The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that supported manifest destiny, the idea that Americans were predestined to occupy the entire North ...

President Trump has signed pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. That's as Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president, issued preemptive pardons to Dr.