NBC News' Courtney Kube reports on the Trump administration directing the U.S. military to begin developing options for the Panama Canal, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump's White House has reportedly asked the United States military to draw up plans to a military operation ...

Potential plans range from partnering more closely with the Panamanian military to a less likely option of U.S. troops ...

Donald Trump has said repeatedly that he wants to “take back” the Panama Canal but has not offered specifics about how he ...

The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?

One way or the other, we’re going to get it,” President Donald Trump said of Greenland, asserting that the autonomous Danish territory and the Panama Canal were vital to security.

President Donald Trump’s concerns about Chinese influence on the Panama Canal have put the 51-mile trade artery under the spotlight in recent months. Amid Washington’s fears that any potential ...

The Panama Canal is one of the most strategically vital waterways in the world. An engineering marvel that transformed global commerce, this maritime shortcut solidified the U.S.' geopolitical ...

Shortly after Trump won the 2024 election, he also began rekindling his interest in dramatically expanding US territory, including by acquiring Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal Zone.

This story began with an image, a 4-year-old Cristela Guerra next to a U.S. soldier during one ... “I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate.” When Cristela was 14-years-old, she watched the ...

With that in mind today, a clear solution presents itself: invite US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which was which was headquartered in the old Canal Zone until 1997, back to Panama. The logic behind ...

Panama and China have hit back at American claims about Beijing’s influence over the Panama Canal, saying they were “lies”. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants the US to ...