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Ahmadi-Masterson communication

The **Ahmadi-Masterson communication** took place on October 6, 2016, between Islamic Caliphate leader Yusuf Al Ahmadi and terrorist Joshua Masterson, who was conducting the 2016 ICO hostage crisis.

Masterson required he speak to Ahmadi, who was in U.S. custody following his capture weeks earlier, as a condition to release the final hostage Jim Miller. At the end of video, he unexpectedly spoke in Arabic to the terrorists, saying, "Release the video. If they don't send me home, kill them. If they find you, him."
2020 United States presidential election

The **2020 United States presidential election** was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Republican ticket of former vice president Mark Usher and his running mate Charles Ellis defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent president Claire Hale and Senate Minority Leader Willard Erickson by a decisive margin. The election took place in the aftermath of the Underwood era. It was the first election since 1992 in which the incumbent president failed to win a second term. Usher received more than 78 million votes, the most ever for a presidential candidate up to that point, surpassing Garrett Walker's record in 2012.
April 30 Kirkman-Salimi meeting

The **April 30 Kirkman-Salimi meeting** took place on April 30, 2023, between U.S. President Tom Kirkman and Kunamian ambassador Mohammed Salimi. The meeting was held to discuss the 2023 D.C. Metro station bombing.

U.S. intelligence found payments to Arturo Rojas, the architect of the bombing, from a Kunami government account. Kirkman confronted Salimi over the evidence and demanded an explanation, but he denied, causing Kirkman to dismiss him.
2016 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary

**2016 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary**

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The **2016 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary** was held on Saturday, February 27, 2016 in South Carolina, marking the Democratic Party's fourth nominating contest in their series of presidential primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Heather Dunbar narrowly defeated incumbent U.S. President Frank Underwood in his home state following the Underwood primary surprise, which cost him a portion of the African American vote.
June 2021 Foerstel-Wells-Llyod meeting

The **June 2021 Foerstel-Wells-Lloyd meeting** took place on June 14, 2021, at a rural farm in Virginia, between director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation John Foerstel, agent Hannah Wells, and businessman Patrick Lloyd. In their investigation into the Capitol bombing, Lloyd was identified as the chairman of Browning Reed, a defunct military contracting corporation with ties to former U.S. Vice President Peter MacLeish and other conspirators of the attack. The meeting came days after federal agents raided one of Lloyd's properties.

Shortly before the meeting, Wells and former deputy director Jason Atwood discovered an abandoned missile silo in North Dakota owned by Lloyd that contained the same munitions used in the Capitol bombing. Foerstel also confronted Lloyd on his purchase of a house for the mother of Desmond Lesgarth, the man that posed as U.S. President Tom Kirkman's assassin Nestor Lozano when MacLeish ordered his execution after the assassination attempt.
Underwood-Tusk war

The **Underwood-Tusk war** was a four month-long social conflict between U.S. Vice President Frank Underwood and billionaire industrialist Raymond Tusk. A longtime friend of U.S. President Garrett Walker, Tusk's influence on him decreased after the 2014 federal budget crisis as he began to seek Underwood's advice more often. Tusk took retaliatory action in the mid-Atlantic blackout to gain Walker's attention, but it worsened their relationship. The conflict led to a series of subsequent events, including the Galloway affair. Hostilities between the two ended on October 29, 2014, hours after their meeting regarding the impeachment proceedings against Walker, when Tusk accepted Underwood's proposal to testify against him.
March 2021 Kirkman-MacLeish meeting

The **March 2021 Kirkman-MacLeish meeting** took place on March 9, 2021, at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., between U.S. President Tom Kirkman and U.S. Vice President Peter MacLeish. It was the first time the two spoke since Kirkman's attempted assassination a day earlier.

During the meeting, MacLeish informed Kirkman of events that took place while he was acting president during Kirkman's surgery, which he made false claims about. MacLeish was unaware that Kirkman had been briefed hours earlier on his ties to the Capitol bombing. Kirkman directed MacLeish to assume his public schedule for the remainder of the month "until he was back to full strength" to sideline and prevent him from receiving national security information. He later said the meeting infuriated him and he "could have strangled and killed him [MacLeish]."
2016 United States-Russia crisis

The **2016 United States-Russia crisis** was a brief bilateral diplomatic crisis between the United States and the Russian Federation in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of U.S. President Frank Underwood. The situation took place amid an ongoing economic crisis in U.S. caused by record high inflation and gasoline prices following Russia's cutback of oil exports.

