2023 controversies in the United States

Jodi Nan Hildebrandt is an American former counselor and former YouTuber convicted of aggravated child abuse.

The Murdaugh family is an American family from the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. Three generations named Randolph Murdaugh served consecutively as circuit solicitor for the state's 14th judicial district between 1920 and 2006. The family's prominence led locals to call the five-county district "Murdaugh Country". In addition to the legal positions, Randolph Murdaugh Sr. established the Murdaugh family law firm, now called the Parker Law Group, which specializes in personal injury litigation.

State of South Carolina v. Richard Alexander Murdaugh was the trial of former American lawyer Alex Murdaugh for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. The trial in the fourteenth circuit of the South Carolina Circuit Court began on January 25, 2023, and ended on March 2 with a guilty verdict on all four counts. Murdaugh, who had pleaded not guilty, was sentenced to two life sentences to run consecutively without the possibility of parole. He soon filed a motion for new trial, alleging that the court clerk tampered with the jury; a new trial court judge denied the motion in January 2024.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2006

2023 film directed by Rob Marshall

2023 diplomatic incident involving a Chinese balloon in Canadian and U.S. airspace

American lawyer and politician (born 1954)

American actor (born 1989)

2024 NY State trial of Donald J. Trump, index number: 71543-2023

American animator and voice actor (born 1980)

Train derailment and environmental pollution in East Palestine, Ohio

2023 film directed by Blitz Bazawule

strike

labor strike involving actors in the labor union SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers

George Anthony Devolder Santos is an American former politician and convicted felon. He served as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district from January to December 2023, before he was expelled from Congress.

2023 bank run and collapse in California

documents leak

2022 film by Michael Morris

Coyote vs. Acme is an upcoming American live-action animated legal comedy film directed by Dave Green and written by Samy Burch from a story by Burch, James Gunn, and Jeremy Slater. The film is based on the 1990 The New Yorker magazine article "Coyote v. Acme" by Ian Frazier, and follows Wile E. Coyote as he sues the Acme Corporation for repeatedly selling him alleged faulty products. The film's cast includes Will Forte, Lana Condor, Tone Bell, and John Cena.

American author and historian

prosecution of a former US president for mishandling of classified documents

award ceremony for worst in film in 2022

prosecution of a former US president for obstructing formal counting of ballots

incident on January 10, 2023, in Memphis, TN, USA

series of protests by American athletes

investigation regarding Twitter's influence in the supression of stories

Ruby Franke is an American former family vlogger and convicted child abuser who ran the now defunct YouTube channel 8 Passengers. On August 30, 2023, Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested in Washington County, Utah, and charged with six counts of felony aggravated child abuse of two of Franke's children. Franke ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts and on February 20, 2024, was sentenced to serve between four and thirty years in prison.

conspiracy theory that alleges child grooming by LGBT people

pending criminal case against Donald Trump

Accusations about the rapper P. Diddy

Argentine film producer

2023 single by Oliver Anthony

2023 removal of the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

national debt crisis of the United States for 2023

election of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker

United States government-imposed bans on TikTok

defamation and sexual-assault lawsuits

oil development project in Alaska

2023 single by Jason Aldean

On May 1, 2023, in New York City, Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Black homeless man, was killed after being put in a chokehold by Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old white United States Marine Corps veteran while riding the New York City Subway. Neely boarded the car Penny was riding and began threatening passengers. After the train left the station, Penny approached Neely from behind to apply the chokehold, and maintained it in a sitting position until Neely went limp a few minutes after the train had reached the next stop. First responders unsuccessfully attempted to revive Neely, who was declared dead after being transported to a hospital. Penny submitted to voluntary questioning at a police precinct office, and was released without charge later the same day.

2023 stabbing of a 6-year-old boy in Plainfield, Illinois

unreleased film directed by Michael Kurinsky, Bill Haller

Killing of environmental activist in Georgia, United States

2022–present political incident

Wikimedia list article

election following the removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker