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  • 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
  • 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