Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States is supporting the Panamanians’ efforts to push China out of the Panama Canal. Hegseth met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Tuesday ...

notes that it was actually the Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa who did the glimpsing, and that countryman Hernán Cortés—the cutthroat conqueror of the Aztec Empire—wasn’t even ...

OPINION - “Together with Panama in the lead, we will keep the canal secure and available for all nations through the ...

Hegseth, who was in Panama to meet with its government officials, spoke from a new U.S.-financed pier at the Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Naval Base, where he said Beijing would not be allowed to ...

Speaking at ribbon cutting for a new U.S.-financed dock at the Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Naval Base, Hegseth said the U.S. would not "allow Communist China, or any other country to threaten the canal ...

The United States of America will not allow Communist China, or any other country to threaten the canal’s operation or integrity,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, speaking at a ribbon cutting at ...

Hegseth's comments came during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new U.S.-funded dock at the Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Naval Base.