A US military commander met with Panama Canal administrators on Thursday to discuss ways to "counter Chinese Communist Party influence"over the critical waterway, the latest visit by a high-ranking ...

Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to ...

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Trump's Panama Canal threats are the latest in a long history of US interest and involvement in Panama. America invaded a few ...

It evokes memories of the 1989 US invasion of Panama to depose de facto ruler General Manuel Noriega, a conflict that lasted several weeks and rapidly overwhelmed Panamanian forces. "I was the ...

As the Trump administration negotiates for what it says will be a better deal over the use of the Panama Canal, the Navy has declined ... with China or a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, Mercogliano ...

Photo: Ben Curtis/Associated Press Panama’s president accused the Trump administration on Thursday of lying about a deal that would give the U.S. Navy free access to the Panama Canal ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...

U.S. Navy ships transiting the Panama Canal aren’t entitled to a free ride just yet despite the State Department’s announcement this week saying they would transit the waterway without paying ...

A cargo ship waits at Balboa port before crossing the Panama Canal in Panama City on February 4, 2025. MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP The Panama Canal Authority on Wednesday, February 5, denied it will ...

What’s With Trump and the Panama Canal? The Panama Canal has become a major – and unexpected – focal point of President Donald Trump’s second administration. He has repeatedly stated his ...