city-for-the-unborn/article_d40c6a47-af9a-5d0b-b5af-948628c81161.html |title=Lubbock votes to become the state's largest "sanctuary city for the unborn" |first=Shannon |last=Najmabadi |date=May 1, 2021 |work=The Eagle |access-date=May 2, 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/lubbock-votes-to-become-largest-city-in-u-s-to-ban-abortion/ |title=Lubbock votes to become largest city in U.S. to ban abortion |first=Samantha |last=Jarpe |date=May 1, 2021 |website=everythinglubbock.com |access-date=May 2, 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/05/01/lubbocks-sanctuary-city-for-the-unborn-ordinance-appears-headed-for-passage/ |title=Lubbock's Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance appears headed for passage |date=May 1, 2021 |agency=Associated Press |via=The Dallas Morning News |access-date=May 2, 2021}}
  • May 4 – COVID-19 pandemic – Michigan relaxes several restrictions regarding face mask requirements and outdoor gatherings.[https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/05/michigan-relaxes-rules-on-masks-outdoor-gatherings.html Michigan relaxes rules on masks, outdoor gatherings] MLive.com, May 4, 2021
  • May 5 – South Carolina House votes to add firing squad to execution methods; South Carolina would become the fourth state to use firing squad after Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/05/05/south-carolina-moves-closer-adding-firing-squad-its-execution-methods-capital-crimes/4965362001/ |title=South Carolina House votes to add firing squad to execution methods; would become fourth state to use shooting |date=May 5, 2021 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=May 8, 2021}}
  • May 7
  • Colonial Pipeline cyberattack: An oil pipeline in Houston is hacked by DarkSide causing the pipeline operator to shut down its entire network, the source of nearly half of the U.S. East Coast's fuel supply.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/colonial-pipeline-halts-all-pipeline-operations-after-cybersecurity-attack-2021-05-08/ |title=Cyber-attack shuts down top U.S. fuel pipeline network |first1=Christopher |last1=Bing |first2=Stephanie |last2=Kelly |date=May 8, 2021 |work=Reuters|access-date=May 8, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 vaccines – Pfizer/BioNTech seek full approval from the FDA for the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.{{cite web | first1=Dawn | last1=Kopecki | author2=Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | title=Pfizer and BioNTech begin the process of seeking full U.S. approval for their Covid vaccine | website=CNBC | date=7 May 2021 | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/07/pfizer-and-biontech-begin-the-process-of-seeking-full-fda-approval-for-their-covid-vaccine.html | access-date=8 June 2021}}
  • May 9 – 2021 Colorado Springs shooting: Seven people are shot dead at a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/09/us/colorado-springs-shooting/index.html |title=6 people were killed at a Colorado Springs birthday party. The suspected shooter is also dead |last=Andone |first=Dakin |date=May 9, 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=May 9, 2021}}
  • May 10 – COVID-19 vaccination: The FDA authorizes the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12–15 years old.[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fda-authorizes-pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-for-adolescents-12-to-15-years-old/ar-BB1gA3P2 FDA authorizes Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for adolescents 12 to 15 years old] MSN, May 10, 2021
  • May 11 – The Colonial Pipeline shutdown enters its fifth day. Panic buying by motorists causes many eastern seaboard gas stations to begin running dry. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm urges calm and to not hoard.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-fuel-supplies-tighten-energy-pipeline-outage-enters-fifth-day-2021-05-11/ |title=Pipeline outage causes U.S. gasoline supply crunch, panic buying |first1=Devika Krishna |last1=Kumar |first2=Laura |last2=Sanicola |date=May 12, 2021 |work=Reuters|access-date=May 12, 2021}}
  • May 12
  • Colonial Pipeline begins restarting, but warns that it will take several days for things to return to normal operations.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colonial-pipeline-resumes-operations-cyberattack/ |title=Colonial Pipeline begins restarting pipeline operations following ransomware attack |first=Victoria |last=Albert |date=May 13, 2021 |work=CBS News |access-date=May 13, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 vaccination – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) adopts the FDA recommendation to provide the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine to adolescents aged 12–15 years old.{{cite press release | title=CDC Director Statement on Pfizer's Use of COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Age 12 and Older | website=U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | date=12 May 2021 | url=https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0512-advisory-committee-signing.html | access-date=12 May 2021}}
  • May 13 – COVID-19 pandemic – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that all "fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance".[https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/13/health/cdc-mask-guidance-vaccinated/index.html People vaccinated against Covid-19 can go without masks indoors and outdoors, CDC says] CNN, May 13, 2021{{cite web | title=COVID-19 Vaccination | website=U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | date=February 11, 2020 | url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html | access-date=14 May 2021}} {{PD-notice}}
  • May 14
  • Colonial Pipeline operations return to normal late in the day, but gas outages at retail stations will take several days to clear.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/colonial-pipeline-ramps-up-us-seeks-emerge-fuel-crunch-2021-05-14/ |title=U.S. capital running out of gas, even as Colonial Pipeline recovers |first1=Stephanie |last1=Kelly |first2=Laura |last2=Sanicola |date=May 15, 2021 |work=Reuters|access-date=May 15, 2021}}
  • Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs public school "bathroom bill", HB1233, into law. The bill specifies that schools must comply to reasonable requests made by students and staff to provide them with access to a reasonably private bathroom that is restricted to occupants of their same sex.{{cite news|last=Paige|first=Liberty|date=2021-05-20|title=Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Signs Bill to Protect Girls from Guys Being in School Locker Rooms and Bathrooms|url=https://www.stevegruber.com/2021/05/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-signs-bill-to-protect-girls-from-guys-being-in-school-locker-rooms-and-bathrooms/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Steve Gruber}}{{cite news |url=https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/5/14/tennessee-governor-signs-anti-trans-school-bathroom-bill-law |title=Tennessee Governor Signs Anti-Trans School 'Bathroom Bill' Into Law |first=Trudy |last=Ring |date=May 14, 2021 |work=The Advocate |access-date=May 16, 2021}}{{cite web|title=Tennessee General Assembly Legislation|url=https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1233&GA=112|access-date=2021-11-13|website=wapp.capitol.tn.gov}}
  • May 17
  • Former Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg pleads guilty to six charges of sex trafficking.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-government-and-politics-baabc0bc60d898cacab299e7ff2c0ea4 |title=Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges |first1=Michael |last1=Balsamo |first2=Mike |last2=Schneider |date=May 17, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=May 17, 2021}}
  • The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a Mississippi case on abortion rights.[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/may/17/abortion-case-supreme-court-threatens-roe-v-wade US Supreme Court agrees to consider major rollback of abortion rights] The Guardian, May 17, 2021
  • May 24
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • The State Department tells Americans not to travel to Japan due to a spike in COVID-19 cases there.[https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-olympics-us-covid-travel-advisory/index.html US citizens warned not to travel to Japan as Tokyo Olympics near] CNN, May 24, 2021
  • Delaware reports their first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that originated in India.[https://www.wdel.com/news/delaware-sees-1st-case-of-variant-covid-strain-from-india/article_de609c86-bc9e-11eb-b195-af4e4d2f9cf2.html Delaware sees 1st case of variant COVID strain from India] WDEL-AM, May 24, 2021
  • A suspicious package is sent to the home of U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R–KY). The incident is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Capitol Police.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/suspicious-package-white-powder-sent-sen-rand-paul-s-kentucky-n1268442|title=Suspicious package with white powder sent to Sen. Rand Paul's Kentucky home|website=NBC News|date=May 25, 2021 }}
  • May 25
  • 2021 George Floyd protests
  • New York City Mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan is arrested during a protest near the Holland Tunnel.{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-elections-2021/ny-nyc-mayoral-race-shaun-donovan-arrested-blm-protest-20210525-nx4k5tx2pjfwfajbcoo6hwsfvy-story.html|title=NYC mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan arrested in racial justice protest near Holland Tunnel|first=Tim|last=Balk|website=nydailynews.com|date=May 25, 2021 }}
  • Protests break out across the country to mark the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/us/george-floyd-death-anniversary/index.html|title=Memorial events, marches and White House meeting mark one year since George Floyd's death|first1=Nicquel Terry|last1=Ellis|first2=Amir|last2=Vera|website=CNN}}
  • Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announces that he has convened a grand jury in his criminal investigation into former President Trump over his real estate business, as well as the Trump Organization.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/25/manhattan-da-convenes-grand-jury-in-trump-investigation-report-says.html|title=Manhattan DA convenes grand jury in Trump investigation, report says|first=Christina|last=Wilkie|date=May 25, 2021|website=CNBC}}{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/555404-manhattan-da-convenes-grand-jury-expected-to-weigh-trump-evidence|title=Manhattan DA convenes grand jury expected to weigh Trump evidence: report|first=Jesse|last=Byrnes|date=May 25, 2021|website=TheHill}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 vaccination – The CDC announces that 50% of the American adult population has been fully vaccinated.[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/half-us-adults-fully-vaccinated-n1268424 Half of U.S. adults are now fully vaccinated] NBC News, May 25, 2021
  • COVID-19 vaccines – Moderna says that their vaccine is 100% effective in teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 years old. They say that they will seek approval from the FDA in early June.[https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/25/covid-vaccine-moderna-says-shot-is-100percent-effective-in-teens-plans-to-seek-fda-ok-in-june.html Moderna says its Covid vaccine is 100% effective in teens, plans to seek FDA OK in early June] CNBC, May 25, 2021
  • Michigan surpasses 19,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19.[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/05/25/michigan-surpasses-19-000-deaths-covid-19/7432437002/ Michigan surpasses 19,000 deaths from COVID-19] The Detroit News, May 25, 2021
  • May 26 – 2021 San Jose shooting: A mass shooting occurs at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose, California, leaving ten people dead, including the gunman who committed suicide.{{cite news|url=https://abc7.com/10702107/|title=Sheriff: Sam Cassidy, gunman who killed 9 in San Jose railyard shooting, appeared to target victims|first1=Jocelyn|last1=Gecker|first2=Martha|last2=Mendoza|agency=Associated Press|date=May 27, 2021|website=ABC7 Los Angeles|access-date=May 27, 2021|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603051835/https://abc7.com/10702107/|url-status=dead}}
  • May 27 – The Department of Energy launches Perlmutter, the world's fastest AI-specialized supercomputer, with four exaflops of performance.{{cite news |title=US Energy Department launches the Perlmutter AI supercomputer |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-energy-department-launches-the-perlmutter-ai-supercomputer/ |date=May 27, 2021 |work=ZDNet|access-date=May 28, 2021 }}
  • May 30
  • 2021 Hialeah shooting: A mass shooting in Hialeah, Florida leaves two dead and 20 injured.{{cite web |title=Gunmen kill two, wound more than 20 outside Florida banquet hall |date=May 30, 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/two-dead-more-than-20-injured-florida-shooting-2021-05-30/ |work=Reuters |access-date=30 May 2021}}
  • JBS S.A. cyberattack: A ransomware cyberattack hits several beef processing plants and slaughterhouses in Utah, Texas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania. Russian firm REvil has been accused of being the perpetrators of the attack.[https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/russian-linked-cybercriminal-group-revil-behind-meatpacker-jbs-attack.html Russia-linked cybercriminal group REvil behind meatpacker JBS attack] CNBC, June 2, 2021

