Panama's president has denied claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that America is literally retaking the canal.

Settling the future of one of the world’s most strategically important waterways took almost four decades of US diplomacy in the last century. Putting it up for grabs again took President Donald Trump ...

The American Society of Civil Engineers rates the Panama Canal as one of the modern “wonders of the world.” Although my farm is thousands of miles to the north in landlocked Iowa, I depend on ...

The Trump administration announced major moves in the Panama Canal this week, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explaining Thursday that the deals are a means of serving American interests and ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have ...

"We certainly respect the sovereignty of the Panamanians," the U.S. defense secretary said before departing the country back to Washington.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal from “China ... troops stationed in the Central American country.

PANAMA CITY — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure. Hegseth’s ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama ... the canal. Sean Parnell, chief Pentagon spokesman, said Friday that Hegseth will participate in the 2025 Central American ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that he would sign a declaration with Panama Wednesday on the security and ...