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2026 in the United States

The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.

July 4, 2026, will be the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States from the British Empire.

In January 2026, the U.S. launched a military raid in Venezuela that captured its president Nicolás Maduro. In February 2026, the U.S. launched a major attack on Iran with Israel with the stated goal of regime change, killing its leader Ali Khamenei.

Planned events include Artemis II, planned for April 2026, which will be the first crewed deep-space mission since 1972 and send four astronauts by the Moon; the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico from June to July; and the 2026 midterms in November.

Incumbents

Federal government

State governments

Elections

The midterm elections are scheduled to be held on November 3. In the federal government, the offices up for election are all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, and roughly one third of the Senate. Most states and territories will hold elections for their governors and legislatures.

In the Senate, nine senators have announced their intention not to seek re-election this cycle, including five Republicans and four Democrats. Republican seats in Maine, North Carolina, and Ohio are seen as vulnerable, while Democrats will be defending seats in Georgia, Michigan, and New Hampshire. In the House, numerous states have redrawn their congressional districts ahead of the election, with Republicans attempting to strengthen their narrow margins.

On the state level, 36 states and three territories will hold gubernatorial elections, and most states and territories will hold elections for their legislatures. Many major cities, including Long Beach, Los Angeles, Louisville, Newark, Oakland, Oklahoma City, St. Petersburg, and Washington, D.C., will also elect their mayors and municipal governments.

Events

January

February

  • February 24
  • Meta agrees to purchase millions of artificial intelligence chips from AMD, with AMD committing to supply up to six gigawatts of graphics processing units and issuing Meta warrants convertible into 160 million shares as part of a long-term partnership.
  • Trump delivers the first official State of the Union Address of his second term to a joint session of Congress.
  • February 25 – 2026 Cuban boat incident: Cuban border guards are involved in a shoot-out with ten people on board a US-registered boat. Four of the boat's passengers are killed, and six are injured.
  • February 26 – The government of Kansas suspends the driver licenses of all transgender residents after the Kansas Legislature overrode a veto from Governor Laura Kelly. The suspension is announced only hours before midnight on the 25th.
  • February 27
  • An extra-governmental group is reportedly working with the Trump administration to draft an executive order which would, if signed, effectively declare a national emergency and give the Trump administration extended powers over the administration of the 2026 United States elections. Trump denies his knowledge of the existence of such an executive order.
  • Anthropic rejects a Department of Defense request to loosen security safeguards on the Claude large language model for potential use in mass surveillance and autonomous weapons systems. In response, President Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology, and OpenAI signs a deal with the Department of Defense.
  • February 28 – 2026 Iran conflict: The United States and Israel launch attacks on cities in Iran, killing the country's supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Retaliatory strikes are launched by Iran against Israel and US military bases in the Gulf, with explosions reported in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as additional spillover in Jordan and Syria.

March

April

Predicted and scheduled events

April

June

July

August

November

See also

References