A month earlier, Russian businessman Igor Milkin, a political rival of Russian president Viktor Petrov, fled the country for Maine after several other Petrov opponents were found dead. Milkin had participated in an underground attempt to overthrow Petrov's regime and replace him. He requested a formal asylum in the U.S. upon his arrival. Petrov falsely accused the U.S. of conspiring with Milkin to pursue regime change in Russia, which was strongly denied. Underwood approved a plan to secretly deport Milkin from the U.S. to Estonia with another exiled Petrov critic while unfreezing his American financial assets and transferring them to the other critic's Swiss accounts. U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant strongly objected to the plan.

Acting U.S. President Donald Blythe was briefed on the operation after his ascension. At the time, Milkin's plane was en route to Estonia. Durant advised him to terminate the operation, while the remainder of the National Security Council supported it. Blythe ordered the plane to be landed in China due to his company's drilling rights in Siberia, moving the energy crisis to a negotiation for drilling rights between the Chinese and Russia. The crisis was resolved during the 42nd G7 summit, in which Durant successfully negotiated a trilateral agreement to stabilize global oil markets.
Resignation of Ted Brockhart

On June 23, 2016, U.S. Army general Ted Brockhart announced his resignation as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In his statement, he criticized U.S. President Frank Underwood for failing to respond to the Islamic Caliphate. Days later, presumptive Republican nominee Will Conway announced Brockhart as his running mate in the 2016 presidential election.
March 2017 Underwood-Walker meeting

The **March 2017 Underwood-Walker meeting** took place on March 3, 2017, at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., between U.S. President Frank Underwood and former U.S. President Garrett Walker. The meeting took place shortly before Walker was scheduled to testify before the Declaration of War Committee investigating Underwood.

During the meeting, Underwood thanked Walker for agreeing to plead the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and deny answering questions about Underwood's attempt to undermine and unseat him as president. Walker confronted Underwood for "stealing the presidency" from him before stating he would plead the Fifth to protect the Democratic Party, not Underwood.
2016 breach of the National Security Agency

On October 26, 2016, Aidan Macallan, a data scientist of the National Security Agency, breached its national cyber defense systems at the direction of LeAnn Harvey, the manager of U.S. President Frank Underwood's reelection campaign. Macallan downloaded critical algorithms to break cyber defense systems from a highly classified area at the NSA building in Washington, D.C. to his personal computer in his office. The information allowed Macallan to hack major cyber networks across the United States, part of Underwood's wider domestic surveillance plot to undermine the 2016 presidential election.
2021 Kansas City attack

The **2021 Kansas City attack** took place on February 22, 2021, one day before the 2021 United States House of Representatives special elections, in Kansas City, Missouri. Twelve volunteer poll workers were infected with ricin deployed at voting centers while preparing for the following day's election. Hours after the incident, Mindy Hesser, one of the infected workers, died of her injuries.
Usher-Russia controversy

The **Usher-Russia controversy** was a political scandal in the United States publicized on March 26, 2019, involving U.S. Vice President Mark Usher. Released one day after their meeting in which she was urged to resign, U.S. President Claire Hale directed White House press secretary Kelsey Stewart to anonymously leak to the press a fictitious story that Usher had contact outside of an official setting with high ranking Russian government officials during negotiations over foreign policy related to Syria the previous September. Hale subsequently ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate the allegations.

Usher publicly denied the allegations and directed his staff to investigate the origins of the story, where they discovered that Hale had orchestrated it. The Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded a month later that the allegations were false, and that there was no record of Usher having any unofficial communication with the Russian government.
Ellenor Darby Vice President nomination

On March 17, 2023, one day after the Washington, D.C. cyberattack, U.S. President Tom Kirkman nominated district mayor Ellenor Darby for vice president of the United States due to her leadership and assistance in responding to the crisis. Her nomination was considered by the 119th United States Congress, and she was confirmed and subsequently sworn in on April 24, 2023.
2016 governors' emergency summit

The **2016 governors' emergency summit** was held on October 31, 2016, at the White House in Washington, D.C. U.S. President Frank Underwood called the emergency summit of all 50 U.S. state governors at last minute to discuss the domestic terror threats posed by the Islamic Caliphate.

In actuality, Underwood called the meeting as part of his scheme to undermine the 2016 presidential election. During the summit, he informed the governors that he was signing an executive order to mobilize all 50 states' National Guard forces to voting places on Election Day. Underwood convinced many of them that it was out of concern for terrorist incidents during the election, when he actually ordered it to solidify his anticipated, orchestrated reelection victory by force if necessary. He placed a special emphasis on New Jersey, Nevada, Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, all swing states needed for an Underwood victory, by offering them additional federal law enforcement troops due to higher threats in their states and convincing them to deploy their mobilized National Guards.
October 2016 Underwood-Matthews meeting

The **October 2016 Underwood-Matthews meeting** took place on October 31, 2016, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., between U.S. President Frank Underwood and Pennsylvania governor Jim Matthews after the conclusion of the governors' emergency summit. Underwood scheduled the meeting after Matthews willingly agreed to speak to the Declaration of War Committee investigating him.

