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U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Bancorp is a Minneapolis-based bank holding company whose subsidiary U.S. Bank, with about $692 billion in assets and 70,000 employees, is among the largest US commercial banks.
U.S. Bank Stadium
U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis multi-purpose NFL stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings, opened July 22, 2016, replacing the Metrodome; $1.1 billion cost, first U.S. stadium ETFE roof, hosted Super Bowl LII and 2019 Final Four.
U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)
U.S. Bank Tower, originally named Library Tower and later First Interstate Bank World Center, is a 1,018-foot skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, the city's tallest until 2017.
U.S. Battery Manufacturing
U.S. Battery Manufacturing is an American maker of deep-cycle batteries for golf cars, marine vehicles, and energy storage, founded in 1926 and based in Corona, California.
U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular, legally United States Cellular Corporation, was an American regional wireless carrier serving 21 states until it sold its wireless operations to T-Mobile in 2025.
U.S. Dollar Index
The U.S. Dollar Index, ticker DXY, measures the dollar against six major currencies. Developed by the Federal Reserve in 1973, it is now maintained by ICE.
U.S. Figure Skating Championships
U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the annual U.S. national figure skating competition (first held 1914, New Haven), crowning champions in women, men, pairs, and ice dance and doubling as Olympic trials in Olympic years.
U.S. government response to the September 11 attacks
U.S. government response to the September 11 attacks: the federal legislative, security, and intelligence actions after 9/11, including the TSA, Department of Homeland Security, USA PATRIOT Act, 9/11 Commission reforms, and REAL ID.
U.S. history of alcohol minimum purchase age by state
History of state-set U.S. alcohol minimum purchase ages: 21 after 1933 repeal, lowered to 18-20 by 29 states in the 1970s, then restored to 21 nationwide by 1988 via the National Minimum Drinking Age Act's highway-fund penalty.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a DHS agency created in March 2003, enforces immigration and customs laws through ERO and HSI, detains and removes noncitizens, and has expanded sharply since 2025.
U.S. Labor Party
U.S. Labor Party (USLP), LaRouche movement political party formed 1973 by the National Caucus of Labor Committees; vehicle for Lyndon LaRouche's 1976 presidential run, known for Operation Mop Up, later dormant after his Democratic pivot.
U.S. Marshals (film)
U.S. Marshals is a 1998 American action thriller directed by Stuart Baird, a spin-off of The Fugitive in which Tommy Lee Jones reprises his role as Marshal Sam Gerard.
U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay
U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay was the largest American overseas naval base, on Luzon, Philippines, occupied from 1899, supporting Seventh Fleet operations until its 24 November 1992 closure and conversion into the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Department of the Navy's corporate research laboratory, opened in Washington, D.C. in 1923 and known for pioneering American radar and GPS satellites.
U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft tail codes
Tail codes are letters, usually two, painted on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft tails to identify the wing, group, or squadron, adopted in 1946.
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report (US News, USN&WR): American digital media company and former weekly newsmagazine founded by David Lawrence (United States News, 1933; merged 1948), Zuckerman-owned, Washington D.C., known for Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings; print ended December 2010.
U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking
The U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges ranking, published since 1983 and annual since 1988, ranks over 1,700 U.S. colleges by weighted outcomes, resources and peer assessment; the leading American college list, repeatedly overhauled amid boycotts.
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking: annual global university ranking published since 2014, ranking 2,250+ schools in 100+ countries on 13 research-only indicators (citations, publications, reputation) using Clarivate Web of Science data.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent federal agency licensing and regulating civilian nuclear materials, created by Congress in 1974 and operating since 1975.
U.S. Open (bowling)
The U.S. Open, also known as the PBA U.S. Open, is a professional ten-pin bowling tournament run by the USBC with the PBA, decided over a grueling 56-game format.
U.S. Open (golf)
U.S. Open (golf), United States Open Championship, annual national open golf major run by the USGA since 1895; first played at Newport R.I. with 11 entries, won by Horace Rawlins, now a 156-player major known for its difficult course setup.
U.S. Open Cup
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, first played in 1913–14 as the National Challenge Cup, is America's oldest soccer competition, a knockout open to pro and amateur clubs.
U.S. Open Polo Championship
U.S. Open Polo Championship, American polo's premier title, founded 1904 at Van Cortlandt Park, New York; held each April at 22 goals at the USPA National Polo Center, Wellington, Florida, finale of the high-goal season; 2024 winner La Dolfina, 2026 winner Pilot.
U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team (USPS Team), 1996-2004 American pro cycling squad, renamed Discovery Channel in 2005; won six Tours de France with Lance Armstrong, later exposed by USADA as running a team doping program.
U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
The U.S. Pro Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament held from 1927 to 1999, centered at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, with Marat Safin winning the final edition in 1999.
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 is a north-south United States Numbered Highway running 2,593 miles from Fort Kent, Maine, on the Canadian border to Key West, Florida, along the Atlantic coast.
U.S. Route 101
U.S. Route 101 is a United States Numbered Highway running 1,540 miles along the West Coast from Los Angeles through California and Oregon to Olympia, Washington.
U.S. Route 101 in California
U.S. Route 101, also known as the Redwood Highway, is a United States Highway running the length of coastal California from Los Angeles to the Oregon border.
U.S. Route 13
U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a north-south highway connecting Philadelphia with Virginia's Hampton Roads region through Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore, crossing the Chesapeake Bay on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
U.S. Route 15
U.S. Route 15 (US 15) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway from Walterboro, South Carolina, to Painted Post, New York, passing through North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.