U.S. Government and Politics
November: The Philadelphia Mint halts the production of this U.S. coin for circulation, though it remains legal tender.
What is the one-cent (penny) coin?
October: Thieves disguised as construction workers stole eight pieces of the French Crown Jewels valued at 88 million euros from this world-famous Paris museum.
What is the Louvre?
November: The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (2025), which will determine the constitutionality of the president's recent use of these.
What are tariffs?
February: This NFL team won their second Super Bowl title after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22.
Who are the Philadelphia Eagles?
The suspect in a shooting that took place on this Ivy League university campus on Sunday remains at large as of Friday.
What is Brown University?
August 15: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in this U.S. state, marking Putin’s first invitation to a Western country since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.
What is Alaska?
September: This Eastern European nation invoked Article IV of the North Atlantic (NATO) Treaty after several Russian drones entered its airspace.
What is Poland?
August: Conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk was assassinated while holding an event on a college campus in this U.S. state.
February: A song by this Compton, CA hip-hop artist wins Record of the Year at the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
15 people are killed in a mass-shooting event at a Hannukah celebration in this country.
What is Australia?
January: Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States on this date.
What is January 20?
May: This individual became the first American citizen to serve as pope in the history of the Catholic Church.
Who is Pope Leo XIV?
June: A gunman shot and killed a Democratic state legislator and her husband and seriously injured a Democratic state senator and his wife in this U.S. state.
June: This world-famous boy band reunited after completing their country’s mandatory three-year military service requirement.
Who are BTS?
Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, participated in a televised town hall event hosted by this major broadcasting network.
What is CBS?
July: This major tax and spending bill was signed into law by President Trump after narrowly passing Congress three days prior.
What is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act?
September: Large-scale student protests in this Central Asian nation, driven by anti-corruption demands, forced the resignation of the country’s prime minister.
What is Nepal?
May: This American drugstore chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed its final stores in September.
What is Rite Aid?
Who are the Oklahoma City Thunder?
Pope Leo XIV appointed Ronald Hicks to serve as Archbishop of the Archdiocese covering this U.S. state.
What is New York?
November: The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history ended after this many days.
What is 43 days?
November: The 2025 G20 summit, bringing together leaders from 20 prominent nations, was held in this country; notably, the leaders of China, Russia, and the United States did not attend.
What is South Africa?
August: Matthew and Maria Raine file a lawsuit against this major tech company for the alleged wrongful death of their 16-year-old son Adam.
What is OpenAI (or ChatGPT)?
March: This actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Brutalist, a film about the life of a Jewish-Hungarian Holocaust survivor working as an architect in the United States.
Who is Adrien Brody?
An individual from this country was caught impersonating a systems administrator at Amazon. The company has identified more than 1,800 other infiltration attempts by citizens of this country since April 2024.
What is North Korea?