They were born on U.S. soil, are entitled to U.S. passports and allowed to serve in the U.S. military, but 11 people in a small Alaska town are facing criminal charges after they tried to participate ...

The political crisis has unfolded against the backdrop of a deteriorating economy and growing social disaster, and amid ...

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

Notably, the government of American Samoa as well as the American Samoa’s non-voting delegate in the US House of Representatives believed the Supreme Court should not take up the case because ...

the American Samoa government has announced that foreigners can now acquire or start a new limited liability company (LLC) in the territory. This new development opens up opportunities for foreign ...

The waters off American Samoa could come up for lease for mineral exploration under a process the Trump administration will ...

According to the territory's government, the cannery makes up 85 % of American Samoa's gross domestic product and is responsible for 99.5 % of its exports. In a letter to the U.S. Office of ...

“We fly the flag on our own island, but yet we’re not fully fledged citizens of the U.S.” Aumua Amata — American Samoa’s delegate to the U.S. House — and government officials on the ...

Josh Green on Friday in Honolulu. The funds were raised by the American Samoa government as well as the people of Samoa. Pictured in the foreground from left to right are Taiulagi Asuega ...

American Samoa operates under a democratic form of government with a territorial administration system under the sovereignty of the United States. Its legal system is based on customary law and ...

As of 2024, nearly 5,000 needy, elderly, blind or disabled individuals in American Samoa receive ASNAP benefits from the government. These benefits provide essential food assistance to supplement ...

In an attempt to alleviate Samoa’s economic crisis, Fiamē’s government has sought to maintain ... the effects of climate change as a vital American interest.” “The single most important ...