The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.
With the dominant political story of this year being the
2024 presidential election, much attention has focused on
Democratic incumbent
Joe Biden's widely expected rematch against
RepublicanDonald Trump, who Biden unseated four years earlier. American politics have also focused on responses to the
ongoing war between Israel and Hamas which started in the year prior and Trump's civil and criminal trials. The
Federal Trade Commission under Lina Khan has also played a proactive role in the economics of America, with Khan blocking many mergers and acquisitions, including a merger of
JetBlue and
Spirit Airlines.[1]
In business, the American economy is currently undergoing a
bull market, with
Nvidia in particular, due to demand for its chips in the use of
artificial intelligence, becoming the third largest publicly-traded company by market capitalization, and partially enabling major American stock indices such as the
S&P 500 to achieve record highs.[2] Nvidia's success story, though was contrasted by a series of safety failures, malfunctions, and crashes involving passenger aircraft designed and assembled by
Boeing, among the most notable this year including
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 where a door plug blew out.[3][4]
Concerning state governments, 11 states and two territories will hold gubernatorial elections, and most states and territories will hold elections for their legislatures. Many major cities, including
Baltimore,
Las Vegas,
Honolulu,
Milwaukee,
Miami,
Phoenix,
San Diego, and
San Francisco will also elect their mayors.
January 3 – A series of documents containing the names of associates of sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein are made available to the public. A majority of those mentioned are found to not be directly involved in any wrongdoing.[14]
Perry High School shooting: Two people are killed and six others are injured in a school shooting in
Perry, Iowa. The shooter, a 17-year-old-student at the school, committed suicide at the scene.[16] A principal who tried to intervene and was shot later died from his injuries on January 14.[17]
Clashes break out at the World Headquarters of the
Chabad-Lubavitch movement in
Brooklyn,
New York City after construction workers for the synagogue leaders attempted to fill in a tunnel that students had illegally dug beneath the building, resulting in the arrest of nine people.[20] The incident causes
antisemitic social media posts by
far-right and
QAnon figures to spread online.[21][22]
The United States
seizes control and later sinks [
simple] an Iranian
dhow, which was transporting supplies to the
Houthi movement. The operation resulted in the entire crew of the vessel being captured as well as two US Navy SEALs being lost at sea.[26][27]
January 18 – The
United States Congress approves a stopgap bill to extend the deadline for government funding to March 2024, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, which would have begun at midnight, January 19.[39]
January 20 – At least 60 people are killed across the country after
two weeks of winter storms that caused dangerous road conditions and widespread power outages that could take weeks to fix.[41]
Three people are killed when a
Beechcraft Bonanza V35 crashes into a waterfront house in
Clearwater, Florida. Two of the casualties are on the ground while the third is the pilot. Three other houses are damaged by a fire which results from the crash.[51]
The
Oregon Supreme Court upholds
Ballot Measure 113 by banning ten of the twelve Republican members of the
Oregon Senate for refusing to attend six weeks worth of legislative sessions in order to stall Democratic legislation.[52]
February 4 – The schedule for the
2026 FIFA World Cup which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico is released. A total of 78 games will be played in the US, including the
final.[53]
February 6
Social media network
Bluesky, seen as a potential rival to
X, is opened for public registrations, dropping its previous invite-only format.[54]
Aftermath of the
Oxford High School shooting: Jennifer Crumbley, mother of convicted Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, is found guilty of four counts of
involuntary manslaughter, becoming the first parent in the nation's history to be held liable for their child's school shooting.[56]
Joe Biden classified documents incident: Special counsel
Robert K. Hur recommends that no charges be brought against President Biden, though notes in Hur's report regarding Biden's failure to recall events prompts controversy regarding his age and memory.[60]
The US launches six missile-detecting
satellites into orbit in response to a "serious national security threat" related to Russia wanting to implement its
nuclear capabilities in
outer space.[75][76]
An official committee which was appointed to represent the plaintiffs in the
