2017 in spaceflight A Soyuz-2.1b's Fregat upper stage malfunctions during Meteor-M No.2-1's launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The status of the satellite and 18 other payloads is unknown, as they are either stranded in a wrong orbit or they reentered the atmosphere and crashed in the ocean.
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 The U.S. Senate Budget Committee votes to move the Trump administration's tax bill to the full U.S. Senate.
Reno Police in Reno, Nevada, kill a man after he held a hostage and opened fire from the eighth floor of a luxury high-rise condominium, in a scenario similar to the 2017 Las Vegas shooting two months earlier. No one was injured.
Seminole Heights serial killer Tampa, Florida police arrest Howell Emanuel Donaldson III and charge him with four counts of murder.
2017 New York City truck attack Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect of the attack, pleads not guilty to all charges of murder and terrorism.
2017 North Korean missile tests North Korea fires another missile in a test, landing in the Sea of Japan.