Incumbents Federal government Events January January 1 – The following laws go into effect:[1] January 2 –26 – The 3 Percenters and several other armed militia organizations take over the headquarters of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon , in a series of incidents stemming from the 2014 Bundy standoff . The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ends the occupation with a shootout, killing one militiaman and arresting five others, including leader Ammon Bundy .[2] [3] January 5 – President Obama introduces executive orders to expand the enforcement of federal gun laws .[4] January 6 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens highest-grossing film in North America , beating previous record-holder Avatar '[5] January 8 – The Obama administration announces an alliance with tech companies—including Apple , Google , Facebook , Microsoft , and Twitter —to block the recruitment of Americans to Islamic extremist groups , specifically the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), via social media .[6] January 9 – For the first time in its history, the national Powerball lottery prize surpasses $1 billion.[7] January 10 – 73rd Golden Globe Awards : The Revenant Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama , with Leonardo DiCaprio winning the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Best Director . The Martian Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy , and Matt Damon wins Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . Brie Larson wins Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Room Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Joy Mr. Robot Best Television Series – Drama ; Mozart in the Jungle Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy ; and Wolf Hall Best Miniseries or Television Film .[8] January 12 – President Obama gives his final State of the Union Address to the 114th United States Congress .[9] January 14 – The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards are announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California . The nominees for Best Picture are The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight Will Smith and Spike Lee , an official motion by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to increase diversity in its membership, and calls for comedian Chris Rock to step down as host.[10] [11] [12] January 15 – Myloh Jaqory Mason , a fugitive on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list , is arrested in Thornton, Colorado , after being added to the list on December 17, 2015, for two bank robberies and two attempted murders.[13] January 16
January 21 – A crippling winter storm hits the central and eastern United States, producing several feet of snow and ice (as well as strong winds and tornadoes in some areas) and killing 55 people.January 25 – A Texas grand jury finds no wrongdoing on the part of Planned Parenthood after a series of undercover videos made by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), an anti-abortion organization, purported to show Planned Parenthood employees selling fetal tissue and organs. The grand jury indicts CMP founder David Daleiden and another videographer.[16] January 30 – During a brawl between rival motorcycle clubs , gunfire and stabbings kill one person and injure seven at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado .[17] February February 1
February 3 – Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky ) and former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania ) suspend their presidential candidacies.February 4 – Six people are found dead , five from stab wounds and one from gunshot wounds, at a house in Chicago .February 7
February 9 – The New Hampshire primaries are held. Donald Trump wins the Republican primary, and Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic primary.February 10 – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina suspend their campaigns for the Republican nomination.[19] February 11 – A man injures four people with a machete at a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio , before being shot and killed by law enforcement.February 12 – Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore suspends his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.[20] February 13 – Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at the age of 79.[21] February 14 – The 2016 North American cold wave causes record low temperatures in New England .February 15 – 58th Annual Grammy Awards : "Uptown Funk " by Mark Ronson , featuring Bruno Mars , wins the Grammy Award for Record of the Year . Taylor Swift wins Album of the Year for 1989 Meghan Trainor wins Best New Artist , and Song of the Year is awarded to "Thinking Out Loud ", by Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge .[22] February 20 – A man kills six people and injures two in Kalamazoo, Michigan , before being apprehended by the police.February 21 – Denny Hamlin wins the Daytona 500 in the closest finish in the race's 58-year history, beating Martin Truex Jr. by 11 thousandths of a second.[23] February 25 – A disgruntled former employee opens fire in an office building in Hesston, Kansas , killing three people and injuring fourteen others.February 27 – Three people are stabbed at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim, California , and several people are arrested.February 28 – 88th Academy Awards : Spotlight Academy Award for Best Picture . Leonardo DiCaprio wins Best Actor for his performance in The Revenant Brie Larson wins Best Actress for her performance in Room Alejandro G. Iñárritu wins the Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant , becoming the first director to win back-to-back Oscars since Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1949 and 1950. Mad Max: Fury Road March March 1 – Super Tuesday : Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each win seven states on the Democratic and Republican sides, respectively. In the Democratic primaries, Clinton takes Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Massachusetts , Tennessee , Texas , and Virginia ; Bernie Sanders takes Colorado , Minnesota , Oklahoma , and Vermont . In the Republican primaries, Trump wins Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia; Ted Cruz wins Alaska , Oklahoma, and Texas; and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida ) wins Minnesota.[citation needed March 4 – Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson suspends his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.[24] March 9
March 11 – At least four people are injured and five are arrested in Chicago when protesters demonstrating against Donald Trump scuffle with Trump supporters at a canceled Trump rally .[30] March 14 – Abu Omar al-Shishani , a commander for the Islamic State, dies after being wounded in a U.S. airstrike near Al-Shaddadah, Syria , on March 4 .[31] March 15 – Marco Rubio suspends his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination after losing the primary in his home state, Florida.[32] March 16 – President Obama nominates Merrick Garland to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.[33] March 21 – President Obama lands in Cuba for a meeting with Cuban President Raúl Castro , becoming the first U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928 .[34] March 28
March 31 –April 1 – The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit is held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., with 58 participants in attendance. It is the fourth edition of the conference, following the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit .[37] April April 2
April 3 – An Amtrak passenger train on the Palmetto New York City to Savannah, Georgia , with 341 passengers and seven crew members on board, derails in Chester, Pennsylvania , after striking a backhoe on the tracks, injuring 35 and killing two .[41] April 4 – The Villanova Wildcats defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels , 77–74, in the NCAA Men's Championship .[42] April 5
April 7 – Fox's American Idol Trent Harmon being declared the final winner.[48] April 8
April 9 – The United States Air Force deploys B-52 bombers to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar , to join the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria .[52] April 11 – John Kerry becomes the first Secretary of State to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum , where he and other Group of Seven (G7) members lay wreaths. Before Kerry's trip, Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-California)—then the Speaker of the House of Representatives—was the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the memorial.[53] April 12 – Two unarmed Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jets fly simulated attacks against the U.S. Navy destroyer Donald Cook Baltic Sea . Later, a Russian Kamov Ka-27 naval helicopter is seen making seven passes around the warship while taking pictures.[54] April 13
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The top pick for the WNBA draft is UConn 's Breanna Stewart , followed by her teammates Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck . This is the first time in any major North American sports draft that a single school produced the top three selections.[58]
Microsoft files a lawsuit against the United States, stating that it has been prevented from disclosing information to its customers when the government obtains a warrant to read emails or access data through the cloud.[59]
A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet intercepts and threatens a U.S. Air Force Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.[60] April 15
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April 19 – The New York primary is held, with Donald Trump winning the Republican race and Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic race.[66] April 20
April 21 – Music legend Prince dies at the age of 57. To celebrate his legacy, cities across the U.S. hold vigils and light buildings, bridges, and other venues in purple.[69] April 22
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April 26 – Super Tuesday III: Donald Trump wins all five states holding Republican primaries (Connecticut , Delaware , Maryland , Pennsylvania , and Rhode Island ). In the Democratic primaries, Hillary Clinton takes Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, while Bernie Sanders takes Rhode Island.[75] April 27
The bodies of American climber Alex Lowe and photographer David Bridges, who were killed and buried during an avalanche in 1999, are discovered on the Himalayan mountain Shishapangma .[76]
Dennis Hastert , a former Speaker of the House, is sentenced to 15 months in prison for breaking banking laws through the payment of "hush money" to victims whom he had sexually abused.[77] Ted Cruz announces that Carly Fiorina will be his running mate if he wins the Republican presidential nomination.[78] April 28 – Comcast 's NBCUniversal purchases DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion.[79] April 29
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May June June 1 – A gunman opens fire at the University of California, Los Angeles , killing an associate professor and his wife in an apparent murder–suicide .[117] June 3 – American boxing legend and conscientious objector Muhammad Ali dies of septic shock at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona , at the age of 74.[118] June 7 – The final major state primaries are held for the 2016 presidential election, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump emerging as the presumptive nominees for the Democratic and Republican races, respectively.[119] June 10
President Obama formally endorses Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.[120]
22-year-old singer–songwriter Christina Grimmie is shot dead while signing autographs at a concert venue in Orlando, Florida .[121] June 12
29-year-old Omar Mateen opens fire at Pulse , a gay dance club in Orlando, killing 49 people and leaving another 53 wounded. The attack surpassed the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history until the 2017 Las Vegas shooting . The shooting is investigated as a domestic terrorist attack .[122]
The 70th annual Tony Awards are presented, the cultural icon musical Hamilton wins 11 awards including Best Musical from a record 16 nominations. The performance of the cast of Hamilton was introduced by a filmed message from President and First Lady Obama and Chance the rapper calling the show one of the greatest pieces of art ever made. The awards are called by many, including host James Cordon, "like the Oscars with diversity," and in 2016 the awards saw every musical acting category being won by African-Americans for the first time, and performance from racially and otherwise diverse casts including all-black, or nearly all-black casts of The Color Purple, and Shuffle Along as well as physically disabled cast members of Spring Awakening.
