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Panama has denied the U.S. State Department's claim that the country will eliminate fees for U.S. government vessels transiting the Panama Canal, just one day after the State Department initially ...

Hong Kong CNN — Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding ...

Russia warned President Trump on Tuesday against seizing the Panama Canal, after he reiterated his intent to take control of the strategic waterway in his second inaugural address Monday.

What’s With Trump and the Panama Canal? The Panama Canal has become a major – and unexpected – focal point of President Donald Trump’s second administration. He has repeatedly stated his ...

Security officers attend a ceremony Dec. 31 in Panama City to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United States' ceding control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999. (Aris Martinez/Reuters ...

“The Canal is and will remain Panama’s and its administration will remain under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality,” said Mulino. Trump’s pledge to take control of ...

Of the many sweeping changes President Trump has been focused on during his return to the White House is control over the Panama Canal. Since winning the 2024 election, Trump has mused over ...

President Trump on Monday doubled down on his commitment to expand US territory, promising to take back the Panama Canal. Trump, re-upping a post-election promise, decried the US’s decision to ...

Mulino said he had told U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday that he could neither set the fees to transit the canal nor exempt anyone from them and that he was surprised by the U.S ...

The Panama Canal is no stranger to global attention. President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to “demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and ...