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 ...

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 U.S. Coast Guard clarified its “hate symbols” policy after Jewish groups and lawmakers blasted a revision the military service made to its anti-harassment regulations. "The Coast Guard does not ...

Facing backlash over recent policy wording, the Coast Guard moved Thursday to make one thing clear: "hate symbols" such as swastikas and nooses remain forbidden in the service. The Coast Guard ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

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

Senate Democrats placed the confirmation of the head of the Coast Guard on hold after a dispute regarding the branch’s hate symbol policies. Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) ...

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 ...