The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday released a new policy on hateful symbols such as swastikas and nooses after a Washington Post report said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will classify such ...

References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols “potentially divisive” were removed Thursday, and a U.S. senator said she was lifting a hold she had placed on a nomination for the service’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer is hoisted into a Sikorsky-built MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter hovering off Seattle in August 2023. ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has again classified swastikas and nooses as hate symbols ― and prohibited them. On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that under new guidelines, these items were no longer ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — A U.S. senator said Wednesday that she is pausing the nomination for the top Coast Guard job because leaders appeared to have “backtracked” on a commitment to ensure that swastikas ...

Washington — The Senate confirmed Admiral Kevin Lunday as Coast Guard commandant Thursday night after agency guidance on the display of hate symbols such as swastikas and nooses was clarified.

The U.S. Coast Guard has — for a second time — done an about-face on a policy about the display of hate symbols in response to public outrage. The Washington Post reported Thursday that a previous ...

WASHINGTON — Adm. Kevin Lunday has been confirmed as the Coast Guard’s commandant after the service revised its guidance on hate symbols, prompting Senate Democrats to lift their holds on his ...