The lieutenant governors of Guam and American Samoa are participating in high-level discussions to advocate greater membership in the Pacific Islands Forum. American Samoa Lt. Gov. La’apui ...

The U.S. Interior Department has initiated a step to explore seabed mineral leasing offshore American Samoa. A request for ...

The U.S. Interior Department said on Thursday it was publishing a request for information and interest to explore the ...

The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor off the coast of American Samoa. The Interior Department announced late ...

President Trump, after signing an executive order to boost American Samoa's fishing industry, inquired about being "royalty" upon receiving a traditional garland. The executive order, titled ...

President Donald Trump reacted warmly on Thursday in the Oval Office after he was officially declared “royalty” in the US territory of American Samoa. After Trump signed an executive order on ...

In collaboration with Eastern Power Solutions (EPS), a turn-key solar energy service provider, the solar-plus-storage projects will support American Samoa Power Authority’s (ASPA’s ...

U.S. Congresswoman Amata Radewagen, who represents American Samoa, has urged the Trump administration ... Marine National Monument is based. Image courtesy of Erik Oberg/Island Conservation ...

From late July to October 2022, residents of the Manu'a Islands in American Samoa felt the earth shake several times a day, raising concerns of an imminent volcanic eruption or tsunami. An ...

Fitisemanu, a native of the U.S. territory of American Samoa, sued the U.S. in an effort to gain birthright citizenship. Photo by Christopher Lomahquahu/News21 John Fitisemanu distinctly remembers ...

As the leaders of the 18 members of Pacific Island Forum (PIF) convened in Tonga this week, one central agenda item was the status of Guam and American Samoa. As unincorporated territories of the ...

Apr. 14—In a letter to the U.S. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in September, American Samoa's Gov. Lemanu Mauga wrote that "fishing prohibitions not only weaken U.S. fisheries but also ...