Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will visit Panama next week for meetings with the country's leaders, following remarks from President Donald Trump about potentially acquiring the Panama Canal.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week, the second senior U.S. official to visit the country in as ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal from “China’s influence” on Tuesday during a visit to the key shipping lane. “China did not ...

Panama's president has denied claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that America is literally retaking the canal.

Hegseth's comments came during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new U.S.-funded dock at the Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Naval Base.

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

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but ... That sentence ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth secured commitments but left some Panamanian officials wondering if they would mollify ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in the first visit by a Pentagon chief to Panama in decades, said he sees the canal as key terrain that Panama would secure together with the US - and not with ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent details ... about operational plans for the Panama Canal, carrier movements in the Red Sea, Elon Musk’s visit to the Pentagon last month and the March pause ...