The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land from the grasp of... What does Trump mean when he invokes America's ...

Some people coin phrases. Journalist John L. O’Sullivan minted one this week (Dec. 27) in 1845 when he wrote in The Democratic Review that it was America’s “manifest destiny to overspread and to ...

McKinley sent U.S. troops into Cuba into 1898 and then, at the conclusion of the Spanish-American War, justified the taking of the Spanish Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico with the argument that ...

Since the start of President Trump’s second term, the Department of Homeland Security’s social media team has published a stream of content worthy of a meme-slinging basement dweller on 4chan. Grainy, ...

Chances are you haven't heard the term "manifest destiny" since high school history class. That is until President Trump's inaugural address last month, when he used it to call for America to "plant ...