Samoa’s first female Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa faces entrenched patriarchal forces as she fights for re-election.

President Donald Trump’s order to re-open distant, protected Pacific waters to U.S. fishing fleets followed years of dire warnings by the region’s commercial seafood interests.

Hawaii’s Xevani and Xeyana Salanoa both getting starting jobs for the Samoa Women’s National Team against the Cook Islands in ...

As islands in the Pacific Ocean basin, American Sāmoa and Hawaiʻi have strong connections across marine ecosystems and cultures. While Hawaiʻi has banned seabed mining in state waters, which extend ...

Deemed an innocent bystander by police, he was killed by a volunteer “peacekeeper” for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake ...

American Samoa Lt. Gov. La’apui Talauega Ale and Guam Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio are attending the Forum Officials Committee Meeting and Forum Ministers Meeting being held in Suva, Fiji this week.

Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin, American Samoa’s longest serving delegate to the U.S House of Representatives, died Feb. 22 at his home in Provo, Utah, according to a statement released by ...

“American Samoa has been U.S. soil, U.S. jurisdiction, for 125 years. According to the supreme law of the land, that’s my birthright.” ...

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 ...

American Samoa votes for a representative for Congress every two years. The representative participates in House functions, including voting on committess, but cannot vote on the floor.

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 ...

In 2016, the American Samoa Renewable Energy Committee (ASREC) set a goal to meet 100% of American Samoa’s energy from renewable energy resources by 2040, primarily with solar energy.