U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday focused again on China's presence in the western hemisphere, one day after calling the world power a threat to the Panama Canal. Speaking at a ...

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth breaks down recent arrangements around the Panama Canal and addresses rising temperatures in ...

US President Donald Trump's bid to take back control of the Panama Canal has put his counterpart Jose Raul Mulino in a ...

The Trump administration has made the security of the canal, built by the U.S. more than a century ago, a top priority for ...

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

When American officials state one version of reality while Panamanian officials assert another, international audiences ...

The Panamanian government is resisting the whims of the head of the Pentagon to establish American bases there. Businessman ...

The Monroe Doctrine seeks to exclude outside powers from the Western Hemisphere. It is key to protecting the U.S. and our ...

A newly signed agreement between the US and Panama grants US troops access to Panama-controlled facilities for training and ...

"China did not build this canal. China does not operate this canal and China will not weaponize this canal,” the Pentagon ...

“China’s military has too large of a presence in ... Hegseth was speaking a day after meeting Panama's President José Raúl Mulino and touring the Panama Canal. The two countries agreed ...