The Panama Canal has taken on an unexpected significance in Trump’s second term. So what is it? Why is it important? And why does Trump want to take it over ...

President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office for the second time Monday. In the editorial cartoon gallery’s lead image, Scott Stantis sees Trump’s two terms as huge tomes ...

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) introduced a bill in the House that would authorize President-elect Donald Trump to negotiate taking back the key commercial shipping waterway.

In the 1970s, a conservative coalition came together to fight ceding control of the Panama Canal—proving the political potency of the issue.

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Panama is weighing whether to cancel its contract with the Hong Kong-based company that operates ports near the Panama Canal, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later ...

It's unclear how the issue of ownership of the Panama Canal became a talking point for President-elect Donald Trump this week, but the question has a long political history.

Trump's claim that Chinese soldiers exercise authority over the Panama Canal is inaccurate, but his assertion that China manipulates the use of the passage is a long-held U.S. concern.

HISTORY DEPT. There’s More to Trump’s Bluster Over the Panama Canal Than You Think History shows that, while voters may not care about the canal itself, they may care about what it represents.