You write that 1898 was a momentous break from the past in our history. Why? In going to war with Spain and claiming some of Spain’s territories after its defeat, the United States starts ...

Here’s a brief history. Twenty years later, the Louisiana Purchase marked the country’s first major expansion, with the United States buying the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million ...

By any measure, it was one of the most colossal land transactions in history, involving an ... to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States. He had always seen Saint Domingue ...

The United States acquires Puerto Rico through war and claims it as a territory. Under the Platt ... anti–illegal immigrant law in U.S. history. The legislation, SB-1070, cracks down on anyone ...

It can look surprising only at first glance and it would be wrong to believe that this is some sort of extravagant talk by ...

Vance said Greenland has the right to self-determination — and said he did not expect that the United States would forcibly annex the territory. "I think that you'd be a lot better ...

Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court. In what is perhaps the most infamous case in its history ...