During the meeting, Matthews informed Underwood that he had the capability to either protect him or destroy his credibility by exposing his plot to replace him as vice president before unseating former U.S. President Garrett Walker as president.
Second inauguration of Frank Underwood

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The **second inauguration of Frank Underwood** as the 46th president of the United States was the 58th public presidential inauguration, marking the resumption of his presidency and the start of the second and final term of Frank Underwood as president and Claire Underwood as vice president. The public ceremony took place on Friday, February 17, 2017, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Underwood ran for reelection in the 2016 presidential election. The result was inconclusive after Ohio and Tennessee failed to certify their election results, and pursuant to the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the United States Congress held a contingent election on January 19, 2017. The U.S. Senate elected Claire Underwood as vice president accordingly, but both Frank Underwood and Republican presidential nominee Will Conway failed to gain the necessary 26 state delegations in the House of Representatives to be elected president, sparking a constitutional crisis. As a result, Claire Underwood was inaugurated as the acting president of the United States on the constitutionally mandated date of January 20. The U.S. Congress subsequently voted to hold a second round of voting in Ohio and Tennessee on Tuesday, February 14, and that a public inauguration for the winner would take place on Friday, February 17. Entering into the revote, the Electoral College map stood at 255 Underwood to 254 Conway. Only Ohio was necessary to surpass the 270 electoral vote-threshold needed to be elected. Underwood was projected as the winner hours after voting ended.

The inaugural events were held from February 16 to 18, 2017, and included a concert, church services, the interfaith prayer service, swearing-in ceremonies, a congressional luncheon, parade, and inaugural balls. Underwood was sworn in on his personal bible by Chief Justice John Carl with the vice presidential oath being administered to Claire Underwood immediately preceding it. Officially, Claire Underwood became vice president on January 20, but she was readministered the oath for the public ceremony.
Termination of the Jackie Sharp presidential campaign

On December 11, 2015, U.S. Representative Jackie Sharp announced her withdrawal from the race for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. She subsequently announced her endorsement of Heather Dunbar. Sharp's campaign was orchestrated by U.S. President Frank Underwood to double the opposition of Dunbar, and she was expected to dropout and endorse him in exchange for being his running mate. Differences with Underwood led her to endorse Dunbar unexpectedly, effectively ending the possibility of her becoming vice president.
March 2017 Durant-Romero conversation

The **March 2017 Durant-Romero conversation** took place over the phone from the White House on March 10, 2017, between U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant and U.S. Representative Alex Romero. Durant called to report her meeting with U.S. President Frank Underwood seconds earlier, in which he asked her to create fake files to prove the legitimacy of his false claims of terrorist threats to undermine the 2016 United States presidential election. Durant informed Romero that she would testify without restriction before the House Judiciary Committee pursuing impeachment proceedings against Underwood as soon as possible.
November 2016 Matthews-Stamper meeting

The **November 2016 Matthews-Stamper meeting** took place on November 7, 2016, one day before the 2016 presidential election, in the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, between governor Jim Matthews and White House Chief of Staff Doug Stamper. The meeting occurred after Matthews refused U.S. President Frank Underwood's order to deploy military forces to voting centers on Election Day.
Terry Womack

**Terence Womack** (died January 26, 2021) was an American politician who briefly served as House Minority Leader. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as House Minority Whip from 2015 to 2021 and House Majority Leader from 2013 to 2015 while chairing the Congressional Black Caucus from 2013 to 2021. Womack represented Missouri's 5th congressional district from 2005 until his death in 2021.
2015 Underwood July 4 speech

The **2015 Underwood July 4 speech** was delivered on July 4, 2015, by U.S. President Frank Underwood outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Underwood spoke over the phone to Russian president Viktor Petrov while returning to the White House after the speech, where he invited him for the 2015 Moscow summit regarding the activation of United States forces in the Jordan Valley.
Killing of Rachel Posner

The **killing of Rachel Posner** took place on February 1, 2016, in New Mexico, when White House Chief of Staff Doug Stamper killed Rachel Posner, a former prostitute he had solicited and was in a relationship with. Posner assaulted Stamper in October 2014 following an altercation between the two, causing Stamper to have serious brain injuries and months of recovery.
February 13 Conway leak

The **February 13 Conway leak** took place on February 13, 2017, one day before the 2016 United States presidential election revote, in which an audio recording of Republican presidential nominee Will Conway was leaked to the media. In the recording, Conway threatened the pilots of his personal aircraft and demanded that they give him control of the plane to essentially hijack it after he had a panic attack regarding the presidential election. The recording was given to U.S. President Frank Underwood by Pollyhop CEO Ben Grant, Conway's personal friend. Underwood leaked it to the press anonymously, causing the projection of the revote in Ohio and Tennessee to shift heavily in his favor.
Aaron Shore

