A tour of America’s past through 26 works that captured the country’s character and contradictions.

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Days after entering office, the Trump administration announced tariffs on key US trading partners. While Canada and Mexico negotiated a one-month stay, it appears tariffs are set to play an even ...

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In December 1823, President James Monroe declared in his State of the Union address that “the American continents... are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonisation by any ...

When the pandemic struck the U.S. economy in 2020, the Federal Reserve's response was famously swift and expansive. From March to July 2020, it grew its balance sheet from $4 trillion to $7 trillion.

American farming has a dark and often forgotten history, one shaped by slavery, land theft, and systemic racism. Black farmers, once more than 14% of all U.S. farmers, were pushed off their land ...

President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is the latest chapter in a long history of U.S. intervention in the Caribbean basin, rooted in the 1823 Monroe Doctrine but ...

A Council on Foreign Relations symposium on the evolution of U.S. foreign policy since the end of World War II suggests two critical lessons for policymaking today. President Harry S. Truman confers ...

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, argues that any US-organised peace agreement would have to be accompanied by “security guarantees” from the US to prevent Russia from resuming its offensive in ...