Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others ...

By declaring he’d put tariffs on goods from the South American country, the president imperiled a growing influx of foreign ...

The Rundown President Trump issues executive orders on energy production, water supplies, and climate change. Other executive ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has a wake-up call for President Donald Trump over his ongoing obsession with acquiring Greenland ...

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio embarks soon on his inaugural trip as the United States’ top diplomat. His first stop, Panama ...

which could allow the US to retake the canal zone by force. A cargo ship sails through the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City, Panama, on Dec. 28, 2024 AFP via Getty Images The ...

The United States spent almost $500 million (roughly equivalent to $15.2 billion in 2023) to finish the Panama Canal project. This was by far the largest American engineering project to date.

Following pressure from anti-colonial movements, the U.S. signed treaties in 1977 granting Panama control and full sovereignty over the canal zone and guaranteeing its permanent neutrality.

China’s influence on the Panama Canal poses "acute risks to U.S. national security," Sen. Ted Cruz is warning Tuesday, alleging the Chinese Communist Party has taken a "militaristic interest" in ...

Through this erasure, the canal and its Zone became artificially disconnected from Panama and Panamanians.” US control of the geostrategically critical canal helped kick off the ‘American ...

The second, the Panama Canal Treaty, stated the Panama Canal Zone would cease to exist on Oct. 1,1979, and the canal would be turned over to the Panamanians on Dec. 31,1999. After nine weeks of ...