=June=

  • June 1
  • A firefighter is killed and another injured in a shooting at a Los Angeles County Fire Department station in Santa Clarita.[https://www.foxla.com/news/active-shooter-reported-at-la-county-fire-station-81-in-agua-dulce Firefighter killed in 'tragic' shooting at LA County Fire Station 81; investigation linked to house fire] Fox Los Angeles, June 1, 2021
  • A special election is held in New Mexico to fill a vacancy in its 1st congressional district left by Deb Haaland when she resigned to become President Biden's Secretary of the Interior. Democrat Melanie Stansbury wins with 79,837 of the 132,262 votes cast (60.36%).[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/melanie-stansbury-new-mexico-house.html Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat, Cruises in New Mexico House Race] The New York Times, June 1, 2021
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant becomes the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States.{{Cite web|last=CDC|date=2022-01-05|title=CDC Museum COVID-19 Timeline|url=https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}
  • COVID-19 vaccines – Moderna seeks full approval from the FDA for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.{{cite news | last=Lovelace | first=Berkeley Jr. | title=Moderna applies for full FDA approval of its Covid vaccine | website=CNBC | date=1 June 2021 | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/01/covid-vaccine-moderna-applies-for-full-fda-approval.html | access-date=7 June 2021}}
  • Michigan lifts several face mask requirements at outdoor gatherings and loosens them at indoor gatherings and businesses. Fully vaccinated people are allowed to not wear masks in public, but unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people are still required to do so.[https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/06/michigans-covid-19-health-order-changes-today-heres-whats-different.html Michigan's COVID-19 health order changes today – here's what's different] MLive.com, June 1, 2021
  • June 2 – Paul Allard Hodgkins, a Tampa man who was seen in the U.S. Senate chamber during the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol, pleads guilty, making him the second suspect to do so after Jon Schaffer.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/02/capitol-riot-defendant-pleads-guilty-491604|title=Second Capitol riot defendant strikes plea deal|website=POLITICO|date=June 2, 2021 }}
  • June 3 – The FBI announces that it has opened an investigation into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over campaign fundraising.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louis-dejoy-postmaster-general-fbi-investigation FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over campaign fundraising] CBS News, June 4, 2021
  • June 4
  • Facebook's Oversight Board announces its ban on former President Donald Trump's personal account will last until January 2023. Trump was originally banned for posting a message supporting the January 6 insurrectionists.[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/technology/facebook-trump-ban.html Facebook Says Trump's Ban Will Last at Least 2 Years] The New York Times, June 4, 2021 It also announces that it will no longer grant blanket immunity to politicians who use its service, especially if their posts are deemed to be deceptive or abusive.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/04/facebook-set-scrap-immunity-politicians-posting-fake-news/ Facebook set to scrap immunity for politicians posting fake news] The Telegraph, June 4, 2021
  • District Judge Roger Benitez overturns California's ban on assault weapons.{{cite news |title=A federal judge, who compares an AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, overturns California's ban on assault weapons |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/05/us/california-gun-ban-overturned/index.html |date=June 5, 2021 |work=CNN|access-date=June 5, 2021 }}
  • A letter to Apple's Tim Cook is made public, in which staff request more flexibility over remote work, following the company's decision to return its 150,000 employees to the office.{{cite news |title=Apple employees push back against returning to the office in internal letter |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/4/22491629/apple-employees-push-back-return-office-internal-letter-tim-cook |date=June 4, 2021 |work=The Verge|access-date=June 6, 2021 }}
  • The FDA approves the first new medication since 2014, semaglutide (Wegovy), for chronic weight management.{{cite press release | title=FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Chronic Weight Management, First Since 2014 | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration | date=4 June 2021 | url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-new-drug-treatment-chronic-weight-management-first-2014 | access-date=8 June 2021}}
  • June 5 – Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack – The Department of Justice says that over 465 people have been arrested since the January 6 attack. It is also seeking information on 250 other suspects.[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/150-days-capitol-attack-465-arrested-fbi-seeks/story?id=78103940 150 days after Capitol attack, more than 465 arrested as FBI seeks tips on hundreds more: DOJ] ABC News, June 5, 2021
  • June 6
  • Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack – Rep. Eric Swalwell (D–CA) announces he sued Mo Brooks (R–AL) for being responsible for inciting January 6.[https://www.axios.com/eric-swalwell-mo-brooks-lawsuit-served-capitol-riot-b41dc3e6-f00f-44ed-87c7-89e4cecc3c66.html Eric Swalwell finally serves lawsuit on Mo Brooks] Axios, June 6, 2021
  • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States: The U.S. surpasses 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered.[https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-surpasses-300-million-covid-19-vaccine-shots/story?id=78119122 US surpasses 300 million COVID-19 vaccine shots administered] ABC News, June 6, 2021
  • Floyd Mayweather fights in an exhibition bout against YouTuber Logan Paul.
  • The United States defeats Mexico 3–2 after extra time in the final to become the first champions of the CONCACAF Nations League.{{cite news |title=U.S. edge Mexico in thrilling style to win first CNLF |url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/u-s-edge-mexico-in-thrilling-style-to-win-first-cnlf/ |work=CONCACAF |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021}}
  • June 7
  • Twitter suspensions: Twitter announces that they have suspended the account of former Florida Department of Health dashboard manager Rebekah Jones for spamming and "platform manipulation" after she paid other users to follow her.[https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article251954593.html Rebekah Jones’ Twitter account suspended, citing ‘platform manipulation,’ ‘spam’] Miami Herald, June 7, 2021
  • Aducanumab (Aduhelm), the first new medication for Alzheimer's disease in 20 years, is approved by the FDA.{{cite news |title=US approves first new Alzheimer's drug in 20 years |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57383763 |date=June 7, 2021 |publisher=BBC News Online|access-date=June 7, 2021 }}
  • Vice President Kamala Harris visits Guatemala, making it her first oversees trip as vice president. She urges migrants not to come to the United States–Mexico border.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-highlights-eco-preneurs-guatemala-during-first-visit-immigration-1598342|title=Kamala Harris highlights "eco-preneurs" in Guatemala during first visit on immigration|date=June 7, 2021|website=Newsweek}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/harris-guatemala-warns-potential-migrants-do-not-come-n1269892|title=Harris, in Guatemala, warns potential migrants: 'Do not come'|website=NBC News|date=June 8, 2021 }}
  • June 9 – President Biden visits the United Kingdom for the 2021 G7 summit, his first international trip as president.[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/us/politics/biden-europe-g7.html Biden Aims to Bolster U.S. Alliances in Europe, but Challenges Loom] The New York Times, June 9, 2021 Biden also signs the New Atlantic Charter with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, attends the 2021 Brussels summit with leaders of NATO countries, and meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland the next week.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/14/joe-biden-live-updates/ ‘NATO stands together,’ Biden says in show of unity ahead of meeting with Putin] The Washington Post, June 14, 2021[https://www.npr.org/2021/06/10/1004531683/with-an-eye-to-history-biden-and-johnson-try-to-rekindle-the-special-relationshi With An Eye To History, Biden And Johnson Try To Rekindle The 'Special Relationship'] NPR, June 10, 2021
  • June 10 – The Maine Legislature passes a law mandating the state government completely divest from fossil fuel by 2026. If signed into law, Maine will be the first state to divest from the fossil fuel industry.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2021/06/11/landmark-bill-passed-by-both-maine-house-and-senate-seeks-to-sell-off-fossil-fuel-investments/|last=Miller|first=Kevin|title=Landmark bill passed by House and Senate seeks to sell off Maine's fossil fuel investments|website=Portland Press Herald|access-date=14 June 2021|date=11 June 2021}}
  • June 12 – COVID-19 misinformation: YouTube announces that it has suspended U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R–WI) for violating their policies about promoting unproven alternative therapies to treat COVID-19.[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/youtube-suspends-gop-sen-ron-johnson-s-account-says-he-n1270569 YouTube suspends GOP Sen. Ron Johnson's account, says he violated Covid-19 policy] NBC News, June 11, 2021
  • June 11–13 – List of mass shootings in the United States in 2021 – At least 10 people are killed and another 50 are injured in nine mass shootings in six states.[https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/12/us/us-mass-shootings/index.html Gun violence in 6 states this weekend brings US mass shootings to 272 so far this year] CNN, June 14, 2021
  • June 14
  • American intelligence specialist Reality Winner, who was convicted in 2018 for leaking an NSA report on Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections to news site The Intercept, is released from prison.[https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nsa-leaker-reality-winner-released-from-prison-attorney-says/7H7KZ57WDVDLTCZRLUAIUHXDYQ/ NSA leaker Reality Winner released from prison, attorney says] Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 14, 2021
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Hawaii reports their first case of the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant in an Oahu resident who traveled to Nevada.[https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/06/14/breaking-news/delta-coronavirus-variant-which-may-cause-more-severe-illness-detected-in-hawaii/ Delta coronavirus variant, which may cause more severe illness, detected in Hawaii] Honolulu Star-Advertiser, June 14, 2021
  • Vermont Governor Phil Scott announces that 80% of individuals in his state have received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first U.S. state to do so. Following the milestone, Scott announced that the state would lift their restrictions.[https://www.wcax.com/2021/06/14/vermont-just-01-away-its-reopening-goal/ Vermont reaches 80% vaccination goal; Scott declares full reopening of state] WCAX=TV, June 14, 2021
  • June 15
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • California authorities remove the mask mandate for outdoor activities.{{cite web|date=2021-05-21|title=California unveils sweeping plan for full reopening on June 15 as COVID fades|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-21/california-june-15-covid-guidelines-masks-vaccines-events|access-date=2021-05-25|website=Los Angeles Times}}
  • The nationwide death toll from the virus exceeds 600,000, equal to the annual cancer death toll.{{cite web|date=2021-06-15|title=US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll|url=https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-600k-deaths-us-1ef14a0b998e6ce99281edf6e996dfbe|access-date=2021-06-15|website=AP}}
  • June 16 – Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs Texas House Bill 1927, eliminating the requirement for Texas residents to obtain a license to carry handguns either concealed or openly starting September 1, 2021.
  • June 17
  • Politico obtains a recording of William Braddock, GOP candidate in a Florida congressional seat, threatening to send "a Russian and Ukrainian hit squad" to fellow Republican opponent Anna Paulina Luna to make her "disappear."{{cite web|date=2021-06-17|title=In secret recording, Florida Republican threatens to send Russian-Ukrainian 'hit squad' after rival |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/17/secret-recording-florida-republican-threat-hit-squad-494976|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Politico}}
  • The House votes, by 268 to 161, to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.{{cite web|date=2021-06-17|title=In Historic, Bipartisan Move, House Votes To Repeal 2002 Iraq War Powers Resolution |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007363054/congress-is-poised-to-take-back-some-of-its-war-powers-from-the-president?t=1623946644998|access-date=2021-06-17|website=NPR}}
  • President Biden signs a bill making Juneteenth an official federal holiday.[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-signs-law-bill-establishing-juneteenth-federal-holiday-n1271213 Biden signs into law bill establishing Juneteenth as federal holiday] NBC News, June 17, 2021
  • June 18 – 2021 NBA playoffs: The Los Angeles Clippers advance to their first NBA Conference Finals after a 131–119 victory against the Utah Jazz in game 6, in which they will play the Phoenix Suns.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-clippers-utah-jazz-nba-sports-25e260c944fe362d60838345903965c2 |title=Clippers beat Jazz to reach conference final for first time |date=June 19, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=June 18, 2021}}
  • June 19
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Indiana reports its first case of the Delta variant of COVID-19.[https://www.wthr.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/delta-variant-of-covid-19-detected-in-indiana/531-3c32d62a-5969-48cd-a168-d8abc8be32fd Delta variant of COVID-19 detected in Indiana] WTHR-TV, June 19, 2021
  • The first Juneteenth under federal holiday status is celebrated.
  • June 20
  • 2021 Arizona wildfires – An outbreak of wildfires begins in Arizona due to thunderstorms producing dry lightning coming through the state from June 14 to June 20. Due to the outbreak, as well as fire danger, many national forests in the state of Arizona are closed to the public. The only people allowed in the forests are firefighters and people who own property in the forests.{{cite web |title=Evacuations ordered for Rafael Fire burning west of Sedona |url=https://www.abc15.com/news/state/rafael-fire-sparks-west-of-sedona |website=abc15.com |date=June 21, 2021 |publisher=abc15.com staff |access-date=21 June 2021}}{{cite web |title='There's just too much at risk': Arizona closes forests to prevent extreme wildfires |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/25/arizona-national-forest-closed-wildfires |website=theguardian.com |date=June 25, 2021 |access-date=25 June 2021}}
  • 2021 Atlantic hurricane season – Thirteen people are killed in Alabama during Tropical Storm Claudette. Ten of the victims die in a single car crash, nine of whom are children.{{cite web|date=2021-06-20|title=13 dead in Alabama due to Claudette, including 9 children in multi-vehicle crash; storm to strengthen on way to East Coast|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/06/20/tropical-storm-claudette-strengthen-least-12-dead-alabama/7762373002/|website=USA Today}}
  • An EF3 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Naperville, Woodridge, and Darien, destroying 12 homes, damaging an additional 100, and injuring six people.[https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/06/21/naperville-tornadic-storm-damage/ About A Dozen Homes Damaged, 6 People Injured When Suspected Tornado Hits Neighborhood In Naperville] WBBM-TV, June 21, 2021{{cite web|title=Tornado Rips Through Chicago Suburbs, Injuring at Least 5 and Destroying Homes|url=https://news.wttw.com/2021/06/21/tornado-rips-through-chicago-suburbs-injuring-least-5-and-destroying-homes|access-date=2021-07-04|website=WTTW News}}
  • June 21
  • Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib becomes the first National Football League player to come out as openly gay.[https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1008910050/carl-nassib-is-the-first-active-nfl-player-to-come-out-as-gay Carl Nassib Is The First Active NFL Player To Come Out As Gay] NPR, June 21, 2021
  • Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman is shot along with three others while visiting his aunt in Washington, D.C.{{cite web|date=June 22, 2021|title=Vikings Football Player Shot Along with Three Others just after 5pm Monday|url=https://www.popville.com/2021/06/vikings-football-player-shot-jaylen-twyman/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=PoPville}}
  • June 22
  • 2021 New York City mayoral election – Residents of New York City elect a new mayor. This is the first time that a New York City election is determined using rank-choice (instant-runoff) voting.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008807504/ranked-choice-voting-new-york-city-mayors-race|last=Montanaro|first=Domenico|title=Ranked-Choice Voting Gets A Prime-Time Shot Under New York City's Bright Lights|website=NPR|access-date=22 June 2021|date=22 June 2021}}
  • 2021 Buffalo mayoral election – Community activist and self-avowed socialist India Walton defeats incumbent mayor Byron Brown to win the Democratic primary. As the Democratic candidate is overwhelmingly favored to win the mayoralship in November, this will possibly be the first time that a socialist will be mayor of a major American city since 1960.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/06/22/buffalos-walton-on-verge-of-becoming-first-big-city-socialist-mayor-in-60-years-1386839|last=Mahoney|first=Bill|title=Buffalo's Walton on verge of becoming first big city socialist mayor in 60 years|website=Politico|access-date=22 June 2021|date=22 June 2021}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Michigan lifts its face mask requirements and capacity restrictions on indoor events.[https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2021/06/17/michigan-to-lift-all-covid-restrictions-on-capacity-masks-gatherings-june-22/ Michigan to lift all COVID restrictions on capacity, masks, gatherings June 22] WDIV, June 17, 2021 Masks are still required for nursing homes, prisons, hospitals, schools, funeral directors, and agricultural workers. Usage at businesses is optional.[https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/06/michigans-mask-mandates-capacity-limits-are-over-here-are-the-remaining-restrictions.html Michigan's mask mandates, capacity limits are over – here are the remaining restrictions] MLive.com, June 22, 2021
  • June 23 – COVID-19 pandemic – Washington reports their first case of the Lineage P.1 Gamma variant in an unvaccinated Clallam County resident who traveled out of the state.[https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/gamma-variant-of-covid-19-discovered-in-clallam-county/ Gamma variant of COVID-19 discovered in Clallam County] Peninsula Daily News, June 23, 2021
  • June 24
  • Surfside condominium building collapse – A 12-story condominium apartment building in Surfside, Florida partially collapses.[https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/06/28/us/building-collapse-miami-beach 11 People Confirmed Dead in Florida Condo Collapse] The New York Times, June 29, 2021 At the official end of search on July 23, the death toll is 97, with one further person unaccounted for.{{cite news|title=Surfside tower collapse: No sign of final victim as Miami search ends|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57951422|publisher=BBC News|date=2021-07-24|accessdate=2021-07-24}}
  • A pedestrian bridge on Interstate 295 collapses in northeastern Washington, D.C., injuring five.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/injured-pedestrian-bridge-collapse-washington-dc-295/2709327/ |title=Pedestrian Bridge Collapses Onto DC-295 After 'Poor' Rating; 5 Hurt |first1=Sophia |last1=Barnes |author2=NBC Washington Staff |date=June 23, 2021 |work=WRC-TV |access-date=June 26, 2021}}
  • Infrastructure policy of the Joe Biden administration: President Biden announces that he has reached a bipartisan infrastructure deal with Senators.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/560067-biden-announces-bipartisan-deal-on-infrastructure|title=Biden announces bipartisan deal on infrastructure|first=Ian|last=Swanson|date=June 24, 2021|website=TheHill}}
  • Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack – Over 500 suspects have been arrested since the Capitol riot. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that the first suspect is arrested for assaulting media during the events of January 6.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/06/24/100-arrested-on-charges-of-assaulting-police-in-capitol-riot-attorney-general-says/|title= 100 Arrested On Charges Of Assaulting Police In Capitol Riot, Attorney General Says|first=Andrew|last=Solender|date=24 June 2021|access-date=24 June 2021}}
  • The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court suspends former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani from practicing law over his false claims about the 2020 election.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rudy-giuliani-suspended-practice-law-york/story?id=78466032|title=Rudy Giuliani suspended from practice of law in New York|website=ABC News}}
  • Microsoft unveils Windows 11, the latest generation of its computer operating system.{{cite news |title=Microsoft unveils Windows 11 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57598554 |date=24 June 2021 |publisher=BBC News|accessdate=24 June 2021 }}
  • The Federal Aviation Administration approves a request to rename McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, currently the seventh-busiest airport by passenger traffic in the United States, to Harry Reid International Airport.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-agency-clears-way-rename-las-vegas-airport-after-democrat-senator-harry-reid-2021-06-24/|last=Shepardson|first=David|title=U.S. agency clears way to rename Las Vegas airport|website=Reuters|access-date=24 June 2021|date=24 June 2021}}
  • June 25
  • Defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning advance to the Stanley Cup Finals to face the Montreal Canadiens.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2021/06/25/lightning-beat-islanders-game-7-reach-stanley-cup-final/5335005001/ |title=Tampa Bay Lightning return to Stanley Cup Final with Game 7 win vs. New York Islanders |first=Mike |last=Brehm |date=June 25, 2021 |work=USA Today |access-date=June 25, 2021}}
  • Former police officer Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020.{{cite news |title=George Floyd murder: Derek Chauvin sentenced to over 22 years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57618356 |date=25 June 2021 |publisher=BBC News|accessdate=26 June 2021 }}
  • June 26
  • COVID-19 pandemic – Michigan reports its first case of Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant in a fully vaccinated Ottawa County resident.[https://nbc25news.com/news/state/ottawa-county-officials-find-first-west-michigan-case-of-covid-19-delta-variant Ottawa County officials find first West Michigan case of COVID-19 Delta variant] WEYI-TV, June 26, 2021
  • In Southeast Michigan, a rainband sets up across Washtenaw County and Wayne County. The local weather radar estimated that some areas in Detroit received {{convert|6|in|mm|abbr=on}} of rain. Local highways like I-75, I-94, and I-96 were flooded, and hundreds of cars were left stranded.{{cite web |url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/map-metro-detroit-freeways-closed-saturday-due-to-flooding|title=Metro Detroit freeways closed Saturday due to flooding|date=June 26, 2021|access-date=2021-06-26}}

