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

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

The Coast Guard said Thursday a Washington Post report that claimed it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate ...

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

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

According to a November 2025 Coast Guard policy, symbols like swastikas and nooses were "potentially divisive" rather than ...

Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines. The policy, ...

Admiral Kevin Lunday denied recent claims by The Washington Post that the service was removing the 'hateful' designation from ...

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika Thursday night, prohibiting ...

The U.S. Coast Guard clarified its “hate symbols” policy after Jewish groups blasted a revision the service made to its ...

Washington Post claims it reviewed documents redefining symbols as ‘potentially divisive’; Coast Guard rejects 'categorically ...

According to documents, the new policy also downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag, though displaying ...