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United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (SDFL) is the federal trial court for southern Florida, created in 1847, sitting in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Key West, and West Palm Beach with 18 judgeships.
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the federal trial court for Manhattan, the Bronx, and six nearby counties; first court to sit under the U.S. Constitution (1789), created as a separate district in 1814, with courthouses in Manhattan, White Plains, and Poughkeepsie.
United States district court judge lists by district
United States district court judge lists by district are chronological rosters of judges who served on each named U.S. district court, compiled chiefly from the Federal Judicial Center's directory.
United States district court seat succession chronologies
United States district court seat succession chronologies are Federal Judicial Center charts recording who has held each authorized district court judgeship, with seats persisting through many occupants and vacancies.
United States dollar
The United States dollar (USD) is the fiat currency of the United States and the world's dominant reserve currency, held at 58 percent of global reserves in 2024.
United States Drought Monitor
The United States Drought Monitor (USDM) is a weekly map showing where drought is occurring and how severe it is across the United States, first issued in 1999.
United States Electoral College
The United States Electoral College is the constitutional process of 538 electors, needing 270 votes, who formally elect the president and vice president; winner-take-all in 48 states, amended by the 12th Amendment, and contested in reform debates.
United States embargo against Cuba
The United States embargo against Cuba (el bloqueo) is a layered system of U.S. trade, travel, and financial sanctions begun in 1960 under Eisenhower and codified by the Cuban Democracy Act and Helms-Burton Act, administered by OFAC and repeatedly condemned by UN General Assembly votes.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. federal regulator founded December 2, 1970 under Reorganization Plan No. 3; first Administrator William Ruckelshaus; protects human health and the environment, distinct from state environmental agencies.
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), federal civil rights agency enforcing workplace anti-discrimination laws including Title VII, ADA, ADEA, and GINA. Established under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, opened July 2, 1965, headquartered in Washington, D.C., with 53 field offices.
United States Equestrian Federation
The United States Equestrian Federation (US Equestrian), successor to the American Horse Shows Association founded in 1917, is the national governing body for equestrian sport in the United States.
United States European Command
United States European Command (USEUCOM, EUCOM) is a U.S. unified combatant command, headquartered at Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, commanding U.S. forces across Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Iceland; its commander is dual-hatted as NATO's SACEUR.
United States expedition to Korea (신미양요)
The 1871 United States expedition to Korea, or Shinmiyangyo (신미양요), was a five-ship naval mission under Admiral John Rodgers and Minister Frederick Low that sought trade and answers on the General Sherman, fought on Ganghwa Island, killed over 240 Koreans, and won no treaty until 1882.
United States federal budget
The United States federal budget is the annual plan of receipts, outlays, and borrowing for the U.S. government, produced through presidential proposals and congressional appropriations each fiscal year.
United States federal civil service
The United States federal civil service is the body of executive branch civilian employees hired under merit-based rules rather than patronage, established by the Pendleton Act of 1883.
United States federal executive departments
United States federal executive departments: the fifteen Cabinet-rank departments listed in 5 U.S.C. § 101, from State to Homeland Security, created and abolished by Congress to administer federal law.
United States federal judge
United States federal judges, chiefly Article III Supreme Court, circuit, and district judges, are presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed officers with life tenure under the Judiciary Act of 1789 framework; Article I judges serve terms.
United States federal probation and supervised release
Federal probation and supervised release are U.S. post-conviction community supervision sentences under 18 U.S.C. §§ 3563 and 3583: probation as an alternative to prison, supervised release after imprisonment, with conditions, revocation caps, and one-year early termination eligibility.
United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines
United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines, issued by the U.S. Sentencing Commission under the 1984 Sentencing Reform Act, prescribe federal sentence ranges; mandatory from 1987, advisory since Booker (2005).
United States Federal Witness Protection Program
The U.S. federal Witness Security Program (WitSec, WSP), run by the U.S. Marshals Service since 1971, gives new identities and relocation to threatened witnesses against organized crime; about 19,250 participants protected.
United States Fifth Fleet
United States Fifth Fleet (U.S. 5th Fleet): Navy numbered fleet headquartered at NSA Bahrain since 1 July 1995, commanding Middle East naval operations, NAVCENT, Combined Maritime Forces, and Task Force 59 unmanned systems.
United States fifty-dollar bill
The United States fifty-dollar bill is a Federal Reserve note bearing President Ulysses S. Grant's portrait and the United States Capitol, redesigned in color in 2004.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is a Department of the Interior agency that conserves fish, wildlife, and habitats and administers 570 national wildlife refuges.
United States Fish Commission
United States Fish Commission (U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries), federal agency created February 9, 1871 under Grant; first U.S. natural resource conservation agency, led by Spencer Baird, ancestor of NOAA Fisheries and the Fish and Wildlife Service.
United States five-dollar bill
The United States five-dollar bill is a Federal Reserve note bearing Abraham Lincoln's portrait, with the Lincoln Memorial on the back since 1929 and a purple redesign issued in 2008.
United States five-hundred-dollar bill
The United States five-hundred-dollar bill was a high-denomination banknote, chiefly a Federal Reserve Note bearing President William McKinley's portrait, used mainly for large transactions between banks until discontinued in 1969.
United States Flag Code
The United States Flag Code, 4 U.S.C. §§ 5–10, adopted in 1942, sets voluntary rules for displaying and respecting the American flag; violations carry no penalty, and flag-desecration laws were struck down in Texas v. Johnson.
United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka
United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka is a U.S. Navy base at the entrance of Tokyo Bay, Japan, home port of the Seventh Fleet's forward-deployed ships since 1945.
United States Fleet Forces Command
United States Fleet Forces Command (USFFC, COMUSFLTFORCOM), successor to Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (est. 1906), is the Navy command in Norfolk, Virginia that trains, certifies, and provides combat-ready forces, and serves as USNAVNORTH, NAVSTRAT, and JFMCC STRAT.
United States Football League
United States Football League (USFL): spring pro football league founded 1982 by David Dixon, played 1983–1985, lost $1 antitrust verdict to NFL, folded 1986; 2022 Fox revival merged into the UFL in 2024.