内容摘要：Kristi Noem, secretary of Homeland Security, said federal authorities were investigating the incident and would bring its “depraved perpetrator” to justice. Jeanine Pirro, the interim US attorney for Washington, DC, said the killings were being investigated as a “hate crime and a crime of terrorism”.

Kristi Noem, secretary of Homeland Security, said federal authorities were investigating the incident and would bring its “depraved perpetrator” to justice. Jeanine Pirro, the interim US attorney for Washington, DC, said the killings were being investigated as a “hate crime and a crime of terrorism”.

Almost all televisions sold in the US are produced outside of the country, with a very small portion (about 1 percent) assembled domestically. The vast majority of TVs are manufactured overseas, primarily in China, South Korea and Vietnam.A significant number of TVs sold in the US are assembled in Mexico, where several leading TV brands have assembly plants.

Less than 1 percent of phones sold in the US are manufactured domestically.Manufacturing mobile phones requires a highly specialised workforce and extensive infrastructure, including advanced supply chains for components like screens, processors and batteries.The production process is highly globalised, with parts sourced from different countries.

The US market for light bulbs is heavily reliant on imports, particularly from China. According to IBISWorld, a market research firm, the number of lighting and bulb manufacturing businesses in the US has declined by 1.5 percent per year on average over the five years between 2019 and 2024.According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), nearly 90 percent of homes use air-conditioning.

The US has a robust domestic air-conditioning industry, with companies like Trane, Carrier, Lennox and Rheem operating large-scale manufacturing facilities across the country.

However, while many air-conditioning units are assembled in the US, the majority rely on components sourced from abroad. Key parts such as compressors, circuit boards and refrigerant systems are often imported from China, Mexico and South Korea.The guns fell silent on May 13, thanks to a US-brokered ceasefire. Both governments claimed victory. Media outlets moved on. Cricket resumed. Hashtags faded.

But what lingers is the story each side now tells about itself: We were right. They were wrong. We showed strength. They backed down.This is the story that will shape textbooks, elections, military budgets. It will inform the next standoff, the next skirmish, the next war.

And until the story changes, nothing will. And it can change.Narratives constructed on competing truths, forged in newsrooms and battlefields, performed in rallies and funerals, are not eternal.