Since returning to power in January, Donald Trump has vowed to 'take back' control of the strategic waterway that the United ...

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested the possibility of reestablishing a U.S. military presence in the country to help ...

Two versions of a joint statement by the Defense Secretary and Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino had a major difference.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth floated the idea on Wednesday of US troops returning to Panama to "secure" its ...

During a visit to Panama, Hegseth suggested that “by invitation” the United States could “revive” military bases or naval air ...

Speaking at a regional security conference, Hegseth said that China-based companies were controlling land and critical ...

Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez, left, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, and Southcom ...

People will make their own judgement.” Speaking at a ribbon cutting for a new US-financed dock at the Vasco Nuñez de Balboa ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in Panama, amid repeated demands by US President Donald Trump to take back a key ...