Even if programs are allowed to resume after the 90-day freeze, much of the damage—not just to the recipients of USAID ...

But secretary of state Marco Rubio says it would be absurd to charge the US warships that would defend waterway ...

The US used to spend more on international development than an y other nation, but with Donald Trump and Elon Musk freezing ...

The trip was as much about Central America as it was about China as the Trump administration aims to reclaim American ...

Feb. 6, 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio made his first foreign trip in office to Central America with the Panama Canal ...

The State Department said Wednesday that "U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees." ...

Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said it was "absurd" that U.S. government ships are charged to use the Panama ...

The meeting comes after the State Department on Wednesday night claimed that Panama had agreed to stop charging the U.S. for using the canal, which Mulino claimed was based on a "falsity." ...

The Panama Canal Authority put out its own terse statement saying it had “not made any adjustments” to the fees.

Panama has denied the U.S. State Department's claim that the country will eliminate fees for U.S. government vessels transiting the Panama Canal.