References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols “potentially divisive” were removed Thursday, and a U.S. senator said she was lifting a hold she had placed on a nomination for the service’s ...

In November 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that, according to a new policy, the U.S. Coast Guard would no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols starting in December 2025.

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 U.S. Coast Guard released a new policy on hateful symbols such as swastikas and nooses Thursday after a Washington Post report said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will classify such ...

The Coast Guard is scrambling to insist it is not changing its policy after it was set to downgrade the swastika and noose to “potentially divisive” symbols before quickly reversing course and ...