  • 2021 Albuquerque hot air balloon crash – Five people are killed when a hot air balloon crashes into power lines in Albuquerque, New Mexico.{{cite web |last=Krajewski |first=Maggie |date=June 26, 2021 |title=APD identifies 2 of 5 victims killed in Albuquerque hot air balloon crash |url=https://www.koat.com/article/hot-air-balloon-crashes-in-albuquerque/36849600 |access-date=June 26, 2021 |website=KOAT}}
  • June 26–29 – Portland, Oregon experiences a 3-day heat wave, which kills 93 people.{{cite web |title=Storm Events Database |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=961302 |publisher=NOAA |access-date=2 August 2022}}
  • June 29
  • Recreational cannabis becomes legal in New Mexico.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/new-mexico-becomes-16th-state-to-legalize-marijuana-for-adults-2021-4|title=New Mexico Becomes 16th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adults|website=Business Insider|date=April 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412232414/https://www.businessinsider.com/new-mexico-becomes-16th-state-to-legalize-marijuana-for-adults-2021-4|archive-date=April 12, 2021}}
  • San Jose becomes the first city in the nation to mandate that gun owners both purchase liability insurance for their firearms and to pay an annual fee to cover costs to the city's services for gun-related injuries and deaths, after the city council unanimously adopted the measures.{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Betty |date=30 June 2021 |title=San Jose Approves Nation's 1st Mandatory Gun Liabililty Insurance, Annual Fees |url=https://www.koat.com/article/hot-air-balloon-crashes-in-albuquerque/36849600 |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=CBS San Francisco }}
  • June 30
  • Disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby is prematurely released from prison when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturns his sexual assault convictions and sentences on the grounds that his due process rights were violated. In addition to this, the highest judiciary within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bars any future prosecution for these crimes.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57671012|title=Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned|work=BBC|date=June 30, 2021|access-date=June 30, 2021}}
  • A grand jury in Manhattan indicts the Trump organization, as well as CFO Allen Weisselberg.{{cite news |last1=Bromwich |first1=Jonah E.|last2=Bromwich |first2=Protess|last3=Rothfeld |first3=Michael|date=30 June 2021 |title=Trump Organization and Top Executive Are Indicted in Tax Investigation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/nyregion/trump-organization-cfo-allen-weisselberg.html |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=The New York Times }}
  • An intentional controlled detonation of illegal fireworks by the Los Angeles Police Department in a busy neighborhood of South Los Angeles does not go as planned, injuring seventeen people, including 10 LAPD officers, and damaging windows, cars, and buildings.{{cite news |url=https://ktla.com/news/local-news/17-including-10-officers-injured-in-detonation-of-illegal-fireworks-seized-in-south-l-a/ |title=17 injured, including 10 LAPD officers, in detonation of illegal fireworks seized in South L.A. |first1=Nouran |last1=Salahieh |first2=Mark |last2=Mester |first3=Carlos |last3=Herrera |first4=Kimberly |last4=Cheng |first5=Gene |last5=Kang |first6=Jennifer |last6=McGraw |date=July 1, 2021 |work=KTLA |access-date=July 1, 2021}}

