In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman remains in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as its crew assesses damage from a ...

Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding control of the critical waterway ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his heart: immigration, counternarcotics and curbing Chinese influence in the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio greets State Department staff during a welcome event at the State Department, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco ...

The Trump administration is taking proactive measures to regain control over the Panama Canal and reduce Chinese influence at ...

The Panama Canal has become a major – and unexpected – focal point of President Donald Trump’s second administration. He has repeatedly stated his intention to reclaim control over the century-old ...

Trump has risked sparking diplomatic crises and economic turmoil with his threats of tariffs and talk of purchasing foreign ...

"All the while, the Chinese Communist Party uses diplomatic and economic leverage — such as at the Panama Canal — to oppose the U.S. and turn sovereign nations into vassal states.” ...

His boss, President Trump, says Panama should give the Panama Canal back to the U.S. But Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said this week that’s “impossible,” and a U.S. military ...