June 14 – Two-year-old Lane Graves is dragged underwater by an alligator in the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa , part of Walt Disney World . His mangled body is found dead the next day, having died from drowning and blood loss.[123] June 15 –16 – In response to the attack in Orlando, Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) holds a filibuster for nearly fifteen hours, demanding new gun control laws from Congress. The filibuster ends when the Senate agrees to vote on two measures: one that would require universal background checks for gun sales, and another that would ban the sale of weapons to individuals on government watch lists of suspected terrorists .[124] June 18 – A 19-year-old man is arrested after attempting to pull a gun from a policeman's holster at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas . He later admits he was planning to use it to kill Trump.[125] June 19 – In the NBA, the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors in seven games to win their first NBA Finals title in the Cavaliers' 45-year history. It is the first major professional sports championship won by a team based in Cleveland since 1964 .[citation needed June 22 –23 – Members of the House Democratic Caucus , led by Representative John Lewis (D-Georgia) and Representative Katherine Clark (D-Massachusetts), declare their intention to remain on the floor of the House of Representatives until its Republican Speaker, Paul Ryan , allows votes on gun safety legislation in the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting. The sit-in is staged by about 60 legislators.[126] June 24 – At least 23 people are killed after a huge flood hits areas of West Virginia .[127] June 26 – Ten people are hospitalized, five with stab wounds, after a group of counter-protesters attack a white supremacist gathering in Sacramento, California .[128] June 27 – In a 5–3 decision, the Supreme Court strikes down a 2013 Texas law that imposed restrictions on abortion clinics.[129] July July 1
The U.S. military officially lifts its ban on transgender people serving openly in the armed forces.[130]
Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces that she will leave it up to the FBI to decide whether to bring charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server as Secretary of State.[131] Vermont 's GMO labeling law goes into effect—the first in the U.S.[132] July 3 – The Fort Bragg Game becomes the first professional sporting event to ever be held on an active military base,[133] Major League Baseball regular season game ever held in the state of North Carolina.[134] July 4 – Juno successfully enters the orbit of Jupiter .[135] July 5
Gypsy Rose Blanchard pleads guilty of the murder of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard who had abused her for many years, forcing her to use a wheelchair and to pretend to be ill. She is sentenced to 10 years in prison.[136]
Multiple cellphone video recordings capture the police shooting of Alton Sterling , a man selling CDs outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana , sparking wide outrage. The Department of Justice opens a federal investigation.[137] July 6
July 7 – During a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas , a sniper later identified as Micah Xavier Johnson opens fire , killing five Dallas police officers and injuring another eleven people in the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001 . Johnson is later found to have targeted white people (specifically white police officers) and to have been interested in several black nationalist groups. He is killed by a C-4 bomb delivered by a robot, the first use of lethal force by a robot by an American police department.[140] [141] [142] July 8 – Despite the conclusions of the FBI and attorney general, the State Department reopens its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.[143] July 9 – The government of the Bahamas releases a rare advisory to Bahamian citizens traveling to the United States to be non-confrontational and cooperative with police after recent racial tensions in the country.[144] July 16 – Donald Trump announces Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate for the Republican ticket in the 2016 presidential election .[145] July 17 – Three police officers are shot dead and three others are injured in Baton Rouge , Louisiana . The shooter has been killed and an investigation is underway.[146] July 18 –21 – The Republican National convention is held in Cleveland, Ohio with Donald Trump accepting the nomination.July 22 – Hillary Clinton announces Virginia United States Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate for the Democrat ticket in the 2016 presidential election .July 25 –28 – The Democratic National Convention is held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Hillary Clinton accepting the nomination. She becomes the first woman to accept the nomination of a major party for president.July 30
All 16 occupants of a hot air balloon are killed – the deadliest incident of its kind in U.S. history – after hitting power lines and crashing near Austin, Texas.[147]