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  • July 1
  • Recreational cannabis becomes legal in Connecticut and Virginia.
  • Medical cannabis becomes legal in South Dakota.
  • COVID-19 vaccination – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces a month-long vaccination raffle in which residents can win a total of $5 million in cash (one grand prize of $2 million or three prizes of $1 million) and $500,000 total in college scholarships for children ages 12–17 years old (nine prizes of $55,000). The winners were drawn on August 4.[https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/07/nearly-500k-residents-have-signed-up-for-michigans-vaccine-lottery.html Nearly 500K residents have signed up for Michigan's vaccine lottery] MLive.com, July 2, 2021
  • July 2 – Hundreds of businesses are hit by a large-scale cyberattack, linked to the Russian REvil ransomware gang.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57703836 |title=US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack |first=Joe |last=Tidy |date=July 3, 2021 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=July 3, 2021}}
  • July 2–5 – At least 233 people were killed and 618 people were injured in over 500 shootings nationwide during the Independence Day weekend.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/us/us-shootings-july-fourth-weekend/index.html |title=More than 2300 people were shot in shootings over the Fourth of July weekend |first=Emma |last=Tucker |date=July 7, 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 12, 2021}}
  • July 6 – 2021 New York City mayoral election – Eric Adams was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-government-and-politics-9c564828a29831747f9c2e6f52daf55e |title=Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC's mayoral race |first=Karen |last=Matthews |date=July 6, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=July 8, 2021}}
  • July 7 – The Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Montreal Canadiens (4-1) in the 2021 Stanley Cup Finals to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.{{cite news |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/montreal-canadiens-tampa-bay-lightning-game-5-recap/c-325483294 |title=Lightning repeat as Stanley Cup champions, defeat Canadiens in Game 5 |first=Corey |last=Long |date=July 7, 2021 |work=NHL.com |access-date=July 8, 2021}}
  • July 8 – Attorney Michael Avenatti is sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for attempting to extort Nike.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michael-avenatti-sentenced-2-1-2-years-behind-bars-nike-n1273343|title=Michael Avenatti sentenced to 2½ years behind bars for Nike extortion threat|website=NBC News|date=July 8, 2021 }}
  • July 9
  • Twitter suspensions – Twitter announces that they have suspended political commentator and nationalist Nick Fuentes.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/07/09/twitter-bans-white-nationalist-leader-nick-fuentes-ally-of-arizona-republican-rep-gosar/|title=Twitter Bans Nationalist Leader Nick Fuentes, Ally Of Arizona Republican Rep. Gosar|first=Jack|last=Brewster|website=Forbes}}
  • President Biden signs a 72-point executive order placing tighter regulations and scrutiny on major corporations in a variety of sectors, including Big Tech companies. Policies outlined include banning non-compete clauses, curbing the ability of manufacturers to restrict the right to repair certain products, granting the Federal Trade Commission the ability to set guidelines on data collection, banning unfair competition practices in online marketplaces, and ordering the Food and Drug Administration to work with states and Native American tribes on procuring cheaper medicines from Canada.[https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57783824 Biden signs new order cracking down on Big Tech] BBC, July 9, 2021
  • Illinois becomes the first state to teach history about Asian Americans in public schools.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-asian-american-history-education-20210709-btk2lkh7rrdvnjucq4mbjhns4u-story.html Illinois becomes first state to require teaching of Asian American history in public schools] Chicago Tribune, July 9, 2021
  • July 11–13 – The 2021 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was held in Denver.{{cite news |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/mlb-draft-2021-dates-times-order-channels/1s7cpbh646dgj1cfl3jcaera2t |title=MLB Draft 2021 dates, start time, pick order, TV channels & more to know for baseball draft |first=Ryan |last=Fagan |date=July 11, 2021 |work=www.sportingnews.com |access-date=July 15, 2021}} Henry Davis was selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates.{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/henry-davis-drafted-no-1-by-pirates-in-mlb-draft?t=mlb-draft-coverage |title=Pirates pick catcher Henry Davis No. 1 overall |first=Jake |last=Crouse |date=July 11, 2021 |work=MLB.com |access-date=July 15, 2021}}
  • July 12
  • Actor Drake Bell is sentenced to two years of probation for child endangerment.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drake-bell-former-nickelodeon-star-gets-probation-child-endangerment-n1273708|title=Drake Bell, former Nickelodeon star, gets probation for child endangerment|first=Wilson|last=Wong|website=www.nbcnews.com|date=July 12, 2021 }}
  • Ghislaine Maxwell, the long-time friend and partner of Jeffrey Epstein, appears in court in relation to allegations of sex trafficking.{{cite news |last=Bekiempis |first=Victoria |title=Ghislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty in trafficking case |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/13/ghislaine-maxwell-court-sex-trafficking-trial-epstein |work=The Guardian |date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=July 15, 2020}}
  • July 13 – The American League defeat the National League (5–2) in the 2021 MLB All-Star Game.{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/al-wins-eighth-straight-all-star-game-over-nl |title=AL staves off NL for 8th straight All-Star win |first=Anthony |last=Castrovince |date=July 14, 2021 |work=MLB.com |access-date=July 20, 2021}}
  • July 16 – Michael Gargiulo (a.k.a. the Hollywood Ripper) is sentenced to death for two murders.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57871320 |title='Hollywood Ripper' Michael Gargiulo sentenced to death for murders |date=July 17, 2021 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=July 17, 2021}}
  • July 17 – A shooting occurs outside of Nationals Park during a game between the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals during the sixth inning, causing the game to get postponed until Sunday.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-baseball-shootings-mlb-washington-nationals-b3d4a1638a898e60aa0dbceada51b0a8 |title=Padres-Nats game suspended after shooting outside DC stadium |first1=Harvey |last1=Valentine |first2=Michael |last2=Balsamo |date=July 18, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=July 18, 2021}}
  • July 19 – Fox News host Sean Hannity urges viewers to take the threat of COVID-19 seriously, as well as urging viewers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/politics/sean-hannity-urges-viewers-get-covid-vaccine/|title=Sean Hannity Urges Viewers to Get COVID Vaccine: 'Enough People Have Died'|website=PEOPLE.com}}
  • July 20
  • Blue Origin NS-16: On the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Jeff Bezos successfully launches the Blue Origin rocket New Shepard 4 in Van Horn, Texas, carrying himself, his brother Mark, 82-year-old retired pilot Wally Funk, and 18-year-old college student Oliver Daemen. The rocket lands back on Earth within minutes, completing the first crewed spaceflight with reusable rockets.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/20/bezos-space-flight-live-updates-video/ Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen reach space, return safely on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket] The Washington Post, July 20, 2021
  • Tom Barrack, founder of Colony Capital and an advisor of Donald Trump, is indicted for making false statements to the FBI and being an unregistered agent for the United Arab Emirates.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/thomas-barrack-trump-s-inaugural-committee-chair-arrested-federal-charges-n1274533|title=Tom Barrack, Trump's inaugural committee chair, charged with acting as agent of UAE|website=NBC News|date=July 20, 2021 }} He is found not guilty in 2022.{{cite news |title=Tom Barrack: Jury acquits top Trump aide of acting as foreign agent |author= |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63519839 |publisher=BBC News |date=November 4, 2022}}
  • The Milwaukee Bucks defeat the Phoenix Suns (4–2) in the 2021 NBA Finals to win their first championship since 1971.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2021/07/20/giannis-antetokounmpo-bucks-win-first-nba-championship-50-years/8035210002/ |title=Bucks finish off Suns for first NBA championship in 50 years behind Giannis Antetokounmpo's epic closeout performance |first=Jeff |last=Zillgitt |date=July 20, 2021 |work=USA Today |access-date=July 21, 2021}}
  • July 21
  • The 2021 NHL Expansion Draft is held at Gas Works Park in Seattle, where the 32nd NHL team, the Seattle Kraken fills out its first ever roster of players.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/kraken/news/ron-francis-to-make-expansion-draft-selections-in-seattle/c-325505338 |title=Expansion Draft Travels to Seattle |first=Bob |last=Condor |date=June 28, 2021 |website=nhl.com |access-date=June 30, 2021}}
  • Santa Monica based video game publisher Activision Blizzard, Inc. is hit with a massive lawsuit from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing after a two-year investigation reveals a "frat boy" like work environment where female employees face sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation for speaking out against the company.[https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/26/tech/activision-blizzard-employee-petition-lawsuit/index.html Activision Blizzard employees sign petition denouncing company's 'abhorrent' response to lawsuit] CNN, July 26, 2021
  • The Tennessee State Building Commission announces that the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest will be moved from the Tennessee State Capitol to the Tennessee State Museum.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/22/tennessees-nathan-bedford-forrest-bust-come-down-after-vote/8042280002/|title=Nathan Bedford Forrest bust will now come down after receiving final vote of approval|first=Natalie|last=Allison|website=The Tennessean}}
  • The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously upholds a 2020 amendment to the state's constitution that expanded Medicaid eligibility.{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/in-a-unanimous-ruling-missouri-high-court-says-medicaid-expansion-valid/article_500d2045-c6dd-55b6-9f6a-575aa0dab01b.html|title=In a unanimous ruling, Missouri high court says Medicaid expansion 'valid'|first=Kurt|last=Erickson|website=STLtoday.com|date=July 23, 2021 }}
  • July 22 – After Sherman Packard strips Lynne Ober of her committee leadership position, Lynne and her husband Russell resign from the New Hampshire House of Representatives in protest.{{cite web|last=Graham|first=Michael|date=27 July 2021|title=Rep. Lynne Ober Loses Vice Chair Position Over Budget 'Stunt', Resigns|website=NH Journal|url=https://nhjournal.com/rep-lynne-ober-loses-vice-chair-position-over-budget-stunt-resigns/|access-date=1 December 2023}}
  • July 23 – Cleveland's Major League Baseball team announces that they will change their name from the Indians to the Guardians, resolving a decades-long controversy.[https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/cleveland-indians-baseball-team-changes-name-to-the-guardians.html Cleveland's baseball team is changing name to the Guardians] CNBC, July 23, 2021
  • July 23–August 8 – The United States compete at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and win 39 gold, 41 silver, and 33 bronze medals.
  • July 25 – 2020 Summer Olympics: American fencer Lee Kiefer wins a gold medal at the women's foil event for fencing, making her the first American woman to do so. Additionally, Anastasija Zolotic becomes the first American woman to win a gold medal in taekwondo.{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/25/anastasija-zolotic-womens-taekwondo-olympic-gold-medals-team-usa|title=Teenager Anastasija Zolotic wins USA's first women's taekwondo Olympic gold|agency=Associated Press|date=July 25, 2021|website=the Guardian}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/lee-kiefer-becomes-first-american-woman-win-gold-individual-foil|title=Lee Kiefer becomes first American woman to win gold in individual foil | NBC Olympics|website=www.nbcolympics.com}}
  • July 27
  • A runoff election is held in Texas to fill a vacancy in its 6th congressional district due to the death of Ron Wright on February 7. Republican Jake Ellzey wins with 20,837 of the 39,116 votes cast (53.27%).{{cite web |url=https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/advisory2020-37.shtml#MAY24 |title=May 1, 2021 Election Law Calendar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426063050/https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/advisory2020-37.shtml |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |access-date=April 30, 2021 |website=Texas Secretary of State}}
  • Whatcom County, Washington becomes the first state county to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure. The new law also places restrictions on existing fossil fuel facilities, such as a requirement that any greenhouse gases emitted from expansion be offset.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/28/washington-state-whatcom-county-ban-fossil-fuel-infrastructure |title=Washington state county is first in US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure |first=Oliver |last=Milman |date=July 28, 2021 |work=The Guardian |access-date=July 30, 2021}}
  • July 28
  • The Senate votes 67–32 to advance the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/28/infrastructure-vote-senate-advances-bipartisan-bill.html|title=Senate votes to advance bipartisan infrastructure bill as Democrats forge ahead with ambitious economic agenda|first=Jacob|last=Pramuk|date=July 28, 2021|website=CNBC}}
  • Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics: Florida swimmer Bobby Finke becomes the first American to win a gold medal at the 800 metre freestyle event at the Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/bobby-finke-comeback-win-shocked-caeleb-dressel-2021-7|title=American swimmer Bobby Finke had a stunning come-from-behind victory that shocked even his teammate|first=Tyler|last=Lauletta|website=Insider}}
  • July 29
  • Trevor Milton, billionaire and founder of the Nikola electric truck startup, is indicted on three counts of fraud.{{cite news |title=Nikola founder Trevor Milton indicted on three counts of fraud |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/29/nikola-founder-trevor-milton-indicted-on-three-counts-of-fraud/ |date=29 July 2021 |work=Tech Crunch|accessdate=29 July 2021 }}
  • Suni Lee wins a gold medal in the gymnastics all-around competition, making her the first Asian American to win a gold medal in gymnastics during the Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/suni-lee-becomes-first-asian-american-woman-take-gold-gymnastics-n1275400|title=Suni Lee becomes first Asian American woman to take gold in gymnastics all-around|website=NBC News|date=July 29, 2021 }}
  • COVID-19 vaccination: Vermont becomes the first U.S. state to vaccinate 70% of children aged 12 to 17 years old.[https://www.necn.com/news/coronavirus/vermont-is-the-first-state-to-vaccinate-70-of-eligible-kids-against-covid-19/2519572/ Vermont Is the First State to Vaccinate 70% of Eligible Kids Against COVID-19] NECN, July 29, 2021
  • July 30
  • The Senate votes 66–28 to allow debates to begin on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/senate-advances-trillion-infrastructure-plan-79173472|title=Senate advances nearly $1 trillion infrastructure plan|website=ABC News}}
  • Tax returns of Donald Trump: The Department of Justice rules that the U.S. Treasury must hand the tax returns of former President Donald Trump to Congress.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-s-tax-returns-must-be-released-congress-justice-department-n1275533|title=Trump's tax returns must be released to Congress, Justice Department says|website=NBC News|date=July 30, 2021 }}
  • Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics: Caeleb Dressel breaks a world record in the 100m butterfly during the Olympics, finishing in 49.45 seconds.[https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31924085/caeleb-dressel-breaks-100-meter-butterfly-world-record-third-gold-tokyo-olympics Caeleb Dressel breaks 100-meter butterfly world record; Katie Ledecky cruises in 800 free] ESPN, July 30, 2021
  • July 31
  • Florida swimmer Bobby Finke wins a gold medal at the 1500 metre freestyle event at the Olympics, becoming the first American to do so since Mike O'Brien.{{cite news|url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/gators/2021/07/31/clearwater-swimmer-bobby-finke-wins-gold-in-1500/|title=Clearwater swimmer Bobby Finke wins gold in 1,500|first=|last=|work=Tampa Bay Times}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Florida reports 21,683 cases of COVID-19, a new single-day record.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-business-arts-and-entertainment-florida-01fa89e1d9491ab075c5deb689af1ea8|title=Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases|date=July 31, 2021|website=AP NEWS}}

