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  • rubioPolitics

    ‘NATO needs to be reimagined,’ Rubio insists. Trump just ‘complains about it louder than other presidents’ did

    By Matthew Lee, Stephen Groves, and others
  • rubioNorth America

    State Department suspends all U.S. aid to Somalia, citing ‘zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft, and diversion of life-saving assistance’

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • Men watch smoke rising from a dock after explosions were heard at La Guaira port, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Politics

    Rubio suggests the U.S. won’t govern Venezuela day-to-day and will use oil quarantine to exercise control

    By Regina Garcia Cano, Matthew Lee, and others
  • TrumpPolitics

    ‘Adapt, shrink or die’: Trump begins slashing UN aid with $2 billion pledge a fraction of previous contributions

    By Jamey Keaten, Matthew Lee, and others
  • TrumpPolitics

    State Department announces massive $10 billion arms sale to Taiwan, infuriating China

    By Matthew Lee, Simina Mistreanu, and others
  • RubioNorth America

    Calibri is woke and Times New Roman is MAGA: the culture wars come for fonts

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • TrumpNorth America

    Trump administration orders embassies, consulates to prioritize visas for sports fans traveling for World Cup, Olympics

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • Trump, MBSMiddle East

    A key negotiation for Trump, MBS during Saudi visit to Washington: future Palestinian statehood

    By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, and others
  • President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington, as from left, Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, look on. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Middle East

    Rubio says Trump is ‘not happy’ about Israel’s strike on U.S. ally Qatar targeting Hamas operatives

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • CostcoPolitics

    Trump’s plan to hit Iranian diplomats where it hurts during UN visit: Banning them from Costco and Sam’s Club

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gestures as he boards his flight before departing from Subang Air Base, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, July 11, 2025, after attending the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)Politics

    Days after Supreme Court go-ahead, State Department fires over 1,300 employees

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)Politics

    Rubio meets China’s foreign minister in Malaysia as U.S.-Chinese tensions grow over trade and security

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • Marco RubioAI

    State Department warns diplomats of AI impostor posing as Marco Rubio

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Chinese students wait outside the U.S. Embassy for their visa application interviews, in Beijing on May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)Politics

    State Department restarts foreign student visa process but applicants will now have to unlock their social media accounts for review

    By Matthew Lee, Alice Zhang, and others
  • Afrikaner refugees from South Africa holding American flags arrive, Monday, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Politics

    Trump says administration welcomed 59 white South Africans as refugees because of ‘genocide that’s taking place’

    By Matthew Lee, Rebecca Santana, and others