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December 13 – The Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter percentage point, to a range of 1.25–1.5 percent, the third rise of 2017. [281] December 14 Walt Disney announces that it will buy 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets for $52.4bn, ending more than half a century of media expansion by Rupert Murdoch. [282]
[4] [5] Friday, January 3 President Trump announces the death of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida in his address to the nation stating "at my direction, the United States military successfully executed a flawless precision strike that killed the number-one terrorist anywhere in the world, Qasem Soleimani.
July 26, 2019 – The Supreme Court rules in a 5–4 vote to give President Trump $2.5 billion to fund the Mexico–United States border wall. August 3, 2019 – 23 people are killed and another 23 are injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. August 4, 2019 – A gunman opens fire on a bar in Dayton, Ohio.
As of mid-2021, states with tougher policies generally had fewer COVID cases and deaths {needs update}. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Thousands of US counties also initiated their own policy responses to the pandemic, resulting in significant variability even within states.
Although the federal government has not revealed plans to issue any further stimulus checks, several states are issuing tax refunds to residents as a result of surplus budget funds in 2022.
The 2020 United States Postal Service crisis was a series of events that caused backlogs and delays in the delivery of mail by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The crisis stems primarily from changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy shortly after taking office in June 2020.
2020s in United States history is a narrative summary of major historical events and issues in the United States from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2029. The first part is divided chronologically by Congressional sessions and the second part highlights major issues that span several years or even the entire decade.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. 2017 January February March April May June July August September October November December This article is about the year 2017. For the number, see 2017 (number). For other uses, see 2017 (disambiguation). Clockwise from top-left: the war against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul ; Islamic ...