(L) U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (C) poses for a group photo while touring the U.S. Coast Guard Station Charleston on November 7, 2025. (Photo by Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images) / (R) The building of the Washington Post newspaper headquarter. (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Coast Guard denies WaPo outlet’s claim of service dropping swastikas and nooses as hate symbols: ‘An absolute ludicrous lie and unequivocally false’

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday adamantly denied a “fabricated” Washington Post report that claimed the service was planning to stop classifying swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols” in upcoming internal guidelines.

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