In 1823, President James Monroe wanted to stop European powers from meddling in the Americas. The idea had a corollary — that ...

President Trump has tightened the U.S. grip on the Americas by rewarding allies and punishing rivals. That has upended the ...

Through hard-nosed policies such as military strikes on drug cartels, Trump reasserts US primacy across the Western ...

The announcement comes after months of U.S. Southern Command strikes in the Caribbean on alleged drug-trafficking boats.

# Monroe, the fifth president of the United States (1817-25), was the last of the so-called ‘founding fathers’ of the American republic to serve as president. His tenure was not especially ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday evening a new operation dubbed “Southern Spear” to quash ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new U.S. mission, Operation Southern Spear, targeting narco-terror groups across ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Operation Southern Spear, a U.S. military mission targeting "narco-terrorists" in ...

On Nov. 13, 2025, the White House announced a series of new trade framework agreements with Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, and El ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new military and surveillance campaign in the Western Hemisphere on Thursday, ...

The country's largest aircraft carrier joined thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear ...