The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new policy confirming that symbols like the swastika are prohibited after an earlier report suggesting a new policy dropped the classification of various hate ...

The Coast Guard is pushing back on reports that it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols -- with a categorical denial. A Coast Guard document dated Nov. 2 appears to suggest ...

The Coast Guard reinforced its stance on characterizing swastikas as hate symbols following confusion about the branch’s hate symbols policies, triggered by a report noting a change in wording from ...

Reporter “Information has impact,” the Washington Post has insisted. And on Thursday, the paper showed how quickly its reporting could lead to results. At the same time, it got labeled as a purveyor ...

The US Coast Guard denied claims it’s revising its policies to reclassify hate symbols, including the swastika and nooses, as “potentially divisive” symbols — slamming the suggestion as “categorically ...

The Coast Guard said Thursday a Washington Post report that claimed it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols is “categorically false.” “The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will ...

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika Thursday night, prohibiting “divisive or hate symbols or flags.” The change came hours after The ...

A U.S. Coast Guard logo is displayed on the side of a patrol boat in San Diego, Calif., on Sept. 26, 2025. Credit - Kevin Carter—Getty Images “Information has impact,” the Washington Post has insisted ...

The Coast Guard is pushing back forcefully against reports suggesting it changed how it classifies hate symbols like swastikas and nooses, issuing what officials describe as a categorical denial amid ...