With its victory and subsequent annexation of the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico, the United States stood poised to enter the 20th century as an imperial power. ...

On its 125th anniversary, experts explain why the US took control of Puerto Rico, ... Spain lost and, in a treaty with the U.S., gave up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, ...

The United States annexed lands—contiguous lands from the Louisiana Purchase, and overseas lands; the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam and so forth. That’s the history that Trump is invoking ...

As a result of the defeat of Spain in 1898, the United States got Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines. So it was not a great gain for Puerto Ricans. But the U.S. gained, among other things, this ...

I lived in Puerto Rico for three years on assignment for the Associated Press. That comparison — of which Trump’s former ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, has become a high-profile ...

Since 2017, Puerto Rico has been governed by a succession of pro-statehood leaders, each echoing the promise of the 1950s: that U.S. citizenship — in a full, enfranchised form — would finally ...

Beginning in 1901, in a series of decisions known as the Insular Cases, the court confirmed that Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam were different from other U.S. territories—and lesser.

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Calm partnered with Discover Puerto Rico, the island's Destination Marketing Organization, to release its first-ever destination-based audio collection.

He’s been active as Puerto Rico has approached its election for governor, also happening on November 5, purchasing billboards arguing that a vote for the ruling party is a vote for corruption.

It highlights the history of Puerto Rican migration to the city since the U.S. annexation of Puerto Rico in 1898, the cultural significance of the Bronx, ...

Donald Trump made a campaign stop in New York Sunday at a rally in Madison Square Garden. What's making big headlines today are the racist and misogynistic jokes from the speakers before him.