=August=

  • August 2
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 vaccination: Over 70% of adults are reported to have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-70-percent-adults-goal-white-house/|title=U.S. finally reaches milestone of 70% of adults with at least one COVID-19 shot|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=August 2, 2021 }}
  • U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announces that he has tested positive for COVID-19, despite receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/very-glad-i-was-vaccinated-gop-sen-lindsey-graham-tests-n1275739|title='Very glad I was vaccinated': GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham tests positive for Covid|website=NBC News|date=August 2, 2021 }}
  • August 3
  • COVID-19 vaccination: New York City mandates vaccines for indoor dining, gyms, and performances, becoming the first U.S. city to do so.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/nyregion/nyc-vaccine-mandate.html|title=N.Y.C. will require workers and customers show proof of at least one dose for indoor dining and other activities.|first1=Emma G.|last1=Fitzsimmons|first2=Sharon|last2=Otterman|first3=Joseph|last3=Goldstein|work=The New York Times|date=August 3, 2021}}
  • A report released by New York Attorney General Letitia James says that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/cuomo-sexually-harassed-multiple-women-including-employees-new-york-attorney-n1275806|title=Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, including employees, New York attorney general finds|website=NBC News|date=August 3, 2021 }}
  • August 4
  • Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter of Colorado announces that two lawyers, Gary D. Fielder and Ernest John Walker, will be sanctioned for filing a lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 election.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/colorado-sanctions-trump-lawsuit/2021/08/04/704dec92-f53a-11eb-a49b-d96f2dac0942_story.html |title='The stuff of which violent insurrections are made:' Federal judge sanctions Colorado lawyers for 2020 election lawsuit |first=Rosalind S. |last=Helderman |date=August 4, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 4, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Louisiana reports 2,247 hospitalizations, a new single-day record.{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_67e4d938-f541-11eb-80a4-dfa462127685.html|title=Louisiana COVID hospitalizations break record for second day with 2,247 in hospitals|author=Staff report|website=NOLA.com|date=August 4, 2021 }}
  • August 5 – President Biden sets a goal for half of new cars sold to be zero-emission by 2030.{{cite web |title=Climate Change: Half US cars to be zero-emission by 2030 - Biden |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58101907 |website=BBC |access-date=December 30, 2021 |date=August 5, 2021}}
  • August 6
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 vaccination: The CDC reports that 50% of the U.S. population (including both adults and children) is now fully vaccinated, or about 166 million people.{{cite news |title=COVID Data Tracker |url=https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-total-admin-rate-total |date=6 August 2021 |work=CDC|accessdate=7 August 2021 }}
  • Florida reports 22,783 new cases of COVID-19, a new single-day record.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-adds-single-day-record-22783-covid-19-cases-friday/2522980/|title=Florida Adds Single-Day Record 22,783 COVID-19 Cases Friday|date=August 6, 2021 }}
  • Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack: New Jersey gym owner Scott K. Fairlamb and Washington resident Devlyn D. Thompson pleads guilty to assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officers during the Capitol riot, becoming the first suspects to do so.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/first-guilty-pleas-police-assault/2021/08/06/c966ab9a-f6c3-11eb-9068-bf463c8c74de_story.html |title=N.J. gym owner, Seattle man are first to plead guilty to assaulting police in Capitol attack |first=Spenser S. |last=Hsu |date=August 6, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 8, 2021}}
  • Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics: American karateka Ariel Torres wins a bronze medal in the men's kata event, winning the first United States medal in karate.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31972425/ariel-torres-wins-first-ever-karate-medal-united-states-men-kata|title=Torres wins first-ever karate medal for U.S.|date=August 6, 2021|website=ESPN.com}}
  • 2021 California fire season: The Dixie Fire near Chico becomes the largest fire in the history of California.{{ cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/08/06/dixie-fire-becomes-largest-single-wildfire-in-california-history-1389651 |title=Dixie Fire becomes largest single wildfire in California history |first=Colby |last=Bermel |date=August 6, 2021 |work=Politico |access-date=August 11, 2021}}
  • August 8
  • Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament: The United States defeats the two time reigning Olympic Champions Brazil. Becoming the first to win Gold in Tokyo.{{cite web|url=https://usavolleyball.org/gold-at-last-u-s-women-beat-brazil-to-win-olympic-crown|title=Gold at Last! U.S. Women Beat Brazil to win Olympic Crown|date=August 8, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/ncna1276288|title=Team USA dominates Brazil to clinch first women's volleyball gold|website=NBC News|date=August 8, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/team-usa-dominates-brazil-clinch-first-womens-volleyball-gold|title=Team USA dominates Brazil clinch first Women's Volleyball Gold|website=NBC Olympics|date=August 8, 2021}}
  • August 9
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 vaccination
  • Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announces that all service members will be required to get vaccinated by mid September.{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-require-mandatory-covid-vaccines-mid-september-source/story?id=79314193 |title=Pentagon to require COVID vaccines for all service members |first1=Luis |last1=Martinez |first2=Matt |last2=Seyler |date=August 9, 2021 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=August 11, 2021}}
  • The CDC announces that 60% of Americans have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.[https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nearly-60-americans-least-partially-vaccinated-against-covid-19-cdc-2021-08-09/ Nearly 60% of Americans at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19 - CDC] Reuters, August 9, 2021
  • August 10
  • New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces he will resign effective August 24 after an inquiry found he sexually harassed multiple women.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58164719|title=New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns in wake of harassment report|date=August 10, 2021|access-date=August 10, 2021|website=bbc.co.uk}}
  • The Senate votes 69–30 to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/08/10/senate-infrastructure-bill-vote-biden/ Senate approves bipartisan, $1 trillion infrastructure bill, bringing major Biden goal one step closer] Washington Post, August 11, 2021
  • Dominion Voting Systems sues conservative news channels One America News Network and Newsmax, plus former Overstock.com CEO Patrick M. Byrne, claiming they promoted false conspiracy theories about them after the 2020 presidential election.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/10/dominion-sues-pro-trump-oan-newsmax-overstock-founder-over-election-conspiracies.html|title=Dominion sues pro-Trump outlets OAN and Newsmax over election conspiracy theories|first=Amanda|last=Macias|date=August 10, 2021|website=CNBC}}
  • August 11
  • Aubrey de Grey, a leading anti-aging researcher and Chief Science Officer of the SENS Research Foundation, is placed on leave by his company, following sexual harassment allegations by two women in the field.{{cite web|url=https://www.statnews.com/2021/08/11/anti-aging-research-pioneer-aubrey-de-grey-placed-on-leave-over-sexual-harassment-allegations/|title=Anti-aging research pioneer Aubrey de Grey placed on leave over sexual harassment allegations|date=August 11, 2021|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=Stats News}}
  • The Senate votes to pass a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, a day after the bipartisan infrastructure package passed.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/senate-passes-framework-of-3-5-trillion-budget-reconciliation|title=Senate passes framework of $3.5T budget reconciliation package in party-line vote|first=Edmund|last=DeMarche|date=August 11, 2021|website=Fox Business}}
  • The Senate votes unanimously to confirm former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, making him the first of Biden's Ambassador nominees to be confirmed.{{cite news |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/08/11/ken-salazar-mexico-ambassador/ |title=Colorado's Ken Salazar confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Mexico |last=Wingerter |first=Justin |date=August 11, 2021 |newspaper=The Denver Post |access-date=August 11, 2021 }}
  • August 12 – The Census Bureau reports that, per the results of the 2020 census, the population of White Americans declined for the first time in history, and population growth is at its lowest since the Great Depression. Conversely, Hispanic, Asian, and Multiracial Americans saw the largest growth, with the latter seeing an increase of 276%. Hispanics make up the largest group in California for the first time, with whites in Texas barely remaining the largest by 0.4%. The Southern and Western regions also saw the most growth.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-release-census-data-used-legislative-redistricting-2021-08-12/ |title=New U.S. census data shows white population shrank for first time |last=Ax |first=Joseph |date=August 12, 2021 |work=Reuters|access-date=August 12, 2021 }}
  • August 13
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Michigan surpasses 20,000 deaths from COVID-19.{{cite news |url=https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/08/covid-stats-for-friday-aug-13-michigan-surpasses-20000-coronavirus-deaths.html |title=COVID stats for Friday, Aug. 13: Michigan surpasses 20,000 coronavirus deaths |first1=Scott |last1=Levin |first2=Danielle |last2=Salisbury |date=August 13, 2021 |work=MLive.com |access-date=August 14, 2021}}
  • In Texas, multiple appeal courts uphold the mask mandates imposed in Bexar, Dallas, Harris, and Travis counties in an effort to override Governor Greg Abbott's ban on them in schools.{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/567851-texas-school-districts-key-county-get-temporary-wins-on-masks |title=Texas school districts, key county get temporary wins on masks |first=Natalie |last=Prieb |date=August 13, 2021 |work=The Hill |access-date=August 13, 2021}}
  • The New York State Assembly says that it will not impeach Governor Andrew Cuomo following his announcement that he would resign.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/andrew-cuomo-new-york-impeachments-f3ab4342f645cc604f7d6e20c28b796b |title=NY Legislature won't try to impeach Cuomo after he quits |first=Marina |last=Villeneuve |date=August 13, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=August 13, 2021}}
  • Bob Dylan is accused of sexual assault and related offenses in 1965 by a woman identified as "J.C." who files a lawsuit against the singer. Dylan denies the allegations.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58239195 |title=Bob Dylan denies sexually abusing girl in 1965 |date=August 17, 2021 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=August 17, 2021}}
  • August 14
  • President Biden authorizes 5,000 U.S. troops to be deployed in Afghanistan, as the Taliban seize all regional capitals except Kabul.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/afghanistan-taliban-us-troops-intl-08-14-21/index.html |title=The latest on Afghanistan as Taliban advances towards Kabul |first1=Lauren |last1=Said-Moorhouse |first2=Angela |last2=Dewan |first3=Adrienne |last3=Vogt |first4=Veronica |last4=Rocha |date=August 14, 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 15, 2021}}
  • Texas Governor Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19. His office says he is fully vaccinated.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/politics/texas-governor-greg-abbott-covid-19/index.html |title=Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for Covid-19 |first=Paul |last=LeBlanc |work=CNN |access-date=17 August 2021}}
  • Colorado Governor Jared Polis rescinds two proclamations dating from the 1860s that authorized settlers to kill "hostile Indians", which lead to the Sand Creek massacre.{{cite news |url=https://coloradosun.com/2021/08/17/sand-creek-rescind-evans-proclamation/ |title=Colorado governor rescinds proclamations that led to Sand Creek Massacre |first=Thy |last=Vo |website=The Colorado Sun |access-date=17 August 2021}}
  • August 18 – R&B singer R. Kelly begins his trial at New York's Eastern District federal court, accused of racketeering, sexual abuse and bribery, all of which he denies.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58254151 |title=R Kelly trial set to begin in New York |date=August 18, 2021 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=August 18, 2021}}
  • August 19
  • The Library of Congress, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Capitol, and nearby congressional offices in Washington, D.C. are evacuated due to a bomb threat by the driver of a suspicious vehicle.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/us/library-of-congress-evacuation.html |title=Capitol Police Investigate 'Bomb Threat' Near Library of Congress |last1=Cochrane |first1=Emily |last2=Cramer |first2=Maria |date=August 19, 2021 |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 19, 2021 | issn=0362-4331 }}
  • Times Square in New York is evacuated due to a suspicious package.{{cite news |url=https://abc7ny.com/10961920/ |title=Suspicious package cleared near TKTS in Times Square, threat unfounded |date=August 19, 2021 |work=WABC-TV |access-date=August 19, 2021 }}
  • August 20 – The Alameda County Superior Court rules that California Proposition 22 (2020), which exempts app-based transportation and delivery companies like Uber and DoorDash from having to classify their workers as employees, is unconstitutional. The defendants, consisting of a coalition of gig economy companies, say they will appeal.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/20/politics/california-proposition-22-uber-lyft/index.html |title=California judge rules gig worker initiative utilized by Uber and Lyft is unconstitutional |last1=LeBlanc |first1=Paul |last2=O'Brien |first2=Sara |date=August 20, 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 20, 2021 }}
  • August 22 – Antifa and the Proud Boys clash at an abandoned Kmart in Portland, Oregon.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys-antifa-activists-clash-portland-tear-gas-explosive-devices-1621911 |title=Proud Boys and Antifa Activists Clash in Portland With Tear Gas and Explosive Devices |first=Christina |last=Zhao |date=August 22, 2021 |magazine=Newsweek |access-date=August 22, 2021}}
  • August 23 – COVID-19 vaccination: The FDA gives approval to the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) for those aged 16 years and older.{{cite press release |url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine |title=FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine |date=August 23, 2021 |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823143040/https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine |archive-date=August 23, 2021|url-status=live}}
  • August 24
  • The U.S. Supreme Court restores the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy, which requires migrants seeking asylum to remain in Mexico until their US immigration court date.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-requires-biden-revive-trump-era-remain-mexico-immigration-2021-08-24/|title=Supreme Court requires Biden to revive Trump's 'remain in Mexico' immigration policy|first1=Lawrence|last1=Hurley|first2=Ted|last2=Hesson|work=Reuters|date=25 August 2021|accessdate=25 August 2021}}
  • New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's resignation becomes official at midnight and Kathy Hochul becomes the first female New York Governor.{{cite news|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/08/23/andrew-cuomo-final-day-in-office/ |title=Kathy Hochul Sworn In As New York Governor Before Ceremonial Inauguration Tuesday |author=CBS New York Team |date=August 23, 2021 |work=WCBS-TV |access-date=August 24, 2021}}
  • August 25 – U.S. District Judge Linda Vivienne Parker announces sanctions against Sidney Powell, L. Lin Wood, and other lawyers who were filing a lawsuit seeking to overturn President Biden's victory in Michigan last year. She also orders the lawyers to be referred to their home states for disbarment or suspension of law license.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/us/politics/sidney-powell-election-sanctions.html |title=Judge Orders Sanctions Against Pro-Trump Lawyers Over Election Lawsuit |first=Alan |last=Feuer |date=August 25, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=August 27, 2021}} {{subscription required}}
  • August 26 – Operation Allies Refuge: President Biden, in an address to the nation, says that the evacuation of American citizens will continue despite the terrorist attacks. He also vows that the U.S. will avenge the deaths of the 13 service members killed in the attacks by "hunting down" those responsible and "making them pay".{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-evacuations-kabul-f9321f143fd8749c1cc8c460b647fdd5 |title=Biden vows to finish Kabul evacuation, avenge US deaths |first1=Robert |last1=Burns |first2=Darlene |last2=Superville |first3=Matthew |last3=Lee |date=August 26, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=August 29, 2021}}
  • August 29
  • Hurricane Ida makes landfall at 11:55am CDT near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.[https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/29/us/hurricane-ida-live-updates-new-orleans-louisiana Hurricane Ida, Now a Category 3 Storm, Batters Louisiana] The New York Times, August 29, 2021
  • In high school football, Bishop Sycamore loses to IMG Academy, 58–0, at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, which is aired on ESPN.{{cite web | url=https://www.maxpreps.com/news/iNKdqAgwQUOzs2-T_BvaNw/high-school-football-no-2-img-academy-blanks-bishop-sycamore-58-0-in-season-opener.htm | title=High school football: No. 2 IMG Academy blanks Bishop Sycamore 58-0 in season opener – MaxPreps | date=August 29, 2021 }} Following the game, the existence of Bishop Sycamore is questioned by fans and the school is accused of running a grift and duping ESPN into airing the game.{{cite web | url=https://againstthepoints.com/2021/08/30/bishop-sycamore-makes-a-fool-of-espn-claimed-it-was-loaded-with-d1-talent-and-loses-58-0/ | title=Bishop Sycamore makes a fool of ESPN, claimed it was loaded with D1 talent and loses 58-0 | date=August 30, 2021 }}
  • August 30 – Operation Allies Refuge: The United States withdraws its remaining 2,500 troops from Afghanistan, ending its 20-year involvement in the War in Afghanistan.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/30/world/afghanistan-news |title=The U.S. military finishes its evacuation, and an era ends in Afghanistan |last1=Gibbons-Neff |first1=Thomas |last2=Katzenberg |first2=Lauren |date=August 30, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=September 5, 2021}}

=September=

  • September 1
  • Texas implements the "Heartbeat Act" banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58406496 |title=Texas passes law banning abortion after six weeks |date=September 1, 2021 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=September 1, 2021}}
  • Texas residents are allowed to carry handguns without a license or training.{{cite news |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/16/texas-constitutional-carry-greg-abbott/ |title=Texans can carry handguns without a license or training starting Sept. 1, after Gov. Greg Abbott signs permitless carry bill into law |first=Sami |last=Sparber |date=June 16, 2021 |work=The Texas Tribune |access-date=June 29, 2021}}
  • Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack: The Department of Justice secures its 50th guilty plea in its criminal investigation of the January 6 riot at the Capitol.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/01/politics/capitol-riot-50-guilty-pleas-600-arrests/index.html|title=50th US Capitol rioter pleads guilty|author=Marshall Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz and Olanma Mang|website=CNN}}
  • A state of emergency is declared in New York City after record rainfall and flash flooding shuts down much of the city's transportation system, caused by Tropical Storm Ida.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58417442 |title=Storm Ida: New York declares state of emergency over 'brutal flooding'|date=September 2, 2021 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=September 2, 2021}}
  • September 2
  • Hurricane Ida
  • More than 54 deaths are reported in New York and the wider northeastern United States amid the ongoing flood emergency, as rescuers continue to search for stranded people.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/02/flooding-deaths-north-east-us-rain-storms-latest |title=More than 25 people killed in US north-east amid sudden heavy rains and flooding|date=September 2, 2021 |work=The Guardian |access-date=September 2, 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58429853 |title=Storm Ida: Death toll climbs to 45 across four US north-east states|date=September 3, 2021 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=September 3, 2021}}
  • The Vine Street Expressway in Philadelphia is closed due to massive flooding on portions of the highway. The Park Towne Place residential complex is also evacuated due to flooding.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/images-show-flooding-philadelphia-after-ida-unleashes-tornadoes-rain-n1278366|title=Video shows destruction in Philadelphia area after Ida unleashes tornadoes, rain|website=NBC News|date=September 2, 2021 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/park-towne-place-apartments-philadelphia-evacuated-flooding-ida/|title=Center City apartment complex evacuated as Schuylkill River floodwaters cause 'deteriorating conditions'|date=September 2, 2021|website=PhillyVoice}}
  • September 3
  • Jake Angeli, the so-called "QAnon Shaman" pleads guilty to obstructing a proceeding of Congress during the January 6 attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/03/qanon-shaman-jacob-chansley-pleads-guilty-in-capitol-riot-case-.html |title=QAnon shaman Jacob Chansley pleads guilty in Capitol riot case |date=September 3, 2021 |work=CNBC |access-date=September 3, 2021}}
  • Texas Heartbeat Act: Texas state judge Guerra Gamble blocks the Texas Right To Life from suing Planned Parenthood under the pretext of the abortion law.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/texas-abortion-law-suffers-first-defeat-court-1626101|title=Texas abortion law suffers first defeat in court|first=Daniel Villarreal On 9/3/21 at 8:11 PM|last=EDT|date=September 3, 2021|website=Newsweek}}
  • September 8 – The Robert E. Lee Monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, is removed.{{cite web |last1=Rankin |first1=Sarah |last2=Lavoie |first2=Denise |title=Gen. Lee statue comes down in former Confederate capital |url=https://apnews.com/article/robert-e-lee-statue-virginia-removed-92955a351d9fda6319f379ddc28df8a0 |website=Associated Press News |access-date=10 September 2021 |date=8 September 2021}}
  • September 9
  • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States: President Biden issues new federal vaccine requirements affecting up to 100 million Americans. All employers with more than 100 workers are required to be either vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, while 17 million workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid are ordered to be fully vaccinated.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-executive-branch-18fb12993f05be13bf760946a6fb89be |title=Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans|date=September 10, 2021 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=September 10, 2021}}
  • Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs a bill that prohibits social media sites from banning or restricting users based on "the viewpoint of the user or another person", whether or not that viewpoint is expressed on the social media platform itself.[https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22661626/texas-social-media-law-hb-20-signed-greg-abbott Texas passes law that bans kicking people off social media based on ‘viewpoint’] The Verge, September 10, 2021
  • September 10 – Trump–Ukraine scandal: Former Rudy Giuliani associate Igor Fruman pleads guilty to one count of soliciting a contribution by a foreign national.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/igor-fruman-rudy-giuliani-associate-pleads-guilty-federal-case-2021-9|title = Giuliani associate Igor Fruman pleads guilty to one felony count of soliciting a contribution by a foreign national|website = Business Insider}}
  • September 11
  • Commemorations take place around the country to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. A minute's silence is held at the World Trade Center site at the exact time each hijacked plane crashed.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58530073 |title=9/11 anniversary: Emotional tributes paid to lives lost|date=September 12, 2021 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=September 12, 2021}}
  • British tennis player Emma Raducanu defeats Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the Women's singles US Open with a score of 6–4, 6–3, becoming the first player in the Open Era to win a major tournament after coming through qualifiers.{{Cite news|last=Futterman|first=Matthew|date=11 September 2021|title=Emma Raducanu wins the U.S. Open to complete a miraculous run.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/11/sports/tennis/emma-raducanu-wins-us-open.html|access-date=12 September 2021|issn=0362-4331}}
  • September 13 – COVID-19 pandemic in New York: In New York City, schools reopen to one million children for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/nyregion/nyc-schools-reopening.html Schools in New York City fully reopen after 18 months of pandemic restrictions.] The New York Times, September 13, 2021
  • September 14 – A recall election is held in California on whether Governor Gavin Newsom should remain in office, and who his successor should be if he is voted out.{{cite news |last= White|first= Jeremy B.|title= It's on: California recall election set for Sept. 14|url=https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/07/01/its-on-california-recall-scheduled-for-sept-14-1387727 |website=Politico|date=1 July 2021 |access-date=2 July 2021}} Newsom defeats the recall and remains in office.
  • September 16 – Inspiration4, launched by SpaceX, becomes the first all-civilian spaceflight, carrying a four-person crew on a three-day orbit of the Earth.{{Cite news|date=16 September 2021|title=SpaceX makes history with first all-civilian spaceflight|work=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/spacex-makes-history-first-civilian-spaceflight-rcna2027|access-date=16 September 2021}}
  • September 20
  • Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg makes an appearance at the New York Supreme Court as prosecutors continue their investigation into former President Trump's business dealings.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/allen-weisselberg-lawyer-strong-reason-expect-more-indictments-trump-organization-2021-9|title=Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg's lawyer says they have 'strong reason to believe other indictments are coming'|first=Sonam Sheth, Jacob|last=Shamsian|website=Business Insider}}
  • The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surpasses that of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, becoming the deadliest disease outbreak in American history.[https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/20/covid-is-americas-deadliest-pandemic-as-us-fatalities-near-1918-flu-estimates.html Covid is officially America's deadliest pandemic as U.S. fatalities surpass 1918 flu estimates] CNBC, September 20, 2021
  • September 21
  • President Biden delivers his first speech at the United Nations General Assembly.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-live-updates-ee3ce043321e4d764e3098169ba4ce4e|title=The Latest: Argentina, Colombia warn of debt crisis|date=September 21, 2021|website=AP NEWS}}
  • Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces that Michigan will build an electrified road to charge electric vehicles, becoming the first U.S. state to do so.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2021/09/21/michigan-first-wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-road/5804504001/|title=Michigan to build nation's first electrified road to wirelessly charge EVs, Whitmer says|first=Eric D.|last=Lawrence|website=USA TODAY}}
  • September 22 – COVID-19 pandemic – Michigan surpasses one million confirmed cases of COVID-19.[https://www.clickondetroit.com/health/2021/09/22/michigan-surpasses-1-million-covid-cases-reports-6079-new-cases-81-deaths-over-past-2-days/#// Michigan surpasses 1 million COVID cases -- reports 6,079 new cases, 81 deaths over past 2 days] WDIV, September 22, 2021
  • September 23
  • A man shoots 13 people then kills himself in Collierville, Tennessee.{{cite news |title=At least 1 dead, 14 others injured after shooting at Memphis-area Kroger |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/us/tennessee-colliersville-shooting/index.html |publisher=CNN |last1=Riess |first1=Rebekah |last2=Selva |first2=Jenn |date=September 23, 2021 |access-date=September 23, 2021 |archive-date=September 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923234614/https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/us/tennessee-colliersville-shooting/index.html |url-status=live }}
  • 2020 United States presidential election in Arizona: A months-long recount of 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County, Arizona, confirms in a draft report that Joe Biden won that state's 11 electoral votes, with no mass voter fraud designed to "steal" the election from former President Donald Trump.{{Cite news|date=24 September 2021|title=Draft report from partisan Arizona review confirms Biden defeated Trump in Maricopa County last November|work=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/24/politics/arizona-election-review-results/index.html|access-date=24 September 2021}}
  • Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack: – The January 6 House Committee issues its first subpoenas, which mandate that four advisors and associates to former President Donald Trump turn over records and testimony. The targets of the subpoenas are former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino, former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Dartunorro |last2=Tucker |first2=Talbot |title=Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump aides, allies to testify |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-trump-aides-allies-testify-n1279993 |work=NBC News |date=23 September 2021}}
  • September 24
  • The U.S. House votes to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, an abortion rights bill, in response to the Supreme Court refusing to block the Texas Heartbeat Act from becoming law.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1038931908/house-democrats-abortion-rights-bill|title=The House Passes Bill Meant To Counter Texas-Style Abortion Bans|first=Barbara|last=Sprunt|date=September 24, 2021|website=NPR}}
  • Fox News announces that it has banned Rudy Giuliani and his son Andrew Giuliani from appearing on the channel for three months.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/media/573771-fox-news-bans-rudy-giuliani-from-appearing-report|title=Fox News bans Rudy Giuliani from appearing: report|first=Caroline|last=Vakil|date=September 24, 2021|website=TheHill}}
  • September 25 – A train derails in Montana, killing three people.{{cite web |title=At least 3 killed when Amtrak train derails in Montana |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amtrak-train-derails-montana/ |date=September 25, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2021 |website=CBS News |last=Freiman |first=Jordan |archive-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926043410/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amtrak-train-derails-montana/ |url-status=live }}
  • September 26 – 2021 NFL season: Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker kicks a 66-yard field goal during the team's 19–17 victory against the Detroit Lions, making it the longest field goal in National Football League history.{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bs-sp-ravens-lions-game-20210926-wkx4kyefijct7lbytc35zjkfjy-story.html|title=Justin Tucker nails NFL-record 66-yard field goal as time expires to lift Ravens to 19-17 win over Lions|first=Jonas|last=Shaffer|website=baltimoresun.com|date=September 26, 2021 }}
  • September 27
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 vaccination
  • In Vermont, registration opens to people aged 75 years and older to receive the booster shot of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-vermont-22ff16c8c77702d29192f135d973f186|title=Booster shot registration open to 75 and older in Vermont|date=September 27, 2021|website=AP NEWS}}
  • In Washington, D.C., President Biden receives his third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/27/biden-to-receive-covid-booster-shot-live-on-camera-monday.html|title=Biden receives Covid booster shot live on camera|first1=Christina |last1=Wilkie |first2=Berkeley Jr. |last2=Lovelace|date=September 27, 2021|website=CNBC}}
  • Grammy Award-winning singer R. Kelly is found guilty in a federal court on all counts of sexually abusing women and children over two decades.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58714203 |title=R. Kelly found guilty in sex trafficking trial|date=September 27, 2021 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=September 27, 2021}}
  • Ford announces an $11.4 billion plan for electric vehicle (EV) production, its largest ever investment in the US, with a major new factory in Tennessee and two battery parks in Kentucky creating nearly 11,000 jobs.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58714608 |title=Ford announces $11.4bn investment in electric vehicle plants|date=September 28, 2021 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=September 28, 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/09/27/ford-to-lead-americas-shift-to-electric-vehicles.html |title=FORD TO LEAD AMERICA'S SHIFT TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH NEW MEGA CAMPUS IN TENNESSEE AND TWIN BATTERY PLANTS IN KENTUCKY; $11.4B INVESTMENT TO CREATE 11,000 JOBS AND POWER NEW LINEUP OF ADVANCED EVS|date=September 27, 2021 |work=Ford|access-date=September 28, 2021}}
  • September 29 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declares 23 species extinct, due to a combination of development, invasive species, logging and pollution.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/29/us-bird-species-ivory-billed-woodpecker-extinct |title=US to declare ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more species extinct|date=September 29, 2021 |work=The Guardian|access-date=September 29, 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=u.s.-fish-and-wildlife-service-proposes-delisting-23-species-from-&_ID=37017 |title=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Delisting 23 Species from Endangered Species Act Due to Extinction|date=September 29, 2021 |work=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|access-date=September 29, 2021}}
  • September 30
  • Britney Spears' father Jamie Spears is formally suspended as the conservator of her estate.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58746569 |title=Britney Spears: Singer 'on cloud nine' after conservatorship ruling|date=September 30, 2021 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=September 30, 2021}}
  • President Biden signs legislation that would extend funding for the U.S. government through December 3, thereby avoiding a government shutdown. Government funds were due to run out at midnight.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/574784-biden-signs-bill-to-avert-shutdown|title=Biden signs bill to avert shutdown|first=Ian|last=Swanson|date=September 30, 2021|website=TheHill}}

