In December 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump began repeatedly calling for the return of the Panama Canal to the United States. In a Dec. 21, 2024 post on his social media platform Truth Social, ...

In his first speech as America's 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump called for the U.S. to gain control of the Panama Canal, stating, "We're taking it back." Without evidence to support his ...

The Erie Canal Museum is commemorating the final year of the Erie Canal Bicentennial in 2025 and has an exciting year of programming on the horizon to explore the last 200 years of Erie Canal history ...

Artists share unique photographic perspectives on the Erie Canal’s history and legacy. Three artists-in-residence use photography to explore the Erie Canal’s bicentennial, connecting past and present ...

Upstate New York’s Erie Canal offers countless ways to explore its scenic beauty and history. Whether you prefer to walk, bike, drive, or even pilot your own boat, there’s something for every kind of ...

For close to a month, President-elect Donald Trump has warned that the Panamanian government needs to reduce the shipping rates and fees placed on U.S.-based vessels going through the Panama Canal, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 200 years since one of the United States’ greatest accomplishments first opened: the Erie Canal. Just like the advent of the cotton gin, the telephone and the ...

This, said Portage Mayor Bill Tierney, summarizes the history of the Portage Canal. From the 1834 formation of the Portage Canal Company to its 1876 completion to its final use in the 1950s, the canal ...

The successful completion of the Panama Canal on April 1, 1914, stands as one of the most significant moments in the development of the West Coast shipping industry, and, in particular, the ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. PANAMA CITY, Panama—A Chinese cultural center ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Erie Canal song, famously known for its lyrics about a mule named Sal and 15 miles on the canal, has a rich history that many may not know. News10NBC’s Erin Mahon explored the ...

The controversy also provoked the predictable bevy of corporate media commentary criticizing Trump: Pundits explained, as if uninformed Americans thought otherwise, that he cannot simply “take it back ...