**Aaron Shore** (born August 15, 1988) is an American politician who is the 56th and current vice president of the United States. An Independent, he previously served as the 26th national security advisor from 2021 to 2025, the 29th White House chief of staff and deputy chief of staff in 2021, and represented Texas as a U.S. Representative from 2015 to 2021. Shore is the second youngest and first person of Latin American descent to serve as vice president in history.
Kidnapping of Luke Atwood

On February 19, 2021, Luke Atwood, the son of acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Jason Atwood, was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. hours after Atwood's meeting with U.S. Representative Peter MacLeish. The bureau had been investigating allegations of MacLeish's potential involvement with the organizers of the Capitol bombing.
Interrogation of Aaron Shore

From March 25 through 26, 2021, White House Chief of Staff Aaron Shore was interrogated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation after they discovered him meeting with Charles Langdon. When federal agents approached the meeting, Langdon managed to escape, but Shore remained and willingly turned himself in for interrogation.

During questioning, Shore testified that it was the first time he saw Langdon since the morning of the Capitol bombing and that he told him that his life was in danger. He further testified that Langdon told him he would willingly turn himself in if asked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which U.S. President Tom Kirkman ordered them to do.
Tusk money laundering scheme

The **Tusk money laundering scheme** was a ten year-long plan to mask Chinese contributions in Adohi Casino, which was used to fund political action committees donating to both the Democratic and Republican parties. The scheme was primarily orchestrated by industrialist Raymond Tusk and managed with his business partner, Xander Feng.

Beginning in August 2014, Democrat officials noticed that donor Daniel Lanagin made over $18 million in political contributions through his Adohi Casino in the first quarter, none of which went to the party. U.S. Vice President Frank Underwood dispatched his chief of staff Doug Stamper to investigate the casino in Kansas City. He learned that private planes owned by Xander Feng, the Chinese business partner of industrialist Raymond Tusk, made 38 trips there since 2005, and that the money was being donated to the Republican Party. Stamper confronted Feng in Beijing, who agreed to resend the money back to the Democrats in return for building the Port Jefferson bridge, a failed negotiation at the Spotsylvania summit. Underwood lobbied U.S. President Garrett Walker to reauthorize the bridge proposal, who in turn convinced the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment to accept it, directly tying the Walker administration to early indications of money laundering. *Wall Street Telegraph* reporter Ayla Sayyad uncovered the allegations and published them on September 26, resulting in a national uproar.

Underwood convinced Walker to encourage attorney general Christopher Collins to appoint a special counsel in the Department of Justice to investigate the dirty money allegations. On September 29, Collins appointed solicitor general Heather Dunbar to investigate. Tusk testified during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee pursuing impeachment charges based on the money laundering scheme and another scandal that Walker was aware, resulting in the advancement of the charges to the full House of Representatives. Walker subsequently resigned to avoid impeachment and removal.
April 30 Kirkman-Kim meeting

The **April 30 Kirkman-Kim meeting** took place on April 30, 2023, at the White House in Washington, D.C., between U.S. President Tom Kirkman and East Hun Chiu Chairman Kyung Kim following the conclusion of the 2023 Camp David summit. During the meeting, Kirkman confronted Kim over recent intelligence from the Central Intelligence Agency suggesting that there is a dirty bomb on American soil.

The timestamp on the intelligence coincided with East Hun Chiu's treaty with West Hun Chiu, which Kim publicly criticized before it formally went into effect. Kirkman threatened Kim that if the intelligence traced the dirty bomb back to North Korea, it would be a declaration of war. He additionally ordered Kim's airplane to be grounded indefinitely until the bomb threat was resolved, forcing the North Korean delegation to remain in the United States.

Upon news of the dirty bomb, East Hun Chiu redeployed a large portion of its forces from the DMZ to its coastline to prevent a potential retaliatory invasion. Further intelligence suggested that they also relocated their long range intercontinental ballistic missile silos towards their coastline to obtain a trajectory that could reach American shores.
Death of Elizabeth Hale

On July 27, 2016, Elizabeth Hale, the mother of First Lady Claire Underwood, died after a three year battle with intermittent lymphoma at her estate in Dallas, Texas. The First Lady had traveled to Dallas earlier that morning during the ongoing Democratic National Convention after learning her health had deteriorated. Hale approved voluntary euthanasia due to excruciating pain with her life expectancy still being weeks. She was administered a lethal dose of morphine and died shortly afterwards.
2017 Belfort chemical leak

