After the Texas Revolution, when European powers tried to wield influence over the independent Republic of Texas, President James Polk, in his first annual message to Congress, in December, ...

Laurence B. Mussio is a historian of business and government, and a co-founder and chair of the Long Run Institute. In January, 1846, Lewis Cass of Michigan spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate ...

CREWS ARE BATTLING FIVE DIFFERENT WILDFIRES. THREE OF THEM ARE IN POLK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. MOST OF THE WILDFIRES ARE AT 0% CONTAINMENT. AND NEW TONIGHT, A MAJOR UPDATE ON THE WILDFIRES IN POLK ...

“Who is James K. Polk?” his opponents in the 1844 presidential election mockingly asked. Two centuries later, the question is asked again more quizzically. For one thing, James K. Polk proved ...

From James Polk’s expansionist conquest to William McKinley’s imperialist scheming to Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian crackdowns, Trump isn’t just following in their footsteps—he’s ...

Roosevelt and James Polk. On the left side of Trump’s desk, he’s placed a FIFA trophy to match the shiny, gold scheme. He also added an oil painting of Ronald Reagan.

Three decades later the 1844 U.S. election saw Democratic candidate James Polk, espousing the theme of America's “Manifest Destiny,” campaign for a northward expansion of the border with ...

From James Polk’s expansionist conquest to William McKinley’s imperialist scheming to Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian ...

James K. Polk expanded the U.S. more than any other president. Now his portrait hangs in the Oval Office, a signal that President Trump’s ambition to take over Canada, Greenland and other ...

“We are all very proud to work for the space program,” wrote Dr. James Polk, NASA’s chief health and medical officer. “But in the current environment, with a lot of negative rhetoric ...