Photo: Patrick Pleul/Zuma Press In his inauguration speech, President Trump accused Panama of violating the terms under which the U.S. handed over the Panama Canal. “We’re taking it back ...

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 ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...

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 ...

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 ...

He said Panama will review its arrangement with a Hong Kong-based company to operate ports on either end of the canal. And he reportedly offered US Navy ships an exemption from canal transit fees.

On Wednesday evening, the U.S. State Department said via X that “U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the U.S. government millions of dollars a ...

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During meetings with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, Rubio warned of China’s “influence and control” near the canal’s logistics chain. In response, Mulino announced that Panama ...

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