Sandy Hook lawsuits against
Alex Jones unanimously votes to liquidate the far right-wing conspiracy theorist's assets.[81]
February 17 – Former congressman
George Santos sues late night host
Jimmy Kimmel for $750,000 on charges of copyright infringement, fraud, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment after Kimmel purchased
Cameo videos from Santos through fake names then used them on
his show.[82]
February 18 –
2024 Burnsville shooting: Police and medics were fired upon from a home while responding to a domestic incident in
Burnsville, Minnesota. Two officers and a firefighter were killed while another officer suffered a gunshot wound.[83] After opening fire on first responders, the shooter fatally shot himself.[84]
A
ransomware attack cripples
Change Healthcare's payment system, disrupting insurance claims and making it difficult for patients to get the prescription medicine that they need.[90][91][92]
February 22
AT&T suffers from
network outages impacting around 71,000 customers, which also affect
Verizon and
T-Mobile to a smaller degree. The outages were acknowledged but no reason was given for their occurrence.[93] Two days later, AT&T announced affected customers will be credited $5 on their next bill, the "average cost of a full day of service".[94]
The Biden administration announces over 500 new sanctions on Russian financial institutions, military institutions, sanctions evasion, energy production, and prison officials linked to the
death of Alexei Navalny.[98]
A
high-altitude balloon is detected over
Utah, prompting the deployment of
fighter aircraft to intercept the object. The origin and purpose of the balloon are unknown, according to US officials.[99]
A Piper PA-32A crashes on
I-40 while attempting to land at
John C. Tune Airport in Nashville after suffering a mechanical failure. All five passengers are killed on board.[108]
A highway crash near
Dewhurst, Wisconsin involving a van and a semi-tractor kills nine people and injures one.[115]
A
UH-72 Lakota helicopter crashes while conducting an aviation operation 41 miles west of
McAllen, Texas, killing one border patrol agent and two
National Guard soldiers and injuring another.[116]
Aftermath of the
Oxford High School shooting: James Crumbley, father of convicted Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, is found guilty of four counts of
involuntary manslaughter. He is the first father in the nation to be found responsible for his child's school shooting and second parent overall; his wife Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty of the same charges the previous month.[124]
March 15 – At least three people are killed in
Ohio after
tornadoes tear through the state.[125]
In United States v. Bankman-Fried,
the defendant is sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of several counts of wire fraud and money laundering after he scammed $8 billion from investors via his company
FTX.[141]
March 31 – Millions of
AT&T customers are affected by a data breach that leaked onto the dark web.[143]
April
April 1
The
Supreme Court of Florida rules that the
Florida Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, allowing the 15-week abortion ban to remain in effect. The Court's decision also allowed six week abortion ban, which had been halted by the Court until a decision was made, to proceed. As a result, the ban would take effect 30 days after the ruling. In the same opinion, the Supreme Court also approved
Florida Amendment 4 to proceed to the November 2024 ballot, which would enshrine a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability.[144]
A tornado outbreak affects 35 million people in areas of central
Kentucky, southern
Ohio,
West Virginia, and southern
Indiana, causing widespread property damage and leaving 275,000 people without power.[147]
Bird flu spreads to
cattle herds in at least six U.S. states, while a
dairy farm worker is infected in
Texas, becoming the second person to ever become infected with the virus in the United States.[150]
April 6 – 2024 Doral shooting: Two people are killed and seven others are injured in a
mass shooting in
Doral,
Florida.[155]
April 7 – In women's college basketball,
South Carolina wins the
national championship to complete their perfect 38–0 season, only the 10th perfect season in NCAA women's basketball history.[156]
April 8
A
total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.[157]
Aftermath of the
Oxford High School shooting: James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of convicted Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, are each sentenced to 10-15 years in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year.[159]
April 26 – A series of tornadoes hit at least six states, putting at least 20 million people in the
Plains on alert and killing at least five.[190][191]
The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.
