Events in the year 2017 in the United States. President: Barack Obama (D-Illinois) (until January 20) Donald Trump (R-New York) (starting January 20)...

The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal...

The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's...

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch...

The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most...

Federal pardons in the United States are granted only by the U.S. president, pursuant to their authority under the U.S. Constitution to grant "reprieves...

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral...

Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate...

The 2017 United States elections were held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia...

In the United States, time is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states, territories and other US possessions, with most of the country...

the Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly of the lower 48 states and Alaska. They may also include any Americans whose origins lie in...

The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including...

The Northeastern United States (also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast) is one of the four census regions defined...

The 2017 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 8 June 2017, two years after the previous general election in 2015; it was the first since...

Sports in the United States are an important part of the nation's culture. Historically, the most popular sport has been baseball. However, in more recent...

The 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama took place on December 12, 2017, in order for the winner to serve the remainder of the U.S. Senate...

related to Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It includes events described in investigations into the myriad links between Trump associates...

The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. After European colonization...

vital economic sector in the United States of America. The United States is the world's second-largest manufacturer after the People's Republic of China...

punishment for crime is still legal in the United States. By the time of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the status of enslaved people had been...

The United States does not have a national or federal educational system. Although there are more than fifty independent systems of education (one run...

more than 1,280,000 sworn law enforcement officers are serving in the United States.[citation needed] About 137,000 of those officers work for federal...

body, the United States House of Representatives, and an upper body, the United States Senate. It meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C...

The history of the United States from 2008 to the present began with the collapse of the housing bubble, which led to the Great Recession. The resulting...

In the United States, the number of homeless people on a given night in January 2024 was more than 770,000 according to the Department of Housing and...

This is a list of the most notable mass shootings in the United States that have occurred since 1900. Mass shootings are incidents involving several victims...

county equivalents in the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions of states called counties. Two...

The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776...

human test subjects in the United States in the past are now considered to have been unethical, because they were performed without the knowledge or informed...