The Battle of the Alamo in 1836 resulted in victory by Mexico, but was soon followed by independence for Texas.

Girl Scouts singing folk songs, a flag-waving party and a Times Square ball drop are among the planned Semiquincentennial ...

Despite internet fantasies about the violent conquests of the "Manifest Destiny" era, the truth is that most of America’s ...

Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up Greenland, maybe he should add a portrait of a Jackson acolyte — James K. Polk.

Have you ever wondered how Texas got its bold, unique and interesting shape? Well, Dallas Morning News reader Mark Sadler wondered the same thing and asked Curious Texas. So, how actually did Texas ...

Like Trump, James K. Polk was a cold-eyed American expansionist — but even he compromised with allies to add to US territory.

There is a straight line of courage that runs from the red clay of Saluda County to the limestone walls of an old mission in ...

Towering over the Mississippi River, the Gateway Arch is the tallest monument in the country and the world's tallest arch. It was completed in 1965 and symbolizes the westward expansion of the United ...

Donald Trump wants the United States to take over Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and ...

America's rise to global dominance was a deliberate and aggressive process, not an overnight occurrence. Through a combination of inheritance, war, purchases, and ideological expansion, the United ...

From Jan 24-31, over 70 Sailors will visit Mission, McAllen, Edinburg & Brownsville for the inaugural Rio Grande Valley Navy Week.

A year into Donald Trump's second term, the US is described as normalizing authoritarian actions, from immigrant detention ...