As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration ...

when locks in the canal were expanded to make room for the bigger vessels increasingly favored by shipping companies. Officials in Maryland had seen the economic opportunity presented by the ...

Risk-taking is another quality that defines Maryland, whether it was developing the nation's first steam-powered railway, forging an important canal system or fostering the art of self-taught artists.

Rubio, traveling to the Central American country and touring the Panama Canal on his first foreign trip as top U.S. diplomat, held face-to-face talks with Mulino, who has resisted pressure from ...