Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today marks the anniversary of one of the most controversial land deals in American history: the Alaska Purchase or Seward's Folly ...

Wednesday marks the 150th anniversary of the US taking possession of Alaska following the 1867 purchase of the territory from Russia. The idea of an "Alaska Purchase" saw a renaissance last month, ...

As Republican leadership searches for the 50 th vote in favor of Graham-Cassidy, their apparently randomly chosen vehicle for repealing the Affordable Care Act, rumors abound of a sweetheart deal ...

William H. Seward regarded the purchase of Alaska as his greatest achievement and Alaskans are prone to agree. But biographers from Outside say Seward's other accomplishments were far more critical to ...

A recent suggestion by President Donald Trump to purchase Greenland from Denmark brought mixed reactions from the public with some supportive of the proposal while others ridiculed it. It wasn’t, ...

As the deadline to pass their health care plan looms, Capitol Hill Republicans are looking anxiously to Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The Alaska senator was one of three in her party to vote against ...