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* '''September 14, 2025''' – Prosecutors file charges of aggravated murder and felony firearm discharge against [[Tyler Robinson]] in the [[Shooting of Charlie Kirk]]; he remains held without bail.
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* '''September 12, 2025''' – Police arrested 22-year-old [[Tyler Robinson]] in the [[Shooting of Charlie Kirk]]; he was identified after family recognized him in released images.
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* '''September 10, 2025''' – Conservative activist [[Charlie Kirk]] was shot and killed while speaking at [[Utah Valley University]].
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* '''November 30, 2025''' – Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, California, sheriff's officials said Saturday.
* '''November 29, 2025''' – A major winter storm spread through the Midwest and Great Lakes regions over the weekend with widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions, according to the National Weather Service.
* '''November 28, 2025''' – Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted on drug trafficking and weapons charges in U.S. federal court.
* '''November 27, 2025''' – Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of West Virginia, died after being shot while serving with the National Guard in Washington, D.C. Another Guard member, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, was critically injured in the same incident.
* '''November 10, 2025''' – President Donald Trump announced a major trade deal with China that reduces certain tariffs and includes commitments from China to purchase U.S. agricultural products and halt fentanyl precursor flows.
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* The U.S. has '''50 states''' and several inhabited territories, including [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Guam]].
* [[Alaska]] is the largest state by land area; [[Rhode Island]] is the smallest.
* [[Yellowstone National Park]] (est. 1872) is widely considered the '''first national park in the world'''.
* Three presidents — [[John Adams]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Monroe]] — all died on '''July 4th'''.
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<li>[[James Madison]]</li>
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'''Historical Documents'''
* [[United States Constitution]]
* [[Bill of Rights]]
* [[Declaration of Independence]]


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<li>The U.S. has '''50 states''' and several inhabited territories, including [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Guam]].</li>
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<li>[[Alaska]] is the largest state by land area; [[Rhode Island]] is the smallest.</li>
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<li>[[Yellowstone National Park]] (est. 1872) is widely considered the first national park in the world.</li>
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