Presidential Medal of Freedom
Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction.
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Historical records for United States of America in 2017
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January
Inauguration
Is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States.
CIA Speech
Delivers unscripted remarks at CIA headquarters focusing on media coverage and crowd size.
Women’s March Response
Faces worldwide protests the day after his inauguration.
Emoluments Lawsuit Filed
Faces first lawsuit alleging violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause.
Global Gag Rule
Reinstates restrictions on U.S. funding to NGOs providing abortion counseling.
Mexico City Policy
Reinstates the Mexico City Policy restricting abortion-related foreign aid.
TPP Withdrawal
Directs withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Keystone XL Memorandum
Invites resubmission of the Keystone XL pipeline application.
Border Wall Executive Order
Signs Executive Order 13767 on border wall planning and construction.
Border Wall Order
Orders construction of a wall along the southern border.
Immigration Enforcement Order
Signs Executive Order 13768 expanding immigration enforcement.
First Travel Ban
Signs an executive order restricting entry from several Muslim-majority countries.
Gorsuch Nomination
Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
March
Revised Travel Ban
Issues a revised travel ban after legal challenges.
Coal Regulations Rollback
Signs an order rolling back Obama-era climate and coal regulations.
April
Halfway to Arrokoth
New Horizons reaches the halfway point in distance between Pluto and its next Kuiper Belt target, 2014 MU69.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.
Syria Airstrikes
Orders missile strikes on a Syrian airbase after a chemical weapons attack.
Gorsuch Sworn In
Neil Gorsuch is sworn in as Supreme Court Justice.
Tax Cuts Proposal
Unveils outline of major tax cuts.
May
Comey Firing
Fires FBI Director James Comey.
Saudi Arabia Visit
Delivers speech to leaders of Muslim-majority countries.
Deep Ammonia Structure
Juno microwave measurements reveal ammonia-rich structures extending far below Jupiter's visible cloud tops.
Irregular Jupiter Magnetic Field
Juno measurements show Jupiter's magnetic field is stronger and more spatially irregular than expected.
Jupiter Polar Cyclone Architecture
Juno data reveal tightly packed giant cyclones surrounding central storms at Jupiter's poles.
NATO Summit Speech
Urges NATO allies to increase defense spending.
June
Paris Agreement Withdrawal
Announces U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.
First Cabinet Meeting
Holds first full Cabinet meeting praising administration achievements.
July
G20 Hamburg Summit
Attends G20 summit and meets world leaders.
Great Red Spot Flyover
Juno flies directly above the Great Red Spot to probe its structure.
Obamacare Repeal Failure
Senate fails to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
August
Charlottesville Remarks
Faces criticism for saying there were “fine people on both sides” after a deadly rally.
GW170814 Three-Detector Black Hole Merger
During his leadership of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, LIGO and Virgo make their first three-detector observation of a binary black hole merger.
GW170817 Multimessenger Event
LIGO observes the neutron-star merger GW170817, enabling the first gravitational-wave event with extensive electromagnetic follow-up.
GW170817 Neutron-Star Merger Detection
LIGO and Virgo detect gravitational waves from the binary neutron-star merger GW170817.
September
Pluto
The International Astronomical Union approves the first official names for surface features discovered on Pluto by New Horizons.
Pluto
Tombaugh Regio and Burney crater become official Pluto feature names honoring Clyde Tombaugh and Venetia Burney.
Balance Sheet Normalization Announced
The Federal Open Market Committee announces that its balance-sheet normalization program will begin in October, allowing increasing amounts of maturing Treasury and agency securities to run off rather than be fully reinvested.
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