Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet got her first bill through the House ― a provision that requires the Coast Guard to develop a ...

NewsNation’s Nancy Loo gets an exclusive look at the USCGC Storis, the Coast Guard’s newest icebreaking ship, as the U.S.

Bipartisan legislation designed to help keep shipping lanes open in the winter and ultimately strengthen the midwestern ...

The Storis, named using a Scandinavian word that means “great ice,” will be the first new icebreaker to join the polar fleet ...

The Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter program received $4.3 billion under the federal budget bill, but it isn’t expected to deliver its first new ship until 2030 at the earliest.

Rear Adm. Bob Little is the new commander of the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska, just as the big budget bill passes the president ...

Rear Admiral Andrew J. Tiongson, Pacific area commander, honored Dean on Friday during a transfer of command ceremony. District 17 was renamed to the Arctic District on July 3. All districts across ...

'Big Beautiful Bill' supercharges Coast Guard’s Arctic icebreaker fleet Federal officials have long warned the Coast Guard needed new ships to patrol icy waters eyed by China.

The Coast Guard currently only has one heavy icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, and it's almost 20 years beyond its expected service life.

The Coast Guard's other icebreaker, the 27-year-old medium-duty USCGC Healy, has suffered repeated fires. Last year the Coast Guard cancelled its planned Alaska-area patrols due to an engine-room ...

On Thursday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY National Correspondent Trevor Hughes breaks down a part of the recent tax bill that adds new ships to the Coast Guard's fleet in the ...