On This Day, Feb. 2: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican-American War

On Feb. 2, 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Remembering the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The United States secured the third-largest territorial acquisition in its history after a U.S. diplomat defied the president ...
Opinion
The White HouseOpinion

America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of Our Victory in the Mexican-American War

Today marks the 178th anniversary of our Nation’s triumph in the Mexican-American War—a legendary victory that secured the American Southwest, reasserted ...

Why the ghost of Epstein is driving Trump’s war ‘pageant’

In the 1997 movie Wag the Dog, the US president creates a fictional foreign war to distract attention from a sex scandal. Is ...

Green leader Zack Polanski says Britain should ditch Nato and form military alliance with MEXICO

He used a TV interview to said he wanted to 'reform' the military alliance that the UK has been part of since the early Cold ...

An internal document shows the Vietnamese military preparing for a possible American war

An internal document reveals Vietnam's military is preparing for a possible American war of aggression, viewing the U.S. as a ...
Pew Research Center

Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border are at their lowest level in more than 50 years

Since the first full month of Trump’s current term, the Border Patrol has recorded fewer than 10,000 encounters a month at the southwestern border.

All 2026 holidays you need to know, from federal days to Easter and daylight saving time

From New Year’s Day to Christmas, see every 2026 holiday, federal observance, religious date and seasonal milestone in one ...