

Nation Jan 31

A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling guns and drafting a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for firearms and drug offenses.
By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Nation Sep 08

Rescuers were searching Sunday for four crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire near a port on the Georgia coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
By Associated Press
Nation Feb 20

Christopher Paul Hasson wrote about biological attacks and had a hit list that included prominent congressional Democrats, activists, journalists and media commentators, prosecutors say.
By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Politics Jan 22

Funded by the Department of Homeland Security, which is affected by the government shutdown, the U.S. Coast Guard is the only branch of the U.S. military currently working without pay. But crews have still been deploying, and as Judy Woodruff…
Jul 23

By Associated Press
The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled Monday to begin the retrieval of a duck boat that sank while carrying tourists on a southern Missouri lake during powerful winds, killing 17 people.
Jun 01

By Joshua Barajas
President Donald Trump addressed the change-of-command ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard headquarters today. Watch the president's remarks here.
Vice President Mike Pence delivered the keynote address today. Watch his remarks here.
Jan 04

By Joshua Barajas
Federal investigators released the first images Sunday of the submerged wreckage of American cargo ship El Faro that went missing after it crossed paths with a Category 4 hurricane in October.
Nov 17

By Josh Lederman, Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — With a towering warship behind him, President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. will hand over two ships to the Philippine Navy to boost its maritime security capabilities, in a bid to show the U.S. and…
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