The U.S. initially acquired the rights to build and operate the Panama Canal in 1903 through the Hay–Bunau–Varilla Treaty ...

One of President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders has reignited a debate over the future of Alaska’s vast wilderness ...

Begich said William Seward, the U.S. secretary of state who orchestrated the Alaska purchase from Russia, also showed interest in purchasing Greenland. "Concepts like these are history defining ...

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary of the sale in 2017, Willie L. Iggiagruk Hensley, a visiting professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage, wrote about ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase about 50 million pounds of Alaska seafood to use in national food and nutrition-assistance programs, state officials said on Tuesday. The seafood ...

Tokyo may include such a commitment among other concessions to reduce the $56 billion bilateral trade deficit and stave off ...

Senator Dan Sullivan urged Japan and other U.S. allies to consider supporting a $44 billion gas pipeline project in Alaska, ...

President Donald Trump said that the United States and Japan are discussing a pipeline project in Alaska after meeting with ...

An energy firm affiliated with Hilcorp Alaska will buy an unused natural gas export terminal on the Kenai Peninsula and convert it to an import facility, the company announced Thursday.

From the Louisiana Purchase to the Alaska Purchase and even leasing Guantánamo Bay, here are territories the U.S. has purchased. The U.S. purchased 828,000 miles of land west of the Mississippi ...