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  • 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
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    Secretary of State Rubio now has double role as he takes over Walz’s old job as national security adviser

    By Matthew Lee, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • US Secretary of State Marco RubioPolitics

    Marco Rubio unveils massive State Department overhaul that includes a 15% staff cut and the closure of 100 bureaus worldwide

    By Farnoush Amiri, Matthew Lee, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC UNITED STATES- MARCH 14: The exterior of the State Department complex is seen on March 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Politics

    Elon Musk’s 28-year-old DOGE lieutenant dismantled USAID. Now it’s taking place at the State Department

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, and others
  • FILE – Right-wing activist Laura Loomer speaks in front of the courthouse where the hush-money trial of Donald Trump is underway, April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)Politics

    Trump fires NSC officials day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raises concerns about their loyalty in Oval Office meeting

    By Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 24, 2025. US President Donald Trump reiterated his call for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates during a Cabinet meeting on Monday, as he continues to push the central bank on monetary policy. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    What degree of power will America command in NATO? Europe warily awaits U.S. secretary Marco Rubio to determine the future of the alliance

    By Matthew Lee, Lorne Cook, and others
  • Elon Musk speaks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Pool via AP)Politics

    Federal workers start to get a new email demanding their accomplishments

    By Chris Megerian, Adriana Gomez Licon, and others
  • Demonstrators protest against cuts to American foreign aid spending, including USAID and the PEPFAR program to combat HIV/AIDS, at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Politics

    Trump administration blames ‘institutional drift’ as it plans to cut over 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Mark Sherman, and others
  • FILE – President-elect Donal Trump looks at France’s President Emmanuel Macron in Notre Dame Cathedral, Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool, File)Politics

    French and U.K. leaders visit Trump in White House as Europe worries about U.S. ties to EU and Ukraine

    By Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a joint statement to the media at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem on February 16, 2025. Rubio said Palestinian militant group Hamas “must be eliminated”, after meeting on February 16 with Israel’s prime minister. (Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Israel’s Netanyahu calls Trump proposal to remove Palestinians from Gaza ‘the only viable plan to enable a different future’

    By Matthew Lee, Natalie Melzer, and others
  • Volodomyr Zelenskyy speaks on stage at the Munich Security ConferencePolitics

    Zelenskyy says he believes Trump is the key to ending the Russia-Ukraine war—but mentioned it was ‘not very pleasant’ Trump spoke to Putin first

    By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, and others
  • JD Vance speaks in front of a microphone to world leadersPolitics

    World leaders expected clarity on Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine. Instead, JD Vance scolded them on immigration and lectured them about censorship

    By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, and others
  • Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump shake handsPolitics

    ‘It’s time to stop this ridiculous war’—Trump and Putin come to the negotiating table over Ukraine

    By Matthew Lee, Eric Tucker, and others