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United States v. Lopez
United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), Supreme Court case striking down the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 as beyond Congress's Commerce Clause power, 5-4, first such invalidation since 1936.
United States v. Microsoft Corp.
United States v. Microsoft Corp., the 1998 federal Sherman Act antitrust case over Internet Explorer and Windows, tried before Judge Jackson, appealed to the D.C. Circuit, and settled with conduct remedies in 2002.
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), the Nixon tapes case: unanimous Supreme Court ruling rejecting absolute executive privilege and ordering Watergate tapes produced for in camera review.
United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980): Supreme Court holding that the 1877 congressional seizure of the Black Hills, abrogating the Fort Laramie Treaty, was a Fifth Amendment taking requiring just compensation with interest, which the Sioux refuse to accept.
United States v. Skrmetti
United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. 495 (2025): the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's SB1 ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors, holding 6-3 that the law draws age and medical-use classifications subject only to rational basis review.
United States v. The Amistad
United States v. The Amistad (40 U.S. 518, 1841): Supreme Court case from the 1839 revolt of kidnapped Africans on the Spanish schooner Amistad; Joseph Story's opinion freed the captives, who returned to Africa.
United States v. Windsor
United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013): Supreme Court case striking down Section 3 of DOMA under the Fifth Amendment; Edith Windsor's $363,053 estate tax; 5-4 Kennedy opinion.
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), 169 U.S. 649: Supreme Court decision, 6-2 under Justice Gray, holding that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrant parents is a citizen by birth under the Fourteenth Amendment, with exceptions for diplomats, occupying armies, and tribal Indians; reaffirmed in Trump v. Barbara (2026).
United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) is an unincorporated U.S. Caribbean territory of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix, purchased from Denmark for $25 million and transferred March 31, 1917; residents are U.S. citizens without a vote for President.
United States Volunteers
United States Volunteers (USV) were state-raised units mustered into federal service, 1775-1903; in the Civil War they dwarfed the Regular Army, with 1,556,678 three-year Union volunteers, distinct ranks, and CMSR records at NARA.
United States war crimes
United States war crimes: serious violations of the law of armed conflict attributed to U.S. forces or agents, governed domestically by the War Crimes Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. § 2441) and internationally by the Geneva Conventions; the U.S. is not an ICC party and first used the Act in 2023.
United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
US withdrawal from the JCPOA: President Trump's May 8, 2018 exit from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal via a presidential memorandum, reimposing US sanctions, prompting Iranian noncompliance from 2019 and the 2025 UN snapback.
United States Women's Curling Championship
United States Women's Curling Championship, the USA Curling national women's curling title first held 1977 under the USWCA; winner represents the US at the World Women's Curling Championship.
United States women's national basketball team
The United States women's national basketball team, run by USA Basketball, has won nine Olympic golds in 11 tournaments, holds a 78-3 Olympic record with a 61-game win streak, and won its 12th FIBA World Cup title in Berlin in 2026.
United States women's national ice hockey team
United States women's national ice hockey team (Team USA), governed by USA Hockey; three Olympic golds (1998, 2018, 2026) and 11 IIHF Women's World Championship titles; chief rival is Canada.
United States women's national soccer team
United States women's national soccer team (USWNT), U.S. Soccer's women's team: four FIFA Women's World Cups (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019) and five Olympic golds (1996-2024), the 2024 title under Emma Hayes, plus the $24 million equal-pay settlement.
United States women's national softball team
United States women's national softball team (USA Softball WNT): three straight Olympic golds 1996-2004, silvers 2008 and 2020, 12 WBSC World Championship titles, main rival Japan.
United States-Israel FUTURES Act
United States-Israel FUTURES Act of 2026 (S. 3855/H.R. 7540), a bipartisan bill by Budd, Gillibrand, Jackson, and Davis establishing a US-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative with $150M annual funding; not passed standalone, carried into FY2027 NDAA Sections 219/1217.
United States–Chile Free Trade Agreement
The United States–Chile Free Trade Agreement is a bilateral trade treaty in force since January 1, 2004, the first US free trade agreement with a South American country.
United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
The United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) is a bilateral free trade agreement signed in 2006, in force since May 15, 2012, that phases out most tariffs between the United States and Colombia.
United States–Israel Free Trade Agreement
The United States–Israel Free Trade Agreement, signed in Washington in 1985, was the first free trade agreement the United States ever concluded, eliminating tariffs on industrial goods by 1995.
United States–Jordan Free Trade Agreement
The United States–Jordan Free Trade Agreement, signed in 2000, was the first US free trade agreement with an Arab state and with labor and environmental provisions in its main text.
United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) is a free trade agreement among the United States, Mexico, and Canada that replaced NAFTA when it took effect on July 1, 2020.
United States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement
The United States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement is a bilateral trade pact signed in 2004 and in force since 2006, eliminating most tariffs between the two countries.
United States–Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
The United States–Panama Trade Promotion Agreement is a reciprocal free trade agreement, signed in 2007 and effective October 2012, that phased out tariffs on bilateral trade.
United States–Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
The United States–Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) is a bilateral free trade agreement between the United States and Peru, in force since February 1, 2009.
United States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement
The United States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) is a bilateral trade agreement signed in 2003 and in force since 2004, the first US free trade agreement with an Asian country.
United States–Vietnam relations
United States–Vietnam relations: diplomatic, economic, and security ties severed in 1975 after the Vietnam War, normalized August 5, 1995, and elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2023, with $209.4 billion in 2025 goods trade.
United Supermarkets
United Supermarkets, today doing business as The United Family, is a Lubbock, Texas grocery chain founded in 1916 in Oklahoma and acquired by Albertsons in 2013 for about $385 million.
United Synagogue rabbinate in London
The United Synagogue rabbinate is the congregational rabbinate of the United Synagogue, Europe's largest Orthodox synagogue body, serving its member synagogues in and around London since the 1870s.