President Trump's priorities of immigration enforcement and promoting U.S. interests in the Panama Canal lead the political agenda in Washington.

The Panama Canal’s future security may depend less on scrutinizing foreign presences and more on rekindling the kind of robust American partnership that made the Canal’s success possible in the

Cargo ships wait to transit the Panama Canal in Panama City, on June 28 ... security concerns from US officials and were cited by Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for secretary ...

Traditionally, when US secretaries of state make their international debuts, they travel to major US allies and offer bromides about working together.

Panama President José Raúl Mulino says there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal

We bet the folks building the Panama Canal in this Feb. 1, 1911 photo assumed the name would stick, but that’s up for debate these days. Fun fact: the Panama Canal took about 10 years to build, four years less than Boston’s Big Dig. (AP Photo)

Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, living and dying under Jim Crow conditions that the U.S. imposed in Panama.

President Trump's priorities of immigration enforcement and promoting U.S. interests in the Panama Canal lead the political agenda in Washington.

Coral Princess is scheduled to arrive in Fort Lauderdale on February 5. Although afflicted passengers can recover from the illness in one to three days, the CDC reports they may still spread norovirus for up to two weeks from recovery, which is well after the Princess Cruises ship arrives at port.

Rubio's stop in Panama also comes as Trump in recent weeks has said he wants the Panama Canal back under U.S. control, claiming that “American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way,