Although the American Samoa government opposes birthright citizenship, its concerns are unfounded, the brief states, because the other U.S. territories have enjoyed U.S. citizenship for decades ...

According to the federal government’s appeal, the case centers around the question of whether American Samoa is “in the United States” for purposes of the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.

These included the most expensive trip during the period, the 11-day visit by Charles and the Queen to the Commonwealth Heads ...

While American Samoa has been US soil since 1900, the territory’s residents have never been recognized as US citizens by ...

The defendants, who range in age from their 20s to their 60s, were all born in American Samoa — the only U.S. territory where residents are not automatically granted citizenship at birth.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department said on Thursday it was publishing a request for information and interest to explore the potential for seabed mineral leasing offshore American ...

An AP digital embed map, current as of June 6, 2025, illustrates the locations of American Samoa, a U.S. territory, and Alaska, a U.S. state, AP said in a report. The map is related to an incident ...

An official in charge of the king's finances told reporters the train is too costly to operate and that they are focused on ...

American Samoa’s colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship Alaska isn’t the only state where confusion over voting by American Samoans has surfaced in recent years.

The South Pacific island nation of Samoa will hold a snap election on Aug. 29 after Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa’s ...

An illegal voting case highlights lingering confusion over rights extended to citizens of American Samoa, a territory of the ...