MAGA is pressing the Trump administration to write a new chapter in America's expansionist history — one that adds territory and influence as part of a new Western empire. Why it matters: On its face,

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The president who promised domestic solutions has instead inserted the U.S. into many other nations' conflicts, most recently Venezuela's. Why?

Mr. Trump has a more realistic view of America’s strategic ends than George W. Bush did, but just as stunted a vision of its strategic means. Every new president, it seems, arrives in office thinking that war has up till now been waged in the wrong ways and at the wrong times. He will wage it less, and where he must wage it, wage it better.

President Trump hasn't withdrawn from the world. He increasingly asserts U.S. interests by rhetoric and force.

At the end of World War II, the U.S. and its allies made a compelling case that protecting and promoting human rights is not only the right thing to do; it lays the foundation for a stable international order. Although often honored in the breach, that proposition has stood the test of time.

Critics of the US ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this weekend have regularly invoked President Donald Trump’s comments during the 2016 campaign.

It has been almost a year since President Donald Trump took office for the second time, promising at his inauguration, “During every single day of the Trump administration, I will, very simply, put America first.

President Donald Trump campaigned on being “America First.” What do Arizona Republicans think about adding running Venezuela to his portfolio?

The state of Georgia has launched an "America First" license plate for $90, alongside a commemorative America 250 design. Nine states, including Massachusetts, now offer such plates.