With the dominant political story of this year being the
2024 presidential election, much attention has focused on
Democratic incumbent
Joe Biden's widely expected rematch against
RepublicanDonald Trump, who Biden unseated four years earlier. American politics have also focused on responses to the
ongoing war between Israel and Hamas which started in the year prior and Trump's civil and criminal trials. The
Federal Trade Commission under Lina Khan has also played a proactive role in the economics of America, with Khan blocking many mergers and acquisitions, including a merger of
JetBlue and
Spirit Airlines.[1]
In business, the American economy is currently undergoing a
bull market, with
Nvidia in particular, due to demand for its chips in the use of
artificial intelligence, becoming the third largest publicly-traded company by market capitalization, and partially enabling major American stock indices such as the
S&P 500 to achieve record highs.[2] Nvidia's success story, though was contrasted by a series of safety failures, malfunctions, and crashes involving passenger aircraft designed and assembled by
Boeing, among the most notable this year including
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 where a door plug blew out.[3][4]
Concerning state governments, 11 states and two territories will hold gubernatorial elections, and most states and territories will hold elections for their legislatures. Many major cities, including
Baltimore,
Las Vegas,
Honolulu,
Milwaukee,
Miami,
Phoenix,
San Diego, and
San Francisco will also elect their mayors.
January 3 – A series of documents containing the names of associates of sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein are made available to the public. A majority of those mentioned are found to not be directly involved in any wrongdoing.[14]
Perry High School shooting: Two people are killed and six others are injured in a school shooting in
Perry, Iowa. The shooter, a 17-year-old-student at the school, committed suicide at the scene.[16] A principal who tried to intervene and was shot later died from his injuries on January 14.[17]
Clashes break out at the World Headquarters of the
Chabad-Lubavitch movement in
Brooklyn,
New York City after construction workers for the synagogue leaders attempted to fill in a tunnel that students had illegally dug beneath the building, resulting in the arrest of nine people.[20] The incident causes
antisemitic social media posts by
far-right and
QAnon figures to spread online.[21][22]
The United States
seizes control and later sinks [
simple] an Iranian
dhow, which was transporting supplies to the
Houthi movement. The operation resulted in the entire crew of the vessel being captured as well as two US Navy SEALs being lost at sea.[26][27]
January 18 – The
United States Congress approves a stopgap bill to extend the deadline for government funding to March 2024, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, which would have begun at midnight, January 19.[39]
January 20 – At least 60 people are killed across the country after
two weeks of winter storms that caused dangerous road conditions and widespread power outages that could take weeks to fix.[41]
Three people are killed when a
Beechcraft Bonanza V35 crashes into a waterfront house in
Clearwater, Florida. Two of the casualties are on the ground while the third is the pilot. Three other houses are damaged by a fire which results from the crash.[51]
The
Oregon Supreme Court upholds
Ballot Measure 113 by banning ten of the twelve Republican members of the
Oregon Senate for refusing to attend six weeks worth of legislative sessions in order to stall Democratic legislation.[52]
February 4 – The schedule for the
2026 FIFA World Cup which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico is released. A total of 78 games will be played in the US, including the
final.[53]
February 6
Social media network
Bluesky, seen as a potential rival to
X, is opened for public registrations, dropping its previous invite-only format.[54]
Aftermath of the
Oxford High School shooting: Jennifer Crumbley, mother of convicted Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, is found guilty of four counts of
involuntary manslaughter, becoming the first parent in the nation's history to be held liable for their child's school shooting.[56]
Joe Biden classified documents incident: Special counsel
Robert K. Hur recommends that no charges be brought against President Biden, though notes in Hur's report regarding Biden's failure to recall events prompts controversy regarding his age and memory.[60]
The US launches six missile-detecting
satellites into orbit in response to a "serious national security threat" related to Russia wanting to implement its
nuclear capabilities in
outer space.[75][76]
An official committee which was appointed to represent the plaintiffs in the
