Panama has reportedly submitted a formal letter to the U.N. rejecting Trump's statement about reclaiming the canal. The country's President José Raúl Mulino said in the letter, dated January 20, that the canal "is and will continue to be Panama's," the New York Times reported.

President Trump took the oath of office for the second time and was sworn in as the 47th president. He laid out a sweeping agenda and declared that the country’s golden age “begins now.”

Donald Trump argues that the US needs Greenland for national security, while a retaking of the Panama Canal is necessary to curb the overcharging of American ships and combat Chinese influence.

When Donald Trump returns to the White House on Monday, his family circle will look a little different than it did when he first arrived eight years ago. His youngest son, Barron, was in fifth grade back then.

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.

Barron Trump attends Inauguration Day with Melania Trump and the rest of the family, 8 years after his father's first term in office.

President Donald Trump said he was “saved by God to make America great again” during his inauguration on Monday, referring to the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on him in Pennsylvania during his election campaign.

Two high-profile prisoners have been released after Trump issued nearly 1,600 pardons and commutations in connection with the attack.

President Donald Trump has pledged to declare a national emergency on the border with Mexico, bring back "free speech", and recognise only two genders in his inaugural speech after being sworn in as the 47th US President.

Within hours of swearing in as 47th US President, Donald Trump marked his priorities through his executive orders which ranged from crackdown on illegal immigration to ending birthright citizenship and relief to TikTok.

In recent weeks, when he was President-elect Donald Trump publicly said that Panama should return the Panama Canal to the United States, and he would not rule out using military force to reclaim it. At his presidential Inauguration on Monday Trump doubled down on saying that his new administration was going to take back the canal.

In continuing a stream of controversial pardons, President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued clemency to two former police officers who were sentenced to prison in connection to death of a Black man in 2020.