His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny ...

President Donald Trump has been emphatic about his desire to acquire Greenland — the latest development in an eventful saga ...

President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

Polk when he ordered General Zachary Taylor to seize disputed territory along the Mexican border with Texas. In the words of ...

What the President’s confrontations with Panama, Greenland, Canada, and Colombia suggest about his expansionist vision.

"54-40 or Fight" was the slogan of supporters James K. Polk in the 1844 presidential campaign, referring to their desire to take a substantial slice of what would eventually become ...

Atomwaffen Division cofounder and alleged Terrorgram Collective member Brandon Russell is facing a potential 20-year sentence ...

Created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 23, 1839. The county was named for then-Governor (and later President of the United States) James K. Polk. Burch E. Biggs’ grandfather, ...

A judge granted a motion Thursday afternoon to drop the final charges of failure to appear in court against Olivia Pollock ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Amid concerns of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across the U.S., the Polk County Sheriff’s office says ICE arrested one person at the Polk County Courthouse ...

KCCI received tips about agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, at the Polk County Criminal Court Building in Des Moines Thursday morning. The Polk County Sheriff's Office ...