The **2017 Belfort chemical leak** occurred on September 21, 2017, in Belfort, Ohio, when an Arcas Refineries chemical processing plant experienced a mechanical breakdown and leaked toxic materials. The company, owned by Bill Shepherd, downplayed the incident. U.S. President Claire Hale pressured Ohio governor Roger Olmstead into declaring a state of emergency in order to deploy federal reinforcements by threatening to leak his involvement in undermining the 2016 presidential election in the state.
Assassination of Peter MacLeish

On March 11, 2021, Peter MacLeish, the 54th vice president of the United States, was assassinated by his wife Beth MacLeish while being arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his connections to orchestrating the Capitol bombing. The second lady fired a single shot at MacLeish's head to prevent his prosecution before turning the gun and committing suicide. MacLeish had served as vice president for only four days, the shortest term in history.
2016 Tennessee curfew

On November 8, 2016, during the ongoing 2016 United States presidential election, Tennessee governor Mitch Scanlon announced the imposition of a mandatory statewide curfew beginning at 8:30 pm CST and 9:30 pm EST for eastern parts of the state. The announcement came hours after the chaotic Knoxville attack. In his remarks, Scanlon said that citizens who had not yet voted would still be allowed to until the curfew went into effect, when all residents would be required to stay indoors.
2016 Frank Underwood address to the United States House of Representatives

On October 24, 2016, U.S. President Frank Underwood interrupted a floor session of the United States House of Representatives during parliamentary debate on a congressional inquiry into the illegalities he allegedly committed as reported on by the Underwood's Crooked Path to the Oval Office article. The interruption occurred while Underwood was on his way to the funeral of Jim Miller.

After entering the chamber uninvited, House Minority Leader Bob Birch yielded his time to Underwood. He rejected initial calls to suspend from House speaker Madeline McCarthy, stating that he had to interrupt the session because his request for a special address to a joint session was denied. During his speech, Underwood demanded Congress declare a formal declaration of war against the Islamic Caliphate to properly fight terrorism. McCarthy directed the House Sergeant at Arms to remove Underwood from the chamber, leading to a confrontation between him and the Secret Service detail protecting Underwood.

Reactions to the speech were mixed. Democrats praised Underwood, while Republicans criticized it as an abuse of the separation of powers.
June 2021 Bowman-Price meeting

The **June 2021 Bowman-Price meeting** took place on June 11, 2021, at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., between U.S. Senator Jack Bowman and Liam Price, a former staffer of House speaker Kimble Hookstraten. During the meeting, Price provided Bowman with a potential political scandal on Hookstraten for him to use as retaliation for her efforts in passing the Firearm Reform Act of 2021.
2016 resumption of the Frank Underwood presidency

On March 30, 2016, U.S. President Frank Underwood signed a Cabinet resolution and letter to the U.S. Congress revoking the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and resuming his authority as president of the United States from U.S. Vice President Donald Blythe, who had been acting president. Underwood was the target of a nearly-fatal assassination attempt two weeks earlier and had to undergo a life-saving liver transplant. Blythe acted as president for 13 days, the longest period in American history.
July 2016 Dunbar-Hammerschmidt meeting

The **July 2016 Dunbar-Hammerschmidt meeting** took place on July 27, 2016, in Washington, D.C., between former Democratic presidential candidate Heather Dunbar and journalist Tom Hammerschmidt, the former editor of the *Washington Herald*. During the meeting, Hammerschmidt presented evidence of the crimes committed by U.S. President Frank Underwood while he was a member of Congress and vice president.
2020 presidential campaign announcement of Mark Usher

On April 24, 2019, U.S. Vice President Mark Usher announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2020 presidential election. The announcement came days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that the allegations of the Usher-Russia controversy were fictitious and created by a "high ranking, anonymous White House source" at the direction of U.S. President Claire Hale.

Usher accused Hale of orchestrating the political scandal to "distract the nation from her failures as our president," and stated that he could no longer remain part of the administration. He subsequently announced his resignation as vice president. Usher's announcement came before Hale announced her candidacy for reelection, and it was met with almost immediate endorsements from government officials of both the Republican and Democratic parties.
October 2016 Underwood-Masterson meeting

The **October 2016 Underwood-Masterson meeting** took place on October 26, 2016, at an unknown location somewhere in the United States, between U.S. President Frank Underwood and Islamic Caliphate terrorist Joshua Masterson, who was responsible for the 2016 ICO hostage crisis. Masterson was captured hours earlier in a highly classified operation that Underwood commanded. Concurrently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a fake raid on the Virginia-Tennessee border and falsely claimed Masterson was captured during it to draw public attention away from Underwood's secret meeting with him.

