• January 7 - Extreme Santa Ana winds cause wildfires across Los Angeles, including the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires causing nearly 180,000 to evacuate, burning over 16,000 structures and killing 29 people.

• January 20 - The Trump Administration begins mass immigration enforcement raids and deportations against undocumented (aka illegal) immigrants.

• January 29 - American Eagle Flight 5342 collides with a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing all people on both aircraft, including U.S. Figure Skating athletes. It was the deadliest U.S. air disaster in nearly a quarter century.

• February 1 - The United States enters a trade war with Canada and Mexico after Donald Trump signed tariffs on the two nations as well as China.

• February 5 - US President Donald Trump signs an executive order banning transgender women (men) from competing in female sports!

• April 2 - Donald Trump announced a 10% universal import duty on all goods brought into the U.S. and even higher rates for certain trading partners as a part of his protectionist tariff policies.

• May 8 - Following the 2025 papal conclave, Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost) of Chicago, Illinois, became the first pope born in the United States.

• June 22 - US joins Israeli offensive against Iranian nuclear facilities, bombing three sites, including more than a dozen massive “bunker buster” bombs on subterranean Fordow and Natanz facilities, while Tomahawk missiles struck Isfahan; Operation Midnight Hammer involved 125 aircraft and submarine launched missiles.

• July 4-7 - Flash floods in Kerr County (Texas Hill Country of Central Texas) along the Guadalupe River killed over 100+.

• September 10 - Conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk is assassinated at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

• October 1 - The U.S. Federal Government enters a shutdown after Congress failed to pass appropriations legislation (called the “Schumer Shutdown”). On November 5th, it became the longest shutdown in U.S. history and ended November 12th.

• November 4 - In New York City, Social Democrat (aka Communist) Zohran Mamdani wins the city's mayoral race.

Notable Deaths -

Val Kilmer (1959-2025) American actor (Iceman in "Top Gun"; Batman in "Batman Forever"), died from pneumonia at 65.

Pope Francis (1936-2025) Catholic Pope (2013-25), 1st Jesuit pope, 1st from the Americas and 1st non-European pope since Syrian Gregory III in 741, died at 88.

Loretta Swit (1937-2025) American Emmy Award-winning screen and stage actress (Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in "M*A*S*H (TV series); Shirley Valentine), and animal rights activist, died at 87.

Hulk Hogan (1953-2025) American pro wrestler (WWF heavyweight champion 1984-89; WWE HOF) and actor (Suburban Commando, Thunder in Paradise), died of cardiac arrest at 71.

Jim Lovell (1928-2025) American US Navy aviator, mechanical engineer, and NASA astronaut (Gemini 7, 12; Apollo 8, 13), died at 97.

Robert Redford (1936-2025) American actor (The Sting; The Candidate; The Natural; All the President's Men), and Academy Award-winning director (Ordinary People; Quiz Show; A River Runs Through It), died at 89.

Notable Deaths in Sports -

* Vuelta a Espana Champion: Bernardo Ruiz (Spa) (1925-2025) Spanish professional road racing cyclist, who won the GC and KoM in the 1948 Vuelta a Espana. He went on to become the first Spaniard to win two stages in a single edition of the Tour de France in 1951, the first to finish on the overall podium (3rd) at the Tour in 1952, and the first to win a stage in the 1955 Giro d'Italia. He died at the age of 100!

George Foreman (1949-2025) American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1973-74, 1994-95; Olympic gold Heavyweight 1968) and entrepreneur (George Foreman Grill), dies at 76.

Franco Testa (Ita) (1938-2025) Italian track cyclist (Olympic gold team pursuit 1960, silver 1964), dies at 87.

Antonio Bailetti (Ita) (1937-2025) Italian road bicycle racer (Olympic gold Team Time Trial 1960) dies at 87..

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