The U.S. acquired the rights to build and operate the canal in the early 20th century, but at the time, Panama was in the ...

Trump has criticized Panama over increasing fees, warning that if it doesn't change, he will demand the canal's return to the ...

President-elect Donald Trump ran on a platform of isolating the US from foreign conflicts like the Ukraine war, increasing ...

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants ships to pay less to move through the Panama Canal, and he said he would demand ...

Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the ...

The U.S. helped Panama secede from Colombia in 1903 to build the passage that now carries more than 10,000 ships a year.

After Donald Trump suggested the U.S. can retake control of the canal if it’s not “treated fairly,” Panama’s president pushed ...

Trump’s other claim, that China is seeking to exert more control over Panama and the Canal Zone, is not without merit. In 2017, Panama signed a joint communique that stressed it would not ...

In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that ...

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino rejects Trump's demand to reclaim canal control, asserting national sovereignty over the ...

A History of the Panama Canal — and Why Trump Can't Take It Back on His Own PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this ...