During the meeting, Underwood interrogated him before ordering his execution after determining the asset was no longer needed.
May 1 address

The **May 1 address** was delivered by Tom Kirkman, the 49th president of the United States, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 1, 2023. Kirkman addressed the nation on his ordering of the U.S. airstrike in Kunami over the D.C. Metro station bombing. He stated that further airstrikes would continue until the emir of Kunami surrendered unconditionally.
May 17 White House press conference

The **May 17 White House press conference** took place on May 17, 2016, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. First Lady Claire Underwood held an interactive press conference calling for increased gun control in the United States. During the briefing, she portrayed three illegal firearms, one of which was used in the attempted assassination of U.S. President Frank Underwood exactly two months earlier.
Attack on the USS Verona

On November 1, 2022, while patrolling in the Persian Gulf, the *USS Verona* was deliberately struck by a civilian barge from Kunami. 16 United States Navy sailors were killed and dozens more were injured. The ship veered off course into Kunamian waters due to a thunderstorm, which Kunami alleged was an incursion of their sovereignty before subsequently severing diplomatic relations.

The Kunamian Navy instituted a blockade around the ship, preventing an American rescue mission for the surviving crew. A simulation of the collision created by the Department of Defense proved that the Kunamian barge rammed into the Verona intentionally, which U.S. President Tom Kirkman used to force their government into allowing an American rescue mission.
First June 11 Kirkman-Hookstraten meeting

The **first June 11 Kirkman-Hookstraten meeting** took place on June 11, 2021, at the White House in Washington, D.C., between U.S. President Tom Kirkman and speaker of the House Kimble Hookstraten. The meeting was held shortly after Kirkman signed the Firearm Reform Act of 2021 into law, which Hookstraten played a major role in passing.

During the meeting, Kirkman proposed nominating Hookstraten to succeed the late Peter MacLeish as vice president of the United States, which she accepted.
2016 mid-Atlantic cyberattack

The **2016 mid-Atlantic cyberattack** took place on October 31, 2016, hours after the 2016 governors' emergency summit, in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. U.S. President Frank Underwood planned the incident and directed data scientist Aidan Macallan to carry it out using the information he obtained from his breach of the National Security Agency days earlier.

During a radio address, Underwood publicly blamed the attack on the Islamic Caliphate. In actuality, he used the incident to convince state governors to accept additional federal troops at voting locations on Election Day on the basis of preventing hypothetical terror attacks, while Underwood planned to use them to solidify his anticipated, orchestrated victory in the 2016 presidential election by force if necessary. Roger Olmstead, the governor of Ohio, accepted additional troops following the incident.
February 19 Atwood-Mathison meeting

The **February 19 Atwood-Mathison meeting** took place on February 19, 2021, in Washington, D.C., between acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investing Jason Atwood and Brooke Mathison. The meeting occurred hours after Atwood's son, Luke, was kidnapped by unknown suspects.

Atwood arrived at a baseball field during a little league practice for the team his son played on. He returned to his car after the coach said Luke failed to show up to practice, where Mathison had arrived. Atwood withdrew his handgun after Mathison showed him a live video feed of his son at an unknown location. Mathison blackmailed him, demanding he make an appointment with U.S. President Tom Kirkman and tell him everything she would later instruct in exchange for Luke's release.
Kirkman therapy tape leaks

The **Kirkman therapy tape leaks** were a series of leaked verbal patient recordings made by Dr. Adam Louden detailing the mental state of U.S. President Tom Kirkman in the aftermath of the death of First Lady Alexandra Kirkman. In the recordings, Louden claimed that Kirkman had "decisional incapacity" and a "variant of PTSD," which cast public doubt on his ability to serve as president. The leaks were part of a series of recent hackings, including the Alpheus Four disaster and 2023 Washington, D.C. cyberattack.
2021 Tom Kirkman speech to a joint session of Congress

The **2021 Tom Kirkman speech to a joint session of Congress** was delivered by Tom Kirkman, the 49th president of the United States, on June 22, 2021, at 9:00 pm EDT in the auditorium of a House Office Building at the United States Capitol complex to the 118th United States Congress. It was Kirkman's first address to a joint session of Congress, and the first to be held after the Capitol bombing. The joint session was the first in modern history not held in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives, as the Capitol building itself was still under reconstruction following the attack.