=October=

  • October 1 – The Supreme Court announces that Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/01/politics/brett-kavanaugh-covid-19/index.html|title=Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19|last1=de Vries|last2=Stracqualursi|first1=Karl|first2= Veronica|website=CNN}}
  • October 3
  • A massive oil spill occurs off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, prompting many beach closures, and washing up dead birds and fish.[https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/03/us/california-oil-spill/index.html An oil spill off the California coast destroyed a wildlife habitat and caused dead birds and fish to wash up on Huntington Beach, officials say] CNN, October 3, 2021
  • 2021 NFL season – Tom Brady becomes the fourth quarterback to defeat all 32 National Football League teams following the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19–17 victory against his former team, the New England Patriots. He also surpasses Drew Brees as the NFL's all-time leading passer.{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10013960-tom-brady-becomes-4th-nfl-qb-to-beat-all-32-teams-with-buccaneers-win-over-patriots|title=Tom Brady Becomes 4th NFL QB to Beat All 32 Teams With Buccaneers' Win Over Patriots|first=Rob|last=Goldberg|website=Bleacher Report}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32334871/tom-brady-overtakes-drew-brees-claim-nfl-career-passing-yards-record|title=Brady breaks Brees' career passing yards record|date=October 4, 2021|website=ESPN.com}}
  • October 5
  • Windows 11 is launched by Microsoft.{{cite web|date=5 October 2021|title=Windows 11 launches with redesigned start menu|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58795119|access-date=5 October 2021|work=BBC}}
  • The president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, a police union representing the sergeants in the New York City Police Department, resigns following an FBI raid on his Long Island home.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043567201/fbi-raid-new-york-police-sergeants-union-ed-mullins|title=FBI raids New York's police sergeants union offices and the union president resigns|website=NPR|access-date=5 October 2021|date=5 October 2021}}
  • The U.S. Senate confirms Damian Williams as Attorney for the Southern District of New York, making him the first African American to lead the office.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/nyregion/damian-williams-breon-peace.html|title=New Top Federal Prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn Are Confirmed|first1=Benjamin|last1=Weiser|first2=Rebecca Davis|last2=O’Brien|work=The New York Times |date=October 6, 2021|via=NYTimes.com}}
  • October 6
  • Case Breakers, a group of former law enforcement individuals, claim to have identified the Zodiac Killer as Gary Francis Poste, an individual who died in 2018.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/zodiac-killer-identity-gary-poste-b1933514.html Former cops claim to have identified Zodiac Killer and linked him to another victim] The Independent, October 6, 2021
  • Federal judge Robert L. Pitman blocks the Texas Heartbeat Act from being enforced for a short temporary period.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/06/texas-abortion-law-court-515526|title=Federal judge blocks enforcement of Texas abortion law|website=POLITICO|date=October 6, 2021 }}
  • October 7
  • The U.S. Senate votes 61–38 to overcome a filibuster and 50–48 to increase the federal debt.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/senate-leaders-strike-deal-on-short-term-debt-limit-patch-515578|title=Senate advances short-term debt limit hike after GOP scramble|website=POLITICO|date=October 7, 2021 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000008014484/senate-vote-debt-ceiling-default.html|title=Video: Senate Votes to Raise the Debt Ceiling|work=The New York Times |date=October 8, 2021|via=NYTimes.com}}
  • Eighteen former NBA players are charged with healthcare fraud, including Terrence Williams, Tony Allen, Shannon Brown, and Ronald Glen Davis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/nba-veterans-arrested-in-alleged-health-insurance-fraud-scheme-sources/3311071/|title=18 NBA Veterans Arrested in Alleged $4 Million Health Insurance Fraud Scheme|date=October 7, 2021 }}
  • October 11
  • The 2021 Boston Marathon takes place after it was rescheduled from April.{{cite news | title=Boston Marathon announces tentative fall 2021 date | website=Boston.com | date=January 26, 2021 | url=https://www.boston.com/news/boston-marathon/2021/01/26/boston-marathon-announces-tentative-fall-2021-date | access-date=April 18, 2021}}
  • 2021 Las Vegas Raiders season: Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden resigns after several e-mails between him and Bruce Allen containing racist, sexist, homophobic, and trans-phobic remarks are leaked by The New York Times.{{cite web |title=Statement from Jon Gruden |url=https://www.raiders.com/news/statement-from-jon-gruden |website=Raiders.com |access-date=October 12, 2021 |archive-date=October 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012021720/https://www.raiders.com/news/statement-from-jon-gruden |url-status=dead }}
  • Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announces that the company will drop its return-to-office plan and allow its corporate employees to continue working remotely if they choose.{{cite web|date=11 October 2021|title=Amazon drops its return-to-office plan and will now let most employees work from home indefinitely|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-return-to-office-corporate-employees-may-continue-working-remotely-2021-10|access-date=12 October 2021|work=Business Insider}}
  • October 13 – Star Trek actor William Shatner becomes the oldest person to go into space, at age 90, on board the Blue Origin NS-18, launched from Texas.{{Cite news|date=2021-10-13|title=Star Trek's William Shatner blasts into space on Blue Origin rocket |publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58885555|access-date=2021-10-13}}
  • October 18
  • 2021–22 NHL season: San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane is suspended for 21 games for submitting a forged COVID-19 vaccination card.[https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/32425827/san-jose-sharks-evander-kane-suspended-21-games-nhl-established-violation-covid-19-protocol San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane suspended 21 games by NHL for 'established violation' of COVID-19 protocol] ESPN, October 18, 2021
  • Murder of Ahmaud Arbery: The state trial of Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan begins in Georgia.{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/ahmaud-arbery-jury-selection.amp.html|title= Jury Selection Begins in Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery's Killing|work=The New York Times|date= October 18, 2021|accessdate=November 13, 2021|last1= Fausset|first1= Richard}}
  • October 19
  • The January 6 select committee investigating the riot on the U.S. Capitol votes to hold former Donald Trump White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the select committee.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/10/19/1047294970/jan-6-panel-approves-criminal-contempt-report-for-ex-trump-strategist-steve-bann|title=House panel on Jan. 6 votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for defying subpoena|first=Claudia|last=Grisales|date=October 19, 2021|website=NPR}}
  • The United States Department of Justice announces that U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been indicted for making false statements to federal authorities.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/19/nebraska-gop-rep-fortenberry-indicted-516259|title=Nebraska GOP Rep. Fortenberry indicted|website=POLITICO|date=October 19, 2021 }}
  • The FBI announces that it has raided the house of Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin ally Oleg Deripaska, who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/10/19/fbi-raids-us-properties-of-sanctioned-russian-oligarch-a75341|title=FBI Raids U.S. Properties of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch|date=October 19, 2021|website=The Moscow Times}}
  • October 20 – The district attorney of Westchester County announces a criminal investigation into The Trump Organization.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/nyregion/trump-westchester-golf-club-investigation.html|title=Trump Organization, Already Under Indictment, Faces New Criminal Inquiry|first1=William K.|last1=Rashbaum|first2=Ben|last2=Protess|work=The New York Times |date=October 20, 2021|via=NYTimes.com}}
  • October 21 – Rust shooting incident: Film producer Alec Baldwin fatally shoots Halyna Hutchins and wounds Joel Souza during the filming of Rust, when a prop firearm is discharged by accident.{{Cite news|date=2021-10-23|title=Alec Baldwin told gun was safe before fatal shooting – court records |publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59018391|access-date=2021-10-23}}
  • October 22 – Trump–Ukraine scandal: Former Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas is convicted by the SDNY for campaign financing crimes and for illegally funding foreign cash to Republicans during the 2018 midterms. The conviction is announced by Attorney Damian Williams.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/lev-parnas-ex-giuliani-associate-convicted-violating-campaign-finance-laws-n1282183|title=Lev Parnas, ex-Giuliani associate, convicted of violating campaign finance laws|website=NBC News|date=October 22, 2021 }}
  • October 23 – 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season: In college football, the Illinois Fighting Illini defeats Penn State 20-18 in nine overtimes, making it the longest football game played in NCAA history.{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/college/ohiostate/football/illinois-penn-state-new-overtime-rules-are-good-for-college-football|title=Illinois Upsets Penn State In Longest Game Ever, But Are New Overtime Rules Better?|first=Brendan|last=Gulick|website=Sports Illustrated Ohio State Buckeyes News, Analysis and More}}
  • October 26 – A report comes out revealing that former Chicago Blackhawks coach Brad Aldrich sexually assaulted Kyle Beach, a young prospect on the team during the 2009–10 NHL season. The report also shows that Stan Bowman, Kevin Cheveldayoff, and Joel Quenneville met before the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals and allowed Aldrich to continue working until the end of the season.{{cite web |last1=Leavitt |first1=Kieran |title='I am a survivor': Kyle Beach comes forward as 'John Doe' in Chicago Blackhawks sexual abuse scandal |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2021/10/27/kyle-beach-comes-forward-as-john-doe-in-chicago-blackhawks-sexual-abuse-scandal.html |website=The Toronto Star |access-date=20 June 2022 |date=27 October 2021}}
  • October 28 – Mark Zuckerberg announces that Facebook, Inc., owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus, will rebrand itself as Meta Platforms.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59083601|title=Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand|publisher=BBC News|date=October 28, 2021|access-date=October 28, 2021|via=bbc.co.uk}}
  • October 29
  • MrBeast and Mark Rober launch #TeamSeas, a project to clean up 30 million pounds of ocean trash by the end of the year.{{cite web|date=2021-10-31|title=MrBeast Now Wants to Save the Oceans With 'Team Seas' and Internet is Here for it|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/mrbeast-now-wants-to-clean-up-the-oceans-with-team-seas-and-internet-is-here-for-it-4385849.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=News18}}
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorizes the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age.{{cite web|url= https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-authorizes-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-emergency-use-children-5-through-11-years-age|title= FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Children 5 through 11 Years of Age|date= October 29, 2021|publisher=FDA|accessdate=November 8, 2021}}

=November=

  • November 1
  • The U.S. Supreme Court begins its arguments about the Texas Heartbeat Act.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-texas-abortion-law-oral-arguments-s-b-8/|title=Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion ban in place, agrees to take up legal battle over law|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=October 22, 2021 }}
  • Kenosha unrest shooting: The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse begins in Kenosha.{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-kyle-rittenhouse-day-1-takeaways-20211102-t5lkyvfikrfo7cdyfrac2vtiwy-story.html |title=5 takeaways from Day 1 of Kyle Rittenhouse trial

|date=1 November 2021|work=Chicago Tribune|first1=Stacy|last1=St. Clair|first2=Christy|last2=Gutowski |access-date=13 November 2021}}

