It also excludes the places that are still territories of the United States—Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was also ...

President Donald Trump on Monday, April 21, ordered flags to be flown at half-staff as a “mark of respect for the memory” for ...

While obtaining territory from another country ... Florida became a state in 1845. During this period, the United States pursued territorial expansion as part of “manifest destiny,” the ...

Militias from other states, districts or territories are now restricted from entering Washington state for duty in most instances without approval from either the governor or president.