The Coast Guard is seeing record-breaking numbers of drug hauls from its interdictions. Leadership said the service wants more ships, capabilities, aircraft, and people to keep up with drug runners.

In this report, the Congressional Budget Office analyzes patterns in the availability and use of aircraft by the U.S. Coast Guard, the agency responsible for protecting the nation’s waterways, from ...

The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday for two missing people on Lake Ponchartrain after their aircraft lost communications with air traffic control.

The service continues seizing record numbers of drugs at sea. In the last fiscal year, it brought in over 500,000 pounds of cocaine.