The Independent has asked the White House and Pentagon for comment. open image in gallery President Donald Trump has vowed to ‘take back’ the Panama Canal, believing it is in the U.S.’s favor.

Ongoing investigations into leaks at Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense have led to mistrust between the Pentagon and the ...

WASHINGTON — The White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options to increase the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Donald Trump’s goal of “reclaiming ...

Opinion: Lawyers for Civil Rights Executive Director Iván Espinoza-Madrigal explains why the White House's attempts to wrest ...

President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about taking back the Panama Canal isn’t just bluster, according to an NBC News report Thursday that described how the White House “has directed the U.S ...

The White House has asked the United States military to draw up plans for how it might seize the Panama Canal “by force,” a bombshell report revealed Thursday. The alleged directive comes a ...

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that all U.S. ships should be able to travel through the Panama and Suez canals for free, adding that he has already instructed Secretary of State Marco ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

But Panama distancing itself from Beijing seems to have pleased the Trump administration. The White House did not immediately provide comment on whether Hegseth’s messaging reflected a change in ...

With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Panama is recalibrating its foreign policy to align with a shifting Washington. The confirmation of Kevin Cabrera as U.S. ambassador signals Panama ...

The U.S. military is reportedly drawing up plans to increase American troop presence in Panama at the direction of the White ...