Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took a victory lap over two recent “historic” agreements on the Panama Canal, marking major ...

He warned that China’s reach in the Western Hemisphere is already too big, and still growing. "What I saw down in Panama was not just about a canal," Hegseth told Fox News host Will Cain.

We certainly respect the sovereignty of the Panamanians,” the U.S. defense secretary said before departing the country back ...

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

Reporter Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned there’s so much communism in the air at the Panama Canal you can “feel it.” “I want to thank President Molina, a pro-Trump, pro-America p ...

US and Panamanian military forces conduct a joint drill at the Panama Canal during the visit of US defense secretary Pete Hegseth to Port of Rodman in West Panama, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

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

At a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Sec. Pete Hegseth spoke about Panama. Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth ...

I’ve visited the Panama Canal three times ... It’s an amazing structure of dams and locks that allows big ships to avoid long voyages around the tip of South America. It lets them take ...

FILE PHOTO: The Balboa Port is pictured after Hong Kong's CK Hutchison agreed to sell its interests in a key Panama Canal port operator to a BlackRock Inc-backed consortium, in Panama City.

(Reuters) - The number of vessels that transited the Panama Canal, the world's second-busiest waterway, fell to an average of 33.7 per day in March for a total of 1,045 ships that month ...

A cargo ship transits through the Panama Canal's Cocolí Locks in Panama City, Panama, on February 21, 2025. MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP US troops will be able to deploy a string of bases along the ...