On this episode Jonny Dymond speaks to Julie Greene, a professor of American studies at the University of Maryland, about the storied history of the Panama Canal. And the BBC’s North America business ...

The Panama Canal is back in the headlines after President Donald Trump raised political and security concerns over the future of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The ...

A federal lawmaker wants President Donald Trump to buy Greenland and rename, but his bill to allow the purchase hasn't attracted any co-sponsors yet. Rep. Earl "Buddy" Carter, R-Ga., introducing a ...

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has expressed interest — unprecedented in the modern era — in expanding the size of the U.S. He’s said he would like the U.S. to ...

President Trump has made the eminently sensible suggestion that the Gaza Strip be restored and developed under some form of ...

The McKinley Tariff of 1890 raised import duties to nearly 50% on average, up from around 38% previously. As the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, McKinley argued that high tariffs were ...

President Donald Trump recently made headlines after claiming he wanted the United States to take over both Greenland and the ...

The role of Trump’s regional enforcer is a natural one for the Miami native.

Panama became the first Latin American country to officially join China's Belt and Road Initiative. It leaves at a time Trump ...

Billionaire’s ‘deep ties’ to Beijing and ‘illegal’ dismantling of USAID draw scorn as he leads Donald Trump’s drive to cut ...

The number of vessels that passed through the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest waterway, fell to an average of 32.6 ...