In what is considered a landmark win for parental rights and free speech, a federal jury found that officials from Marlin Independent School District, outside of ...

In the late 1890s, naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan made a compelling argument for the United States’ possession of Hawaii. Those interested in the annexation of Greenland might take note.

Beginning with the annexation of Texas, which voted to become the 28th state in 1845, Polk aggressively expanded America’s ...

A U.S. history professor at the University of the District of Columbia explains America’s long record of territorial ...

A chronological look at how the United States expanded its territory through treaties, wars and purchases, from independence to the mid-20th century.

President Donald Trump has made very clear his desire to “acquire” Greenland from Denmark, no matter the damage to NATO or to ...

A Newsweek map shows U.S. territorial expansion over the years, as President Donald Trump continues to push for the ...

In a move that has left European leaders reeling, President Trump has shared a provocative image that reimagines North America's borders ...

Hanging in the Oval Office is a hint at Donald Trump's ambition to acquire Greenland.

Hanging in the Oval Office is a hint at Donald Trump's ambition to acquire Greenland. A portrait of James Polk, who oversaw ...

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

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that the U.S. moving to take Greenland by force would mark the end of NATO. “It would be the end of NATO,” Murphy said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” when asked by ...