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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States.. With the dominant political story of this year being the 2024 presidential election, most American-focused media outlets routinely have been covering the nominees, with Donald Trump becoming the second president in American history to win two non-consecutive terms, defeating Democratic vice president Kamala Harris who ...
2024 United States presidential election: Donald Trump, with his running mate JD Vance, is elected for a second non-consecutive term, the first candidate to do so since Grover Cleveland in 1892, [239] and only the second in American history. 2024 Palauan general election: Incumbent Surangel Whipps Jr. is reelected for a second term as president ...
What happened on Nov. 5, 2024, can’t be overlooked either. After all, it was a pivotal day in American history — and it had quite an impact on markets, at least in the short term.
An opening is seen in the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. ... becoming the first female president in that nation's 200-year history.
February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. A drone attack against a U.S. military base in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers and injures 18 others. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for the attack. 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Civil rights victory 70 years ago. In 2024, the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case is likely to be in the forefront of civil rights tributes in Texas and elsewhere.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Haitian crisis. Thousands of prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after it was stormed by armed gangs.; Haiti declares a state of emergency in response to the attacks on the country's two largest prisons.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)Business and economy. The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add $400 million to the local economy.