When the Panama Canal was unveiled by the United States in 1914, the roughly 50-mile-long waterway symbolized American power ...

The United States spent almost $500 million (roughly equivalent to $15.2 billion in 2023) to finish the Panama Canal project.

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago ...

Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter ...

They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

UNT Dallas political science professor outlines the implications of Trump’s threat to the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestion ...

A military operation against a tiny neighbor would destroy US credibility in Latin America and provide a boost for China and ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...

President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition ...