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

The U.S. Navy, in anticipation of a war in East Asia, would use the canal to move ships and submarines from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

On a sunny day last week, a group of American teen-agers marched up and raised a U.S. flag over their high school at Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone ... of the U.S. Southern Command, sent Army ...

UNT Dallas political science professor outlines the implications of Trump’s threat to the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestion ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s threat last weekend to reclaim the Panama Canal was designed to make ... presence in the Americas, the Southern Command has raised flags about Chinese investment ...

One issue gaining interest concerns the Panama Canal, which has operated since its opening in 1914. France was an original sponsor in constructing a canal. A canal could pay immense dividends for ...

“The Panama Canal is doing quite well,” Donald Trump ... Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command, identified Chinese investment in the region as “a serious threat” before ...

The CEO of the Panama Canal has denied President-elect ... Richardson, the head of U.S. Southern Command, told lawmakers that the People's Republic of China (PRC) "messages its investments as ...

As Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Panama ... Panama Canal Zone may have served to deter northward migration from South America, reducing immigration pressure on America’s southern ...

In recent weeks, Trump has expressed interest in securing U.S. control of the Panama ... of the Panama Canal," said General Laura Richardson, then-head of the U.S. Southern Command, in July ...