Sandy Hook lawsuits against
Alex Jones unanimously votes to liquidate the far right-wing conspiracy theorist's assets.[81]
February 17 – Former congressman
George Santos sues late night host
Jimmy Kimmel for $750,000 on charges of copyright infringement, fraud, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment after Kimmel purchased
Cameo videos from Santos through fake names then used them on
his show.[82]
February 18 –
2024 Burnsville shooting: Police and medics were fired upon from a home while responding to a domestic incident in
Burnsville, Minnesota. Two officers and a firefighter were killed while another officer suffered a gunshot wound.[83] After opening fire on first responders, the shooter fatally shot himself.[84]
A
ransomware attack cripples
Change Healthcare's payment system, disrupting insurance claims and making it difficult for patients to get the prescription medicine that they need.[90][91][92]
February 22
AT&T suffers from
network outages impacting around 71,000 customers, which also affect
Verizon and
T-Mobile to a smaller degree. The outages were acknowledged but no reason was given for their occurrence.[93] Two days later, AT&T announced affected customers will be credited $5 on their next bill, the "average cost of a full day of service".[94]
The Biden administration announces over 500 new sanctions on Russian financial institutions, military institutions, sanctions evasion, energy production, and prison officials linked to the
death of Alexei Navalny.[98]
A
high-altitude balloon is detected over
Utah, prompting the deployment of
fighter aircraft to intercept the object. The origin and purpose of the balloon are unknown, according to US officials.[99]
A Piper PA-32A crashes on
I-40 while attempting to land at
John C. Tune Airport in Nashville after suffering a mechanical failure. All five passengers are killed on board.[108]
A highway crash near
Dewhurst, Wisconsin involving a van and a semi-tractor kills nine people and injures one.[115]
A
UH-72 Lakota helicopter crashes while conducting an aviation operation 41 miles west of
McAllen, Texas, killing one border patrol agent and two
National Guard soldiers and injuring another.[116]
Aftermath of the
Oxford High School shooting: James Crumbley, father of convicted Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, is found guilty of four counts of
involuntary manslaughter. He is the first father in the nation to be found responsible for his child's school shooting and second parent overall; his wife Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty of the same charges the previous month.[124]
March 15 – At least three people are killed in
Ohio after
tornadoes tear through the state.[125]
In United States v. Bankman-Fried,
the defendant is sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of several counts of wire fraud and money laundering after he scammed $8 billion from investors via his company
FTX.[141]
March 31 – Millions of
AT&T customers are affected by a data breach that leaked onto the dark web.[143]
April
April 1
The
Supreme Court of Florida rules that the
Florida Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, allowing the 15-week abortion ban to remain in effect. The Court's decision also allowed six week abortion ban, which had been halted by the Court until a decision was made, to proceed. As a result, the ban would take effect 30 days after the ruling. In the same opinion, the Supreme Court also approved
Florida Amendment 4 to proceed to the November 2024 ballot, which would enshrine a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability.[144]
A tornado outbreak affects 35 million people in areas of central
Kentucky, southern
Ohio,
West Virginia, and southern
Indiana, causing widespread property damage and leaving 275,000 people without power.[147]
Bird flu spreads to
cattle herds in at least six U.S. states, while a
dairy farm worker is infected in
Texas, becoming the second person to ever become infected with the virus in the United States.[150]
April 6 – 2024 Doral shooting: Two people are killed and seven others are injured in a
mass shooting in
Doral,
Florida.[155]
April 7 – In women's college basketball,
South Carolina wins the
national championship to complete their perfect 38–0 season, only the 10th perfect season in NCAA women's basketball history.[156]
April 8
A
total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.[157]
Aftermath of the
Oxford High School shooting: James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of convicted Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, are each sentenced to 10-15 years in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year.[159]
April 26 – A series of tornadoes hit at least six states, putting at least 20 million people in the
Plains on alert and killing at least five.[190][191]