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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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.

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

The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer recognize swastikas as symbols of hatred, instead acknowledging the Nazi symbol as ...