The Trump administration has shot back at a Washington Post article claiming the U.S. Coast Guard watered down its policy prohibiting the display of Nazi swastikas, with the Department of Homeland Security DHS calling the report “a demonstrably false storyline.”
Four suspected illegal migrants drowned late Friday night when a smuggling vessel capsized in rough waters near Imperial Beach, California. The U.S. Coast Guard recovered the bodies and rescued several others after a “panga-style” boat overturned near Seacoast Drive, triggering a multi-agency search and rescue operation. Four survivors were hospitalized, and one individual was transferred to Border Patrol custody.
Officers outside U.S. Coast Guard Base Alameda opened fire on a U-Haul truck that was allegedly being driven erratically before being placed in reverse toward law enforcement.
Following a seizure in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca offloaded more than 12,750 pounds of illicit narcotics with a street value estimated to be worth more than $94 million at Port Everglades, Florida, on Tuesday. The crew also transferred 29 smugglers to federal agents for prosecution.
Authorities have reportedly seized a record one million pounds of cocaine during fiscal year 2025, the news coming as President Donald Trump fights drug trafficking cartels.
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter offloaded 76,140 pounds of illegal drugs valued at $473 million in Port Everglades, Florida, this week — the largest drug offload in the service branch’s history.
A member of the U.S. Coast Guard is being hailed a hero for saving lives during his first rescue mission in the aftermath of the deadly Texas floods.
U.S. Coast Guard crews led a multi-agency, multi-national effort to seize more than 5,500 pounds of drugs from smugglers in the Caribbean Sea. The seizures came during four separate interdictions leading to the seizure of 2,200 pounds of cocaine and 3,320 pounds of marijuana in the days leading up to America’s 249th Independence Day celebration.
The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a whopping 28,000 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades on Thursday.
Scores of bikini-clad social media influencers were stranded on a rapidly sinking $4 million luxury yacht off Miami Beach over the weekend and had to be rescued by the Coast Guard and good Samaritans passing by.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations agents interdicted an attempted human smuggling incident off the coast of California, according to Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks. A video posted on X shows the agents ramming the alleged smuggler’s boat in an attempt to stop them.
One person is dead and several others left injured after a boat rammed into a ferry off the Memorial Causeway Bridge, Florida, on Sunday and then fled the scene.
The search continued on Monday after the U.S. Coast Guard was alerted to a boat capsizing off the Florida coast.
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded approximately 48,000 pounds of illicit narcotics with a street value estimated to be worth more than $509 million at Port Everglades, Florida, on Wednesday. The offloaded contraband, a result of thirteen offshore interdictions in international waters, will involve 11 separate criminal cases.
The United States Navy deployed an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to support border security operations. A contingent of U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement personnel will augment the ship’s crew.
The U.S. Coast Guard jumped into action as an elderly person aboard a cruise ship was experiencing medical issues offshore Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly terminated more than 400 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees in an ongoing purge.
A clip released by the U.S. Coast Guard appears to have recorded the moment the Titan submersible imploded in June 2023.
A small commuter plane crashed in western Alaska Thursday, killing all 10 people onboard.
The Trump administration reportedly evicted former a Coast Guard leader from her admiral quarters on Tuesday, two weeks after she was fired by President Donald Trump.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem directed the Coast Guard to reinstate service members who were discharged for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been relieved of duty due to diversity policies and perceived failures to secure the border.
U.S. Coastguardsmen reported a makeshift boat about to make landfall near Key West, Florida, last week. Border Patrol agents responded and found 24 migrants from Cuba.
A New Jersey sheriff attempted to track the mysterious drones that have been spotted flying over the state with his department’s own drone.
The U.S. Coast Guard Southeast Division made a daring rescue on Thursday as Hurricane Helene roared toward the coast of Florida.
One of the haunting final text messages from the crew of the Titan submersible was revealed during a hearing.
The latest research expedition to the Titanic has unveiled notable changes and discoveries from the ship’s wreckage.
A husband and wife who went missing off the Texas coast are lucky to be alive after being lost in the water for 38 hours, thanking God.
A 689-foot ship began taking on water after colliding with an underwater object in Lake Superior early Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Authorities said a passenger died after leaping from the world’s largest cruise ship on Sunday during a journey from Florida to Honduras.
A barge smashed into the Pelican Island Bridge in Texas on Wednesday, cutting off access to the island and resulting in an oil spill.
A dramatic scene was captured on video by witnesses who were stunned to see a pregnant woman being airlifted off of a cruise ship by the U.S. Coast Guard.
United States Coast Guard officials intercepted 16 migrants traveling on what looked like a homemade boat and repatriated them back to Cuba.
An 89,000-ton container ship lost propulsion Friday evening near a bridge in the waters around New York City, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
“The largest crane on the East Coast ” has arrived in Baltimore to start clearing away the twisted wreckage of the Scott Key Bridge.
It is thought the four remaining victims may now be entombed in vehicles below the wreckage of the bridge.
The rescue effort for a six-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was swept away by a rushing creek is now a recovery mission, officials announced.
A small plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Francisco, California, after “flying erratically” Sunday evening.
The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Monday an out of control lithium-ion battery fire on a cargo ship is out after days of burning off the coast of Alaska.
A heroic U.S. Coast Guard team rescued four fishermen and a dog after they lost control of their boat off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday.
