2025 in the United States

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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
  • Joe Biden (D-Delaware) (until January 20)
  • Donald Trump (R-Florida) (starting January 20)
• Vice President:
  • Kamala Harris (D-California) (until January 20)
  • JD Vance (R-Ohio) (starting January 20)
• Chief Justice: John Roberts (Maryland)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) (until January 3)
• Senate Majority Leader:
  • Chuck Schumer (D-New York) (until January 3)
  • John Thune (R-South Dakota) (starting January 3)
• Congress: 118th (until January 3), 119th (starting January 3)

Governors and lieutenant governors

Governors See also: List of current United States governors Governor of Alabama: Kay Ivey (Republican) Governor of Alaska: Mike Dunleavy (Republican) Governor of Arizona: Katie Hobbs (Democratic) Governor of Arkansas: Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) Governor of California: Gavin Newsom (Democratic) Governor of Colorado: Jared Polis (Democratic) Governor of Connecticut: Ned Lamont (Democratic) Governor of Delaware: John Carney (Democratic) (until January 7) Bethany Hall-Long (Democratic) (January 7–21) Matt Meyer (Democratic) (since January 21) Governor of Florida: Ron DeSantis (Republican) Governor of Georgia: Brian Kemp (Republican) Governor of Hawaii: Josh Green (Democratic) Governor of Idaho: Brad Little (Republican) Governor of Illinois: J. B. Pritzker (Democratic) Governor of Indiana: Eric Holcomb (Republican) (until January 13), Mike Braun (Republican) (since January 13) Governor of Iowa: Kim Reynolds (Republican) Governor of Kansas: Laura Kelly (Democratic) Governor of Kentucky: Andy Beshear (Democratic) Governor of Louisiana: Jeff Landry (Republican) Governor of Maine: Janet Mills (Democratic) Governor of Maryland: Wes Moore (Democratic) Governor of Massachusetts: Maura Healey (Democratic) Governor of Michigan: Gretchen Whitmer (Democratic) Governor of Mississippi: Tate Reeves (Republican) Governor of Missouri: Mike Parson (Republican) (until January 13), Mike Kehoe (Republican) (since January 13) Governor of Minnesota: Tim Walz (Democratic) Governor of Montana: Greg Gianforte (Republican) Governor of Nebraska: Jim Pillen (Republican) Governor of Nevada: Joe Lombardo (Republican) Governor of New Hampshire: Chris Sununu (Republican) (until January 8), Kelly Ayotte (Republican) (since January 8) Governor of New Jersey: Phil Murphy (Democratic) Governor of New Mexico: Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic) Governor of New York: Kathy Hochul (Democratic) Governor of North Carolina: Roy Cooper (Democratic) (until January 1), Josh Stein (Democratic) (since January 1) Governor of North Dakota: Kelly Armstrong (Republican) Governor of Ohio: Mike DeWine (Republican) Governor of Oklahoma: Kevin Stitt (Republican) Governor of Oregon: Tina Kotek (Democratic) Governor of Pennsylvania: Josh Shapiro (Democratic) Governor of Rhode Island: Daniel McKee (Democratic) Governor of South Carolina: Henry McMaster (Republican) Governor of South Dakota: Kristi Noem (Republican) Governor of Tennessee: Bill Lee (Republican) Governor of Texas: Greg Abbott (Republican) Governor of Utah: Spencer Cox (Republican) Governor of Vermont: Phil Scott (Republican) Governor of Virginia: Glenn Youngkin (Republican) Governor of Washington: Jay Inslee (Democratic) (until January 15), Bob Ferguson (Democratic) (since January 15) Governor of West Virginia: Jim Justice (Republican) (until January 3) Craig Blair (Republican) (acting: January 3–13) Patrick Morrisey (Republican) (since January 13) Governor of Wisconsin: Tony Evers (Democratic) Governor of Wyoming: Mark Gordon (Republican) Lieutenant governors See also: List of current United States lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Will Ainsworth (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Alaska: Nancy Dahlstrom (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Leslie Rutledge (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of California: Eleni Kounalakis (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Dianne Primavera (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Susan Bysiewicz (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: Bethany Hall-Long (Democratic) (until January 7) Vacant (January 7–21) Kyle Evans Gay (Democratic) (since January 21) Lieutenant Governor of Florida: Jeanette Nuñez (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Georgia: Burt Jones (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii: Sylvia Luke (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Scott Bedke (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Juliana Stratton (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Suzanne Crouch (Republican) (until January 13), Micah Beckwith (Republican) (since January 13) Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Chris Cournoyer (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: David Toland (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Jacqueline Coleman (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Billy Nungesser (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Maryland: Aruna Miller (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Kim Driscoll (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Garlin Gilchrist (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Peggy Flanagan (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Delbert Hosemann (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Mike Kehoe (Republican) (until January 13), David Wasinger (R) (since January 13) Lieutenant Governor of Montana: Kristen Juras (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Joe Kelly (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Stavros Anthony (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey: Tahesha Way (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Howie Morales (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of New York: Antonio Delgado (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Mark Robinson (Republican) (until January 1), Rachel Hunt (Democratic) (since January 1) Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Michelle Strinden (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Jon A. Husted (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Matt Pinnell (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Austin Davis (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Sabina Matos (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Pamela Evette (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Larry Rhoden (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Randy McNally (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Dan Patrick (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Utah: Deidre Henderson (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: David Zuckerman (Progressive) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Winsome Sears (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Washington: Denny Heck (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia: Craig Blair (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Sara Rodriguez (Democratic)

Elections

Main article: 2025 United States elections

Elections will be held on November 4 of this year. The off-year election includes gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states, as well as numerous mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.

Events

January

• January 1:
  • New Orleans truck attack: At least sixteen people are killed and thirty-five others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack along Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The suspect is killed in the attack.^[1]
  • Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Tesla Cybertruck explosion: A Tesla Cybertruck catches on fire and explodes outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, killing one person and injuring seven others.^[2]
  • Public Domain Day: Works published in 1929, including Popeye and Tintin, enter the public domain in the United States.^[3]
• January 2 – The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rules in Ohio Telecom Association v. FCC that the Federal Communications Commission cannot enforce net neutrality.^[4]

Scheduled events

January 20: Donald Trump will become the 47th U.S. president.

January 20: JD Vance will become the 50th U.S. vice president.

• January 3 – The 119th Congress begins session. Republicans will hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, and a 220-215 majority in the House.^[5]
• January 6 – The United States Congress will convene in a joint session for the Electoral College vote count, the final procedure of the 2024 presidential election.^[6]
• January 9 – The state funeral of Jimmy Carter is scheduled to take place at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.^[7]
• January 18 – Ahead of Donald Trump's second term, the Women's March is expected to hold protests at Columbus Circle in Washington, D.C.. Additionally the People's March on Washington is expected to be held as well.^[8]
• January 19 – The proposed ban on video sharing service TikTok is set to take effect.^[9]
• January 20
  • Donald Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C. as the 47th president of the United States for a second, non-consecutive term, with JD Vance to be sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States.^[10][11][12]
  • National Action Network founder and civil rights activist Al Sharpton will hold a rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the same day as the inauguration, to honor MLK's legacy and protest the second presidency of Trump.^[13][14]
• February 2 – The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, honoring the best in music from September 2023 to August 2024.^[15]
• February 8 – The renaming of the Boy Scouts of America organization to Scouting America officially takes effect.^[16]
• February 9 – Super Bowl LIX is scheduled to be played at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.^[17]
• March 2 – The 97th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, honoring the best in films released in 2024.^[18]
• March 31 – 2025 MLB season: The Athletics will begin their temporary relocation to West Sacramento, California, as part of their ongoing relocation to Las Vegas.^[19]
• June 15–July 13 – The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will take place in the United States.
• May 5 – Sean "Diddy" Combs is scheduled to be put on trial for sex trafficking crimes.^[20]
• October 14 – Microsoft has set the retirement (end-of-life) date for its Windows 10 operating system on this date.^[21][22] Users will either have to install Windows 11 or use an alternative operating system from Microsoft to receive security updates. However, the third parties programs and LTSC will continue to support it.
• November 4 – Elections for the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia will take place.^[23][24]

See also

• 2025 deaths in the United States
• 2025 in American music
• 2025 in American television
• List of American films of 2025
• List of animated feature films of 2025
• 2025–26 NBA season
• 2025–26 NHL season
• 2025 NFL season
• 2025–26 United States network television schedule

References

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