Contained in the new federal spending law formerly known as the "Big Beautiful Bill" is funding for 17 icebreakers, 21 cutters, more than 40 helicopters and six large patrol airplanes, Coast Guard officials said.

The service will receive funding for more ships, helicopters and unmanned systems and maintenance of installations and infrastructure.

Two teenagers and a firefighter were saved from a rocky cliffside in a dramatic helicopter rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard near Roads End Point in Oregon on Saturday, July 5, 2025. (Credit: U.S. Coast

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The U.S. Coast Guard announced last week that it is renaming its districts, with the Portsmouth-based District 5 being renamed the Coast Guard East District.

The Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light is no longer needed by the U.S. Coast Guard, according to a notice from the U.S. General Services Administration.

Texas, weighs in on some Democrats politicizing Texas' flash floods and commends the state's 'inspirational' rescue efforts on 'Hannity.'

A military aircrew on a long flight may have, yet again, passed the time by sketching genitals across the sky.