1 day ago · U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his heart: immigration, counternarcotics and curbing Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere.

2 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a staunch supporter of its mission while in the US Senate, reversing his ...

4 days ago · A United Nations Security Council meeting in two weeks could be a "very good opportunity" for Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to meet, China's U.N. envoy ...

1 day ago · Here's how Rubio's first trip abroad as top US diplomat got overshadowed by foreign policy at home U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused ...

1 day ago · Mr. Rubio sought to explain his support for the Trump administration’s systematic dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. during a question-and-answer session he held at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City ...

4 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the ...

4 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he's now acting director of the United States Agency for International Development and said it needs to align with an "America first" foreign policy agenda.

4 days ago · The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long strayed from its original mission of responsibly advancing American interests abroad, and it is now abundantly clear that significant portions of USAID funding are not aligned with the core national interests of the United States. As an interim step toward gaining control and …

4 days ago · Rubio Says He Now Runs Aid Agency, as Staff Are Blocked From Systems Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, told reporters he had taken over the U.S. Agency for International Development and would ...

U.S. diplomats have neglected the Western Hemisphere for too long. By Marco Rubio Jan 30, 2025 04:55 p.m. ET When Donald Trump won his sweeping victory in November, he received a mandate to put America first. In the realm of diplomacy, this means paying closer attention to our own neighborhood—the Western Hemisphere.