During the speech, Kirkman confirmed allegations that Al-Sakar did not perpetrate the Capitol bombing and that it was carried out by a domestic terrorist group led by Patrick Lloyd. U.S. secretary of state and former president Cornelius Moss was selected as the designated survivor for the event.
March 16 White House press conference

The **March 16 White House press conference** was held on March 16, 2020, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., by U.S. President Claire Hale. During the briefing, Hale announced that the Department of Justice was investigating if the attempts to undermine the 2016 presidential election by her late husband, former U.S. President Frank Underwood, impacted its outcome.
May 16 Hale-Stamper meeting

The **May 16 Hale-Stamper meeting** took place on May 16, 2018, in Washington, D.C., between U.S. President Claire Hale and former White House Chief of Staff Doug Stamper. It was one of their first in-person meetings since charges against Stamper for the murder of Zoe Barnes were dropped, although Hale was unaware that Stamper was secretly working with U.S. Attorney Lynnette Jacobs in planning for a potential prosecution of her.

During the meeting, Hale informed Stamper of her earlier conversation with former U.S. secretary of state Catherine Durant, who was able to recall details of her assault and efforts by Hale and then-U.S. President Frank Underwood to undermine the 2016 presidential election. She subsequently asked Stamper to formulate plans for Durant's assassination to prevent her from going public with the evidence.
2016 ICO offensive

The **2016 ICO offensive** was a military offensive of the Islamic Caliphate Organization that began on July 27, 2016. Rebel forces began an advance from Al-Suwar in Syria with an approximation that they would reach the Euphrates within 72 hours, giving them a chokehold over the country. U.S. President Frank Underwood announced during a press conference that he would return to Washington, D.C. during the ongoing Democratic National Convention to consult with the National Security Council on an appropriate response.

Underwood faced heavy criticism from the general public for the offensive. Republicans directly blamed him for it because of his termination of an operation that would have annihilated the senior leadership of the Caliphate over political reasons.
Killing of Joshua Masterson

On October 27, 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation illegally executed Islamic Caliphate terrorist Joshua Masterson at the direction of U.S. President Frank Underwood. During a press conference, Underwood publicly claimed that Masterson was killed during the fake FBI raid a day earlier, despite his actual capture taking place in a highly classified operation. Underwood secretly met with Masterson hours after his legitimate capture to interrogate him.

Underwood released footage of federal agents firing in a photo op during the stunt raid, falsely claiming that it was the shot that killed Masterson. The public was never made aware of the legitimate facts behind Masterson's killing.
February 2016 Dunbar-Goodwin meeting

The **February 2016 Dunbar-Goodwin meeting** took place on February 26, 2016, in Ohio, between Democratic presidential candidate Heather Dunbar and Lucas Goodwin, a former journalist. Goodwin was arrested in May 2014 and subsequently convicted on charges of cyberterrorism, but was recently released as part of a witness protection program. He infiltrated security at a Dunbar campaign event and confronted her, claiming that U.S. President Frank Underwood killed Zoe Barnes and U.S. Representative Peter Russo.
United States-Russia-Saudi Arabia spy exchange

The **United States-Russia-Saudi Arabia spy exchange** was organized by U.S. President Tom Kirkman and took place on February 19, 2021. The trilateral exchange was in return for Brad Weston, an American athletic coach and undercover Central Intelligence Agency operative arrested in Russia hours earlier.

The agreement included the U.S. releasing four Saudi nationals arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for committing industrial espionage against a Texas oil company in return for a Russian operative picked up in Riyadh a year earlier. Kirkman proposed the Russian operative to the Russian government in exchange for Weston, which was agreed to.

The Saudi nationals and Russian operative landed in Riyadh and Moscow, respectively, but Weston never disembarked from his airplane in London and it was learned that he never boarded in the first place. Shortly after, U.S. intelligence uncovered an image of Weston meeting with an FSB captain serving as the top recruiter of foreign assets, proving that Weston was a double agent.
2015 Jordan Valley crisis

The **2015 Jordan Valley crisis** was an international crisis that began on October 17, 2015, when 8 Russian soldiers were struck and killed during the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Jordan Valley. The situation erupted into a multilateral situation after Russia declined to allow U.N. investigators access to the attack site, causing fears of a false-flag operation.

U.S. President Frank Underwood authorized an operation to deploy Navy SEALs to the scene to investigate, but it failed after an undercover Russian agent opened fire on the team, killing one officer and injuring three others. The crisis provoked Israel to invade the Jordan Valley two days later. Russian president Viktor Petrov agreed to a peace agreement with Underwood if he terminated First Lady Claire Underwood as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. According to him, it was their intention for her to convince Underwood that the Russians conducted a false-flag operation to provoke the Israelis. Underwood accepted the First Lady's resignation on November 16, effectively ending the crisis.
Vice presidential inauguration of Peter MacLeish

The **vice presidential inauguration of Peter MacLeish** as the 54th vice president of the United States occurred on March 8, 2021, marking the commencement of the term of Peter MacLeish. A public swearing-in ceremony was held at the United States Capitol undergoing reconstruction following the Capitol bombing. MacLeish was the sole survivor of the attack.

