The ‘might makes right’ worldview and ambitions that drive the top US diplomat spearheading Trump’s foreign policy.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was once a longtime supporter of the recently gutted U.S. Agency for International Development. You wouldn’t know that from his early days as USAID’s acting ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has set off on his first international trip. Rubio is scheduled to visit El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic. His trip comes as ...

The Senate chair of the DOGE Caucus is exposing a "demonstrated pattern of obstructionism" at the U.S.' top aid agency in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday in the hopes of undergoing negotiations over wars in Ukraine ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told embassy officials that it was "not our intention" to uproot USAID staffers working abroad, despite the agency mandating their return. Marco Rubio met with El ...

The Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to overhaul federal agencies in Washington are gaining momentum despite ...

Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world. Her reported column ...

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