President Trump is flexing his muscle just a week into his presidency, using tariffs and sanctions as a leverage tool to ...

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.

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Marco Rubio will make his first trip as US secretary of state to Central American nations including Panama, a spokeswoman said Thursday, after President Donald Trump threatened to seize the Panama ...

Experts dispute President Donald Trump’s claims that the Panama Canal is controlled by China and overcharging U.S. ships.

William McKinley, the 25th president, loved tariffs and expanded American territory. What more do you need to know?

The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As ...

Time will tell. But it worked for Reagan, and it might just work for Trump. The United States gained control of the Panama Canal through a combination of strategic diplomacy, engineering ambition ...

Third, threatening to “take back our canal” ignores that the original Panama Canal has been superseded by a new, larger canal built by foreign engineers and capital, with Panama facing decades ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The administrator of the Panama Canal said Friday that the vital waterway will remain in Panamanian hands ...

Panama City — The administrator of the Panama Canal said Friday that the vital waterway will remain in Panamanian hands and open to commerce from all countries, rejecting claims by President ...