Defense Secretary Hegseth said the U.S. and Panama are strengthening security ties and "together" will "take back" the canal from the influence of China, which operates two major ports.

President Trump said Saturday that American commercial and military ships should not have to pay to travel through the Panama ...

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week, the second senior U.S. official to visit the country in as many months, as President Donald Trump says America is “reclaiming” the ...

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

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On the latest episode of The President’s Inbox, Jim sat down with Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at the Council, to discuss President Donald Trump’s effort to reassert U.S. influence ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to get a close-up look at the Panama Canal on Tuesday, as he kicks off a rare visit to a Central American nation ... and worked to stem migration from ...

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Freelance Writer Pete Hegseth omitted a key point about the Panama Canal in the English version ... the first U.S. defense secretary to visit the Central American country in decades.

China has hit back at the US after it said it would not allow China to “weaponise” or “threaten” operations of the Panama Canal.