National Archives

President Trump said he brought Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the National Archives to compare the founding of their two countries, remarking that US history spans 250 years while China's stretches back some 6,000 years. The remarks drew attention for their contrast between American and Chinese civilisational timelines, and for the unusual framing of a presidential meeting centered on historical comparison rather than policy.

Members of Congress are pushing back against the National Archives' plans to relocate historical records documenting Asian American history. Lawmakers argue the move could limit public access to materials important to Asian American communities and heritage preservation. The dispute has turned into a public standoff between legislators and the federal agency over how these archival records should be stored and maintained.

Questions are circulating about the current status of Edward Snowden's trove of National Security Agency documents, taken in 2013 and shared with select journalists. A new discussion piece examines where the archive ended up, who still holds copies, and whether the material remains accessible years after the leaks. Commenters are revisiting the legacy of the revelations and the fate of the unpublished documents.

The National Videogame Museum in the UK has launched a nationwide survey on game preservation, aiming to gather input on how video games should be archived and protected for the future. The initiative, reported by GamesIndustry.biz, invites the public and industry to contribute views on preserving gaming history.

A new discussion examines how Lebanese women preserved and transmitted memories of Lebanon's Civil War, and why their accounts are often missing from official archives. It argues that women's testimonies, oral histories and personal records form an essential but overlooked archive of the 1975-1990 conflict, raising questions about whose memories get recorded in national histories.