The United States Coast Guard has revised and clarified its policy, removing its "hate symbol" designation for swastikas and nooses, instead labeling them as "potentially divisive," according to ...

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 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is scrambling to clarify proposed internal policy changes that appeared to loosen how the service branch handles the conduct within its ranks involving hate symbols including ...

Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., met with the Coast Guard’s acting commandant, Admiral Kevin Lunday, to discuss the policy. “He came by the office and assured us that there is an across-the-board ...

Admiral Kevin Lunday denied recent claims by The Washington Post that the service was removing the ‘hateful’ designation from symbols such as the swastika and the Confederate battle flag. On Thursday ...

WASHINGTON — Adm. Kevin Lunday has been confirmed as the Coast Guard’s commandant after the service revised its guidance on hate symbols, prompting Senate Democrats to lift their holds on his ...

A Coast Guard document appears to say hate symbols would be labeled harassment. The Coast Guard is pushing back on reports that it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols -- with ...

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 ...

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.

On Thursday evening, the U.S. Coast Guard again classified swastikas, nooses and similar imagery as prohibited hate symbols, just hours after internal documents and news reports showed the service was ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as ...