Manuela Sáenz, an activist for Latin American independence in the 19th century, challenged ideas about what women could do in ...

On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

President Trump recently instituted new tariffs on two allies and one adversary: 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% ...

President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...

Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...

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The last time the United States expanded its territory—gaining the Northern Marianas and some other Pacific islands—President Donald Trump was just a year o ...

President Trump’s Inaugural Address criticized the Jimmy Carter Administration for giving away the Panama Canal: “which has ...

This week on February 6, 1964, former President Emilio F. Aguinaldo passed away at the Veterans Memorial Hospital at the age of 94. Aguinaldo was a controversial figure in history who one of my former ...

When Clarissa Aljentera wanted to teach her 6-year-old son about the impact of Filipinos in Chicago, she ended up in what ...

Israel says it is preparing for the departure of large numbers of Palestinians from Gaza in line with President Trump’s idea ...