{"id":195354,"date":"2026-01-01T21:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/watch-live-as-us-celebrates-new-years-eve-and-rings-in-2026-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T21:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:05:49","slug":"watch-live-as-us-celebrates-new-years-eve-and-rings-in-2026-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/watch-live-as-us-celebrates-new-years-eve-and-rings-in-2026-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch live as US celebrates New Year's Eve and rings in 2026 – USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soon the sounds of old acquaintances being forgotten<\/a> will ring across the country as 2025 is set to come to a close.
The year began with blazes engulfing Southern California<\/a>, then saw President Donald Trump<\/a> assume the office for a second time; a\u00a0deadly collision<\/a>\u00a0involving a military helicopter and a passenger jet that\u00a0killed 67 people<\/a>\u00a0near\u00a0Washington, D.C.; the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk<\/a>; the contentious expansion of immigration enforcement actions<\/a>; and the emergence of outsider challengers to the Democratic establishment among a myriad of major headlines.
North America is set to step over the threshold and into 2026 in a matter of hours, as many parts of the world have already set off their fireworks to ring in the new year<\/a>.
Shortly after the New Year’s ball drops (only once<\/a>) in New York City, the Zohran Mamdani<\/a> era will begin in the Big Apple and the political horses will be braying at the gates to start the 2026 midterm election season in earnest.<\/a>
For now, however, revelers are set to gather to watch an item \u2013 ranging from a crystal ball<\/a> to a shrimp<\/a> \u2013 drop and fireworks light the night sky in the waning moments of 2025.
You can watch live coverage of\u00a0New Year’s Eve celebrations<\/a> from across the country\u00a0by starting the USA TODAY livestream at the top of this story or on our YouTube channel<\/a>.
As the clock counts out the final moments of 2025, here’s how to watch the television specials that ring in the new year:
The classic:\u00a0<\/strong>How to watch ‘Dick Clark’s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve’ 2026<\/a>
A country New Year:\u00a0<\/strong>Who is hosting ‘Nashville Big Bash’ for 2026? How to watch NYE special<\/a>
On cable:\u00a0<\/strong>How to watch CNN’s ‘New Year\u2019s Eve Live’ with Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen’<\/a>
While the final hours of 2025 whittle away, here’s what to know about what will be open and closed on the first day of 2026.<\/a>
Which retail stores open New Year’s Day?\u00a0<\/strong>Details on IKEA, Kohl’s, Macy’s, more<\/a>
New Year’s Day 2026:\u00a0<\/strong>Are banks, post offices, UPS and FedEx open? What to know<\/a>
Details on Aldi, Lidl and more.\u00a0<\/strong>Which grocery stores are open New Year’s Day?<\/a>
Which restaurants are open?\u00a0<\/strong>Find out the places that are serving customers on New Year’s Day<\/a>
Are CVS, Walgreens open New Year’s Day?\u00a0<\/strong>What to know about pharmacies<\/a>
Getting on a resolution:\u00a0<\/strong>Which gyms are open New Year’s Day? Details on Gold’s, Planet Fitness, more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Soon the sounds of old acquaintances being forgotten will ring across the country as 2025 is set to come to a close.The year began with blazes engulfing Southern California, then saw President Donald Trump assume the office for a second time; a\u00a0deadly collision\u00a0involving a military helicopter and a passenger jet that\u00a0killed 67 people\u00a0near\u00a0Washington, D.C.; the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-195354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}