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The US House Judiciary Committee is coming down hard on the S. Korean government for its actions against online retailer Coupang following a massive breach.
New Report Exposes South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses
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New Report Exposes South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled, "Closed for Competition: South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses." The report details South Korea's history of discriminatory treatment against American-owned businesses and the ways in which it has escalated over the past sever

How startups Westmag, which raised an $11M, a16z-led seed in August 2025, and Atlas are seeking to make actuators, the foundation of hardware, outside of China (Kylie Robison/Core Memory)
https://www.corememory.com/p/westmag-atlas-american-actuators-china
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This Is Why America Can’t Have Robots And Other Nice Things
Every robot and drone runs on actuators — and China makes 90% of them. Inside the American startups racing to win back the motors the U.S. forgot how to build.

Survey: 57% of US teens and adults, and 81% of teens aged 13 to 17, say they get at least some news and information from influencers or independent creators (American Press Institute)
https://americanpressinstitute.org/comparing-news-consumption-trust…

The evolving news landscape: Comparing media habits and trust between teens and adults
A new in-depth study by the Media Insight Project surveyed both American adults and teens as young as 13 on their media habits.

AMERICA 250: How the Haudenosaunee shaped America’s democracy - ICT https://ictnews.org/news/america-250-how-the-haudenosaunee-shaped-americas-democracy/

AMERICA 250: How the Haudenosaunee shaped America’s democracy 
How one Indigenous confederacy inspired the United State’s democracy and what America could still learn from them

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The financialization of the American elite.
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/08/the-financialization-of-the-american-elite/
saved 2019-08-21

The Financialization of the American Elite - American Affairs Journal
On October 1, 2018, the newly christened Klarman Hall opened to much acclaim on the campus of Harvard Business School. The stunning $120 million building houses a conference center as well as a gleaming auditorium built around a 32-million-pixel, 1,250-square-foot video wall and a state-of-the-art, modular design that seats up to a thousand attendees. To mark the opening, the school held a daylong series of speeches and lectures, headlined by the building’s namesake and one of the school’s …

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VS trekt duizenden Amerikaanse militairen terug uit Duitsland https://nos.nl/l/2612707

VS trekt duizenden Amerikaanse militairen terug uit Duitsland
De Amerikaanse president Trump had al gedreigd het aantal Amerikaanse troepen in Duitsland te verminderen na steeds fellere kritiek van de Duitse bondskanselier Merz op de oorlog.

A survey of US adults finds 56% support banning social media for under-16s, while 21% oppose; majorities across demographic and partisan groups support a ban (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20

Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16
Across major demographic and partisan groups, more Americans support than oppose banning those under 16 from using social media.

AMERICA 250: How the Haudenosaunee shaped America’s democracy - ICT https://ictnews.org/news/america-250-how-the-haudenosaunee-shaped-americas-democracy/

AMERICA 250: How the Haudenosaunee shaped America’s democracy 
How one Indigenous confederacy inspired the United State’s democracy and what America could still learn from them

ESA and YouGov: 212.3M people in the US between the ages of 5 and 90 play video games every week, up 3% from 2025; the average age of players rises to 37 (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/americans-play-video-games-hour-per…

Most Americans Play Video Games for an Hour Per Week
Two-thirds of Americans play an hour or more of video games per week, according to a new report published Wednesday by the ESA.