Skydiver Luke Aikins sets a new world record for the highest altitude jump without a parachute, falling 25,000 ft into a safety net.[148] July 31 – The 2016 Maryland flood in Ellicott City , Maryland , caused significant damage to the historic downtown area of the municipality [149] [150] [151] August August 2 – A charter bus crashes on Highway 99 in Merced County , California , killing four people.[152] August 4 – A wildfire occurs[153] California , Montana , Nevada , Oregon , Washington and Wyoming .[154] August 5 –21 – The United States compete at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and win 46 gold, 37 silver, and 38 bronze medals.[155] August 7 – Caleb Schwab, the 10-year-old son of Kansas state representative Scott Schwab , is killed while riding Verrückt —the world's tallest water slide—at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kansas .[156] August 8 – A power outage causes hundreds of Delta Air Lines flights to be delayed or cancelled .[157] [158] August 12 -19 – The 2016 Louisiana floods submerge over 146,000 homes across south Louisiana , killing 13 people. The Red Cross characterized the floods as the worst natural disaster in the U.S. since Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and President Obama visited the Baton Rouge area to survey the damage.August 16 – The Blue Cut Fire occurs in California, displacing more than 82,000 residents, burning over 37,000 acres (150 km2 ) and threatening at least 34,500 structures.August 17 –21 – The 74th World Science Fiction Convention is held at the Bartle Hall Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri .[citation needed August 20 – The U.S. Air Force deploys the B-1 , B-2 , and B-52 bombers in Guam to conduct exercises.August 29 – Iconic actor Gene Wilder passes away at the age of 83
August 31 – The U.S. conducts its first commercial flight to Cuba in 50 years September September 6 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests Israeli rabbi Aharon Goldberg and divorce mediator Shimen Liebowitz, two planners of a contract killing on an estranged Jewish man, at a hotel in Central Valley, New York .[159] September 10 – John Hinckley Jr. , the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan in 1981 , is released from a psychiatric hospital after 35 years.[160] September 11
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September 19 – Ahmad Khan Rahami is identified as a suspect for the bombings in New York and New Jersey the previous two days. He is captured in a shootout.[167] September 21 – A state of emergency is declared in Charlotte, North Carolina , after protests over the police killings of three black men in a single week.[168] September 23 – A gunman opens fire at a mall in Burlington, Washington , killing 5 people. The shooter, Arcan Cetin, is arrested the next day.[169] September 24 – Eight people were injured in a shooting in downtown Baltimore , Maryland .[170] September 26 – Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take part in their first live televised debate , with an estimated audience of up to 100 million viewers.[171] September 28 – Congress votes to override President Obama 's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act , which would effectively allow the families of victims of the September 11 attacks to sue the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their part in the attacks.[172] September 29 – A commuter train crashes in Hoboken, New Jersey , killing one person and injuring 114 others.[173] October October 1
October 6 – Hurricane Matthew strengthens to a Category Four storm as it approaches Florida .[176] October 7
October 10 – Samsung announces an official discontinuation of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after reports of the phone overheating and combusting, posing a severe health risk.[182] October 11 – President Obama presents details of a human mission to the planet Mars .[183] [184] October 15 – A firebomb is set off inside the Republican Party headquarters building in Orange County, North Carolina . No injuries are reported and a suspect has not been found.[185] October 21 – A currently unknown attacker launches multiple distributed denial-of-service (DDos) attacks on networks operated by DNS provider Dyn , making numerous sites difficult or impossible to access for a period of time, including Twitter , Reddit , Netflix , Spotify , The New York Times BBC News , and PayPal . The Department of Homeland Security opens an investigation.[186] October 27 – Seven defendants, including Ammon and Ryan Bundy, are acquitted of all federal charges by a federal jury in relation to their occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January.[187] October 28
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December 5 – The murder trial of white police officer Michael Slager in the 2015 shooting death of Walter Scott in South Carolina ends in a mistrial after a hung jury cannot reach a verdict, resulting in no charges on Slager.[207] December 8 – John Glenn , former astronaut , Colonel , and Senator , and the first American to orbit the Earth, dies of presently undisclosed conditions at the OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus , Ohio , at the age of 95.[208] December 9
