2024 controversies in the United States

American lawyer and politician (born 1954)

city in Missouri

2024 film directed by Ali Abbasi

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

2024 film directed by Justin Baldoni

self-immolation of a 25-year-old U.S. serviceman

Brian Thompson, the CEO of the American health insurance company UnitedHealthcare, was shot to death in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on December 4, 2024. The shooting occurred early in the morning outside an entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown.

Chilean-American novelist, filmmaker and blogger (1968–2024)

interview from February 2024

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.

ongoing hip hop feud

Executive producer and television director

series of protests by American athletes

2024 border incident in Texas

conspiracy theory that alleges child grooming by LGBT people

pro-Palestinian college student demonstration

Accusations about the rapper P. Diddy

American pet (c. 2017 – 2024)

2024 hip hop single and war protest song by Macklemore

United States government-imposed bans on TikTok

aviation incidents in Northeastern United States, 2024–2025, starting or mainly in New Jersey

2024 United States presidential campaign of Joe Biden

United States Supreme Court landmark case

American documentary television series

On February 22, 2024, Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student, was attacked and murdered while she was jogging at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States. Her body was found in Oconee Forest Park near Lake Herrick; her death was caused by blunt force trauma and asphyxiation. The perpetrator, José Antonio Ibarra, was a 26-year-old Venezuelan man who had entered the United States illegally. He was arrested by UGA police and charged with 10 counts, including felony murder, malice murder, false imprisonment, aggravated assault with intent to rape, and kidnapping. Ibarra was found guilty on all charges on November 20, 2024, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

unreleased film directed by Michael Kurinsky, Bill Haller

execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith

eligibility challenges to Trump's 2024 campaign

2024 information leak

connection between the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine and the movement for the protection of representatives of marginalized orientations, gender identities, intersex and queer identities

student protest