Unbeknownst at the time to U.S. President Tom Kirkman, MacLeish was involved with the actual organizers of the Capitol bombing, and his survival was deliberately planned. Majid Nassar, who was originally considered the mastermind of the attack, admitted that a man named Catalan had paid him to falsely take credit. Catalan was part of MacLeish's personal unit in the United States Army and had a relationship with him.

The inaugural ceremonies were cut short when Kirkman was shot seconds after MacLeish completed the vice presidential oath.
United States

The **United States of America** (**U.S.A.** or **USA**), commonly known as the **United States** (**U.S.** or **US**) or **America**, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 336 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C., and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City.
March 2017 Underwood-Durant meeting

The **March 2017 Underwood-Durant meeting** took place on March 10, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., between U.S. President Frank Underwood and U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant. Prior to the meeting, numerous allegations were leaked to the press during Underwood's ongoing impeachment proceedings that claimed he was involved in undermining the 2016 United States presidential election in Ohio and Tennessee by exploiting exaggerated fears of terrorist attacks.

During the meeting, Underwood asked Durant to create false files claiming there was a reasonable terrorist threat that led to him ordering the raid of Muhammed Kalabi's house. Underwood used the stunt raid to initiate his fake terrorist plot. Durant reluctantly agreed to create the false files, despite her actual intentions of reporting Underwood for asking her.
Turkeygate

**Turkeygate** was a political scandal in the United States involving then-speaker of the House of Representatives Kimble Hookstraten. According to an article published by *POLITICO* on June 11, 2021, Hookstraten cosponsored a military arms package for Turkey in 2005 six months after traveling on a lavish tour of the country. Despite the standard practice of the package, as Turkey had been a member of NATO since 1952, the scandal shed bad optics to make it appear as though Hookstraten was accepting foreign gifts in return for military favors.
December 2015 Underwood-Sharp meeting

The **December 2015 Underwood-Sharp meeting** took place on December 7, 2015, between U.S. President Frank Underwood and U.S. Representative Jackie Sharp. Both were contending for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 presidential election.

Underwood orchestrated Sharp's campaign to draw attention away from him and increase attacks on Heather Dunbar, the front-runner for the nomination. During their meeting, the two agreed to hammer Dunbar in the upcoming Democratic debate. The meeting was held on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews prior to Underwood's departure for a campaign event so the public would not see. Sharp stepped off the plane in disguise seconds before it taxied for departure.
September 2015 Dunbar-Sharp meeting

The **September 2015 Dunbar-Sharp meeting** took place on September 10, 2015, in Iowa, between Heather Dunbar and U.S. Representative Jackie Sharp. Both were contending for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. The meeting was held hours after both Dunbar and Sharp held campaign events in Iowa, where the first competitive competition for the nomination would be held in February.

Dunbar was asked to schedule the meeting by Doug Stamper, U.S. President Frank Underwood's former chief of staff secretly working for Dunbar. During the meeting, she informed Sharp of her intention to temporarily suspend her campaign during Hurricane Faith, and they both agreed to announce a suspension together in a joint press conference. After the meeting, Stamper called White House Press Secretary Seth Grayson to inform Underwood that the two met, seeking to regain his attention.
2016 Claire Underwood convention speech

The **2016 Claire Underwood convention speech** was delivered by First Lady Claire Underwood on July 28, 2016, at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, after U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant concluded her own remarks and introduced her.

Underwood became the unexpected frontrunner for the vice presidential nomination at the open style rules convention. After a fierce competition between several Democrats, Durant endorsed her for the vice presidency.
Nomination of Frank and Claire Underwood for the 2016 presidential election

On July 28, 2016, the last day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party nominated incumbent U.S. President Frank Underwood and First Lady Claire Underwood as their nominees for president and vice president of the United States for the 2016 presidential election.

Their nomination came after the fierce, competitive open style rules convention. Underwood publicly supported U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant for vice president, but declined to name her as his official running mate. An incident where the Louisiana delegation cast all 61 of its votes to Durant for both president and vice president created a feud between her and Underwood, ending after a tense meeting in the Oval Office on July 27. Durant endorsed the First Lady for vice president in her remarks at the convention, and DNC chair Patricia Whittaker subsequently moved to nominate the Underwoods for president and vice president by acclamation, which was almost unanimously adopted.
February 22 Atwood-Mathison meeting

The **February 22 Atwood-Mathison meeting** took place on February 22, 2021, in Washington, D.C., between acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Jason Atwood and Brooke Mathison, the kidnapper of Atwood's son Luke. During the meeting, Mathison instructed Atwood to falsely confess to killing terrorist Majid Nassar in his meeting with U.S. President Tom Kirkman later that afternoon. Mathison agreed to release Luke immediately after the meeting.