The US Coast Guard on Thursday issued a memo that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols,” in a rapid about-face ...

Any display, use or promotion of such symbols, as always, will be thoroughly investigated and severely punished,” Admiral ...

The new policy also prevents Coast Guard officers from immediately removing white supremacist symbols upon discovery.

After days of backlash, the Homeland Security Department said hateful and violent behavior would not be tolerated.

A Coast Guard personnel directive updated language identifying symbols of racial or religious hatred, setting off a political ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has reversed course on swastikas and nooses, saying they are "hate symbols" after reportedly issuing ...

Acting Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Kevin Lunday said hate symbols including swastikas and nooses remain prohibited as ...

The Coast Guard is pushing back on reports that it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols -- with a ...

The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses or other extremist imagery as prohibited ...

The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” ...

The Coast Guard is reacting to reports that it had downgraded swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols in its new harassment manual. A new policy debuted overnight.

The U.S. Coast Guard will stop classifying swastikas and nooses as hate symbols under a revised policy that takes effect next ...