The United States will "take back" the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

The number of vessels that transited the Panama Canal, the world's second-busiest waterway, fell to an average of 33.7 per ...

including the Panama Canal. Today, the concern from President Donald Trump and some other policy leaders is that China’s influence in the region has extended far beyond culture and is aimed at ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the U.S. will take back the Panama Canal from "China’s influence" as Washington tries to reassert control over the major trade route.

Perhaps the recent fuss over the Panama Canal will deliver one worthy result: U.S. Navy ships won’t have to pay a fee to move through the isthmus that divides two oceans. If that’s the outcome ...