Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to Panama late next week in his first official diplomatic trip late, amid ...

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

Tensions between the U.S. and China have been rising for some time now, and Rubio's appointment has widely been seen as a ...

Panama has begun an audit of a Hong Kong company that operates ports at either end of its canal, aiming to dispel Washington’s fears of growing Chinese influence over a strategic waterway that ...

They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

Marco Rubio will travel to Panama on his first trip abroad as secretary of State. The visit comes as Donald Trump looks to reclaim Panama's canal.

Marco Rubio will head overseas late next week; he's also scheduled to visit Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

Trump has been making certain goodwill gestures, from inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration ceremony to ...

The Senate resolution echoes Trump’s references to the money the United States spent to build the canal at the beginning of the 20th century.

The president repeated false claims related to the 2020 US election in addition to unfounded allegations against immigration.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America, ...