  • November 2
  • New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections are held. Republican Glenn Youngkin wins the Virginia race, while Democrat Phil Murphy wins re-election in the New Jersey race.[https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2021/10/14/phil-murphy-nj-campaign-obama-biden-harris-democrats/8450006002/ Gov. Phil Murphy calls in Democrats' biggest names as election nears. Here's who is coming] NorthJersey.com, October 14, 2021[https://www.fox5dc.com/news/2021-virginia-governor-race-everything-to-know-about-november-2-elections 2021 Virginia Governor Race: Everything to know about November 2 elections] WTTG-TV, October 14, 2021
  • Republican Winsome Sears wins the Virginia lieutenant governor's race and will become the first black and first female lieutenant governor of the state of Virginia.{{cite news|author=Chandelis Duster|title=Winsome Sears will become Virginia lieutenant governor, CNN projects, becoming first female and woman of color in the office|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/03/politics/winsome-sears-virginia-lieutenant-governor-race/index.html|access-date=2021-11-13|website=CNN}}{{cite web|title=Winsome Sears becomes Virginia's first Black and female lieutenant governor|url=https://fortune.com/2021/11/03/winsome-sears-makes-history-by-becoming-the-first-woman-of-color-to-serve-as-virginias-lieutenant-governor/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Fortune}}
  • A special election is held in Ohio to fill a vacancy in its 11th congressional district left by Marcia Fudge when she resigned to become President Biden's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Democrat Shontel Brown wins with 81,636 of the 103,565 votes cast (78.8%).{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/03/gov-mike-dewine-sets-aug-3-primary-date-for-special-election-to-succeed-marcia-fudge.html|title=Gov. Mike DeWine sets Aug. 3 primary date for special election to succeed Marcia Fudge|date=March 18, 2021|last=Richardson|first=Seth|website=The Plain-Dealer|access-date=March 18, 2021}}
  • Another special election is held in Ohio to fill a vacancy in its 15th congressional district due to the resignation of Steve Stivers effective May 15 to become president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Republican Mike Carey wins with 93,255 of the 160,012 votes cast (58.3%).{{cite web|last=Clay|first=Jarrod|date=2021-04-26|title=Gov. DeWine calls special election for Ohio's 15th Congressional District|url=https://myfox28columbus.com/news/election/gov-dewine-calls-special-election-for-ohios-15th-congressional-district|access-date=2021-04-26|website=WTTE}}
  • The Atlanta Braves win the 2021 World Series, defeating the Houston Astros.
  • Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is involved in an automobile accident where a 23-year-old woman is killed. At the time of the crash, Ruggs was driving {{convert|120|mph|abbr=on}}. He was also over double the legal intoxication level as well. The Raiders immediately cut him later that day.
  • November 3
  • COVID-19 pandemic: In Wisconsin, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss the team's matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aaron-rodgers-covid-19-packers-qb-out-sunday/|title=Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=November 3, 2021 }}
  • Smartmatic announces that they have sued conservative news channels One America News Network and Newsmax for defamation and false claims about their voting machines during the 2020 election.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/business/media/smartmatic-newsmax-oan.html|title=Smartmatic Sues Newsmax and One America News Network, Claiming Defamation|first1=Jonah E.|last1=Bromwich|first2=Michael M.|last2=Grynbaum|work=The New York Times |date=November 3, 2021|via=NYTimes.com}}
  • November 4
  • An investigatory hearing is held by the State Bar of Texas to kick off a multi-start process that would decide the fate of attorney Sidney Powell, who spread conspiracy claims after the 2020 presidential election.{{cite web|last1=Durkee|first1=Alison|title=Sidney Powell To Face Texas State Bar Investigation—Potentially Leading To Her Disbarment|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/08/26/sidney-powell-to-face-texas-state-bar-investigation-potentially-leading-to-her-disbarment/|website=Forbes|date=2021-08-26}}
  • The National Basketball Association announces that they have launched an investigation into Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver over allegations of sexism and racism.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2021/11/04/robert-sarver-nba-launching-investigation-into-suns-owner-after-allegations|title=NBA Launches Probe Into Suns' Sarver After Bombshell Report|first=Madeline|last=Coleman|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}
  • November 5
  • The U.S. House of Representatives votes 228–206 to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package.{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/us-house-approves-1-2-billion-infrastructure-bill-/6302438.html|title=US Democrats Pass $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Ending Daylong Standoff|website=VOA|date=November 5, 2021 }}
  • A crowd crush during a Travis Scott concert at the Astroworld Festival in Houston kills ten people and injures more than 300.{{Cite news|date=November 6, 2021|title=Crush at Houston music festival kills at least eight, injures many|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/least-8-dead-many-injured-texas-music-festival-media-2021-11-06/|access-date=November 6, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/14/us/astroworld-festival-child-death/index.html|title=The 9-year-old boy injured at the Astroworld Festival has died, family attorney says, bringing the death toll to 10|author=Amir Vera|website=CNN}}
  • November 7 – Alabama native Nimblewill Nomad becomes the oldest person to hike on the Appalachian Trail.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/nimblewill-nomad-83-oldest-hike-appalachian-trail-81024137|title='Nimblewill Nomad,' 83, is oldest to hike Appalachian Trail|website=ABC News}}
  • November 8
  • On October 15, the White House announced that it would reopen international borders to non-essential travel from the EU, UK, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil on November 8. The travel restrictions have been in place for 18 months, coming into effect in the early days of the pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-travel-ban-most-covid-linked-lifted/|title=U.S. lifts most COVID-linked bans on travelers from abroad|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=November 8, 2021 }}
  • Dominion Voting Systems announces that they have sued Fox Corporation and Fox Broadcasting Company, the parent company of Fox News, for defamation and for failing to preserve documents relating to the role Rupert Murdoch played in spreading false claims about Dominion.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-10/fox-sued-as-dominion-seeks-election-evidence-from-rupert-murdoch |title=Dominion Voting Sues Fox, Seeking Election Evidence From Murdochs |first= Erik |last=Larson |orig-date=10 November 2021 |date=11 November 2021 |publisher=Bloomberg |accessdate=2021-11-25}}{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/11/11/did-murdochs-push-election-fraud-claims-dominion-sues-fox-corp-to-find-out/ |title=Did Murdochs Push Election Fraud Claims? Dominion Sues Fox Corp. To Find Out |first=Alison |last=Durkee |website=Forbes}}
  • November 9 – The South Dakota Legislature votes to consider the impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.{{cite web|url=https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/south-dakota-house-votes-to-launch-impeachment-probe-of-attorney-general-ravnsborg/article_8d8f3e63-cfe2-529d-942a-76554311216e.html|title=South Dakota House votes to launch impeachment probe of Attorney General Ravnsborg|first=Stephen|last=Groves|website=Rapid City Journal Media Group|date=November 9, 2021 }}
  • November 11 – Vice President Harris travels to Paris to deliver a speech at the Paris Peace Forum.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-paris-trip/|title=In Paris, Vice President Kamala Harris seeks to strengthen ties – and stay out of the headlines|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=November 12, 2021 }}
  • November 12 – United States Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has been charged by the Department of Justice for refusing to testify to the January 6 select committee investigating the Capitol riot and refusing to provide documents requested by the committee.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/former-trump-adviser-steve-bannon-indicted-federal-grand-jury-contempt-n1283834|title=Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury for contempt of Congress|website=NBC News|date=November 12, 2021 }} Bannon turned himself in to the FBI three days later.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/bannon-congress-trump-jan-6.html|title=Steve Bannon turns himself in on contempt of Congress charges.|first=Katie|last=Benner|work=The New York Times |date=November 15, 2021|via=NYTimes.com}}
  • November 13 – While speaking before a "ReAwaken America" audience in November 2021, Former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn said, "If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one religion. One nation under God, and one religion under God."{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/581443-michael-flynn-says-of-the-us-we-have-to-have-one-religion|title=Michael Flynn says of the US: 'We have to have one religion'|first=Rachel|last=Scully|date=November 13, 2021|website=TheHill}} causing some outrage.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-michael-flynn-america-one-religion-b1957415.html Disgraced former Trump aide Michael Flynn sparks outrage by saying US must have only one religion] The Independent
  • November 15
  • Radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is found liable for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, over Jones's false claim the massacre was a hoax.{{Cite news|agency=Reuters|date=November 15, 2021|title=Sandy Hook families win legal victory against Alex Jones in defamation case|work=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/15/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-legal-victory/index.html|access-date=November 15, 2021}}
  • President Biden signs the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-poised-to-sign-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill-fulfilling-campaign-promise-and-notching-achievement-that-eluded-trump/2021/11/15/1b69f9a6-4638-11ec-b8d9-232f4afe4d9b_story.html Biden signs $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, fulfilling campaign promise and notching achievement that eluded Trump] The Washington Post, November 15, 2021
  • November 16 – Maryland reports their first case of monkeypox in a resident who traveled from Nigeria.{{cite news | url=https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/11/16/monkeypox-virus-confirmed-in-maryland-resident/ | title=Monkeypox Virus Confirmed in Maryland Resident | date=November 16, 2021 }}
  • November 17 – The U.S. House of Representatives votes 222–208 to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R–AZ) after he posted a photo-shopped anime clip of him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–NY) and threatening President Biden, making him the first lawmaker to be censured since Charlie Rangel in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-entertainment-marjorie-taylor-greene-censures-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-854fd412b7a1049c8fb9a83fe2c56b8f|title=House censures Rep. Gosar for violent video in rare rebuke|date=November 17, 2021|website=AP NEWS}}
  • November 19
  • Vice President Harris serves as acting president from 10:10 am to 11:35 am EST, while President Biden undergoes a colonoscopy under anesthesia.{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kate |title=For 85 minutes, Kamala Harris became the first woman with presidential power |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/19/politics/kamala-harris-presidential-power/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=November 21, 2021 |date=November 19, 2021}}
  • The U.S. House of Representatives votes 220–213 to pass the Build Back Better Act, a US$1.75 trillion social and climate spending package.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/19/biden-build-back-better-bill-house-passes-social-safety-net-and-climate-plan.html |title=House passes $1.75 trillion Biden plan that funds universal pre-K, Medicare expansion and renewable energy credits |website=CNBC |date=November 19, 2021 |author=Christina Wilkie|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
  • State of Wisconsin v Kyle Rittenhouse: Mr. Rittenhouse is found not guilty on five charges of attempted murder, after three weeks of debate, and three days of jury deliberation.{{cite web|title=Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all counts: LIVE UPDATES|url=https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/rittenhouse-trial-jury|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Fox News}}
  • November 21 – Waukesha Christmas parade attack: An SUV is driven through the annual Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing six people and injuring 62 others. The alleged driver of the vehicle, 39-year-old Darrell E. Brooks, is arrested and charged with five counts of murder.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/22/us/waukesha-car-parade-crowd-monday/index.html|title=Suspect in deadly Waukesha Christmas parade tragedy may have been fleeing another incident, authorities say|last1=Sutton|first1=Joe|last2=Allen|first2=Keith|last3=Caldwell|first3=Travis|publisher=CNN|date=November 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122140554/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/22/us/waukesha-car-parade-crowd-monday/index.html|archive-date=November 22, 2021|url-status=live|accessdate=November 22, 2021}}
  • November 23 – The Biden administration announces a release of 50 million oil barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to bring down inflation in conjunction with other countries' efforts, the largest release in history. An investigation into oil companies' practices is also announced.{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve As Part of Ongoing Efforts to Lower Prices and Address Lack of Supply Around the World |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/23/president-biden-announces-release-from-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-as-part-of-ongoing-efforts-to-lower-prices-and-address-lack-of-supply-around-the-world/ |website=The White House |access-date=November 24, 2021 |date=November 23, 2021}}{{cite web |title=DOE To Make Available A Release Of 50 Million Barrels Of Crude Oil From The Strategic Petroleum Reserve |url=https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-make-available-release-50-million-barrels-crude-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve |website=Department of Energy |access-date=November 24, 2021 |date=November 23, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kate |last2=Klein |first2=Betsy |last3=Cole |first3=Devan |title=Biden announces release of oil reserves, but says gas prices will not drop overnight |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/23/politics/biden-oil-reserves-gas-prices/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=November 24, 2021 |date=November 23, 2021}}
  • November 24
  • NASA launches the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the first attempt to deflect an asteroid for the purpose of learning how to protect Earth.{{cite web|title=Nasa Dart asteroid spacecraft: Mission to smack Dimorphos space rock launches|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59327293|website=BBC News|date=November 24, 2021|access-date=November 24, 2021}}
  • All three defendants are found guilty of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.{{cite web |last1=Hayes |first1=Mike |last2=Sangal |first2=Aditi |last3=Vogt |first3=Adrienne |last4=Wagner |first4=Meg |last5=Mahtani |first5=Melissa |title=All 3 men guilty of murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery |url=https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/ahmaud-arbery-killing-trial-verdict-watch-11-24-21/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=November 24, 2021 |date=November 24, 2021}}
  • November 29
  • Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down as its chief executive, saying it is "finally time for me to leave". Parag Agrawal is named his successor.{{cite web|title=Twitter founder Jack Dorsey steps down as chief executive|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59465747|website=BBC News|date=November 29, 2021|access-date=November 29, 2021}}
  • The Attorney General of New York Office releases lengthy documents which prove that CNN host Chris Cuomo abused journalistic ethics in a manner that was much greater than what had been reported earlier in the year. According to the documents, during Andrew Cuomo's sexual harassment scandal, Chris used his connections in the media both to obtain information about his brother's accusers as well as to uncover the possibility that new accusers could come out against the former New York governor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/29/cnn-host-chris-cuomo-used-sources-to-find-info-on-andrew-cuomo-accusers-records.html|title=CNN host Chris Cuomo used his media sources to find out info on brother Andrew's accusers, records show|date=November 29, 2021|website=CNBC}}
  • November 30
  • Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows announces that he will testify to and cooperate with the January 6 committee.{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-chief-staff-mark-meadows-cooperate-jan-select/story?id=81467794|title=In reversal, former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to cooperate with Jan. 6 select committee|website=ABC News}}
  • 2021 Oxford High School shooting – Four students are killed and seven other people are injured in a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan.{{Cite web|last=Dickson|first=James David|date=December 1, 2021|title=Boy, 17, the 4th to die in Oxford High shooting|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2021/12/01/oxford-high-school-michigan-shooting-death/8822865002/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-01|website=The Detroit News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201173145/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2021/12/01/oxford-high-school-michigan-shooting-death/8822865002/ |archive-date=December 1, 2021 }}
  • CNN announces that it has indefinitely suspended Chris Cuomo while a law firm conducts an independent investigation that the network hired to look into the matter.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/583693-cnn-suspends-chris-cuomo-indefinitely/|title=CNN suspends Chris Cuomo indefinitely|date=November 30, 2021|website=The Hill}}

=December=

  • December 1 – COVID-19 pandemic: In California, the first case of Omicron variant, a highly mutated variant of COVID-19, is reported by the CDC in a San Francisco resident, who had traveled to South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1201-omicron-variant.html|title=First Confirmed Case of Omicron Variant Detected in the United States|website=cdc.gov|date=December 1, 2021|access-date=December 1, 2021}}
  • December 2
  • Major League Baseball begins a lockout of its players. It is their first lockout since 1990.[https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32754352/everything-need-know-mlb-looming-lockout Everything you need to know about MLB's lockout] ESPN, December 2, 2021
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Minnesota reports their first case of Omicron variant.[https://www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressrel/2021/covid120221.html Lab testing confirms state's first COVID-19 case involving Omicron variant] Minnesota Department of Health, December 2, 2021
  • Two Georgia election officials, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea' ArShaye Moss, file a defamation lawsuit against The Gateway Pundit. The lawsuit is the first to be filed by individual election workers who were targeted during the 2020 presidential election.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/us/politics/gateway-pundit-defamation-lawsuit.html|title=Two Election Workers Targeted by Pro-Trump Media Sue for Defamation|first=Reid J.|last=Epstein|work=The New York Times|date=December 2, 2021}}
  • December 4 – Chris Cuomo is fired by CNN for his violations of journalistic ethics by aiding his scandal-ridden brother.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/chris-cuomo-fired-by-cnn-1235126373/|title=Chris Cuomo Fired by CNN|date=December 4, 2021|website=Variety}}
  • December 9
  • Workers at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York vote 19–8 to unionize, becoming the first Starbucks in the country to do so.{{Cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/starbucks-workers-in-buffalo-vote-to-join-union/article_e7c2029e-5855-11ec-a69f-8fbe8e269cc9.html|title=Starbucks workers in Buffalo vote to join union|first=Matt|last=Glynn|date=December 9, 2021|via=Buffalo News}}
  • A virtual summit, Summit for Democracy, was hosted by the United States "to renew democracy at home and confront autocracies abroad".{{cite web|title=The Summit for Democracy—American Leadership or Photo Op?|url=https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/event/the-summit-democracy-american-leadership-or-photo-op|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021022623/https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/event/the-summit-democracy-american-leadership-or-photo-op|url-status=unfit|archive-date=October 21, 2021|access-date=2021-11-05|website=The Heritage Foundation}}{{cite web|last=Toosi|first=Nahal|title=An 'Illustrative Menu of Options': Biden's big democracy summit is a grab bag of vague ideas|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/04/biden-democracy-summit-technology-519530|access-date=2021-11-05|website=POLITICO|date=November 4, 2021 }}
  • December 10 – A late season tornado outbreak occurs in the Southern and Midwestern United States, causing major damage and killing at least 94 people.{{cite news |author1=Emily Shapiro |author2=Max Golembo |author3=Daniel Peck |author4=Mark Osborne |title=At least 50 dead as tornadoes devastate Kentucky |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/50-dead-tornadoes-devastate-kentucky/story?id=81672801 |access-date=11 December 2021 |agency=ABC News |date=11 December 2021}}
  • December 11 – COVID-19 pandemic: North Carolina reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a student at UNC Charlotte.[https://abc11.com/nc-covid-19-deaths-antibody-treatment-astrazeneca/11321396/ NC sees first reported case of Omicron variant, a UNC Charlotte student] WTVD-TV, December 11, 2021
  • December 15 – An outbreak of more than 10 wildfires begins in the state of Kansas, scorching an area of more than {{cvt|163,000|acre}} on the first day they were first reported due to gusty winds and dry grassland. The outbreak leaves the deaths of two people and injures three more.{{cite web |title=Long road to recovery for Kansas ranchers after wildfires |url=https://www.wibw.com/2021/12/27/long-road-recovery-kansas-ranchers-after-wildfires/ |website=WIBW-TV |date=December 27, 2021 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=31 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=Wildfires fueled by high wind destroy homes, kill cattle in Kansas |url=https://www.ksn.com/news/kansas/cities-across-northwest-kansas-evacuated-due-to-fires/ |website=KSNW |date=December 16, 2021 |publisher=Stephanie Nutt, Ryan Newton, Laura McMillan |access-date=31 December 2021}}
  • December 17 – The Ohio Department of Education concludes their investigation into the Bishop Sycamore High School scandal, labeling the school as a scam.{{cite web | url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/12/17/department-education-investigation-calls-bishop-sycamore-scam/8941585002/ | title=Bishop Sycamore school a scam, Ohio Department of Education says in blistering report }}
  • December 20 – COVID-19 pandemic: The CDC reports that Deltacron hybrid variant is now pre-dominant strain in the US,{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/20/omicron-now-the-dominant-us-covid-strain-at-73percent-of-cases.html|title=Omicron now the dominant U.S. Covid strain at 73% of cases, CDC data shows|website=CNBC|date=December 20, 2021|access-date=December 21, 2021}} which is combined with Delta and Omicron variants, accounting for three-quarters of cases.
  • December 29
  • British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is convicted in a federal court on five of six charges relating to her recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59824150|title=Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls|website=BBC News|date=December 30, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021}}
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The U.S. breaks its single-day case record, with over 488,000 new infections, nearly doubling the highest number from the previous winter.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/12/29/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests#the-us-breaks-its-single-day-case-record-nearly-doubling-the-highest-numbers-from-last-winter|title=Covid Updates: Omicron Drives New U.S. Virus Cases to a Daily Record|website=New York Times|date=December 29, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021}}
  • December 30 – Tens of thousands are evacuated as wildfires sweep through Boulder County, fanned by winds of up to {{convert|105|mph|abbr=on}}. The fires are the most destructive in Colorado's history.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59834897|title=Colorado wildfires: Tens of thousands evacuated as blazes spread|website=BBC News|date=December 31, 2021|access-date=December 31, 2021}}

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