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Yahoo discloses that a data breach in 2013 compromised more than 1 billion user accounts' information, such as names, passwords, and unencrypted messages, making it the largest data breach in the history of the Internet . Yahoo already disclosed a smaller 2014 data breach in September 2016.[215] The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate by 0.25%, only the second increase in a decade, citing strong economic growth and rising employment, though Chairwoman Janet Yellen says the outlook for the US economy going forward is "uncertain".[216] December 19
December 20 – President Obama, in a joint agreement with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau , permanently bans oil and gas drilling in most of the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean .[219] [220] [221] December 23 – In a departure from its previous policy, the Obama administration chooses to not use its veto power and instead abstains from voting on United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 , allowing its passage. The resolution demands an end to the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem . Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President-elect Donald Trump imply that the decision will result in a reassessment of relations with the United Nations .[222] [223] December 24 – Donald Trump announces that he will be dissolving his foundation to avoid potential conflicts of interest in his presidency. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asserts that Trump will not be able to do so until an ongoing investigation into the foundation has completed.[224] [225] December 27 – Carrie Fisher , known for playing the iconic character Princess Leia in the Star Wars script doctor and mental health advocate, dies at the age of 60 after suffering from cardiac arrest on a transatlantic flight four days earlier. Her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds dies the next day, after suffering a stroke while preparing for Fisher's funeral.[226] December 29 – The Obama administration imposes sanctions against the leaders of the Russian intelligence agency GRU and expels 35 Russian operatives from the United States in response to Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election . President-elect Donald Trump urges the country "move on" from the issue, but nonetheless announces that he will be meeting with the United States Intelligence Community for an update on the situation.[227] [228] December 31 – A federal judge in Texas blocks the enforcement of a policy seeking to extend Affordable Care Act anti-discrimination protections for transgender health and abortion -related services.[229] December 31 – United States troops withdraw from Afghanistan , leaving behind 8,400 troops stationed at 4 garrisons (Kabul, Kandahar, Bagram, and Jalalabad).Deaths January January 1
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David Bowie , English singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1947 )Alton Brown , baseball player (born 1925 )Ann Z. Caracristi , cryptanalyst and intelligence official (born 1921 )Charles Congden Carpenter , naturalist and herpetologist (born 1921 )Jeanne Córdova , German-born American LGBT activist and writer (born 1948 )Carolyn Denning , pediatrician (born 1927 )Michael Galeota , actor (born 1984 )Ralph Hauenstein , business and philanthropist (born 1912 )Francis Thomas Hurley , Roman Catholic prelate (born 1927 )Arthur S. Obermayer , entrepreneur and philanthropist (born 1931 )Dick Spady , restaurateur (born 1923 )January 11
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Bob Addis , baseball player (born 1925 )Mose Allison , jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1927 )Dwayne Andreas , businessman and political donor (born 1918 )Cliff Barrows , gospel singer and music director (born 1923 )Jules Eskin , cellist (born 1931 )Lisa Lynn Masters , actress (born 1964 )Milt Okun , record producer, arranger. conductor, and singer (born 1923 )Clift Tsuji , politician (born 1941 )November 16
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Retrieved 2016-12-21 .^ "Choosing not to veto, Obama lets anti-settlement resolution pass at UN Security Council" . Times of Israel. 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-29 .^ "Israel to 'reassess' ties with UN, says Benjamin Netanyahu" . The Guardian. 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-29 .^ "Trump pulling the plug on his foundation" . Politico. 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-27 .^ "NY AG: Trump can't dissolve foundation until investigation over" . The Hill. 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-27 .^ "Carrie Fisher, Star Wars actress, dies aged 60" . BBC News. 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2016-12-27 .^ "Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking" . The New York Times. 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2016-12-29 .^ "Trump: It's time 'to move on' from claims of Russian interference in election" . Politico. 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2016-12-29 .^ "U.S. judge blocks transgender, abortion-related Obamacare protections" . Reuters. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-10 .
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