The territory came to the US when Spain sold us the Philippines (which later won its independence in 1946) and threw in Guam as a bonus. The tiny island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean has played a ...

The Supreme Court may take territories off the map of the US More than 3 million Americans occupy a weird space in the world’s political geography. That could soon change.

Very quickly after the United States does all of its contiguous territorial expansion within North America, it starts claiming overseas territories. The difference is that it’s not even clear ...