Although John F. Kennedy was the youngest man to be elected President in 1960 at the age of 43, Theodore Roosevelt became the ...

The last time the United States expanded its territory—gaining the Northern Marianas and some other Pacific islands—President ...

David Barker, a real estate developer and former economist at the New York Fed, told The New York Times that Greenland could ...

It was a quiet day for the world’s stock markets when Donald Trump landed in Quebec in early June 2018 to join other leaders ...

In 1867, he came to Secretary of State William ... In the process of his most famous accomplishment as secretary of state, the purchase of Alaska for roughly $7.2 million, Seward received the ...

“Canadian provinces are fiercely independent and protective of their powers in a way that would make even the most fervent ‘state rights’ advocates in the United States blush,” writes Grant Wyeth in ...

Donald Trump wants the United States to buy Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and give China a bloody nose. But he also wants to strike his largest ever real ...

The tug of war between Denmark and America over Greenland is about much more than Donald Trump’s trademark bluster. It is also a story of colonialism, superpower rivalry and a misprint on a map.

News online: An article published on February 14, 2025, stated that the purchase of Alaska happened in 1865. This was incorrect the purchase occurred in 1867. Skip to main content ...