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News Articles: marco rubio

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.

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  • World

Marco Rubio defends foreign affairs cuts and Trump's Russia talks in Senate hearing

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending major cuts in the foreign affairs budget as he testifies on Tuesday before the Senate committee where he used to serve.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
Pope Leo XIV with Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, on the occasion of their meeting at the Vatican, Monday.

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  • World

Pope Leo meets with Vance, who delivers an invitation to visit the White House

The meeting appeared part of an effort to reset relations with the Vatican after Pope Francis repeatedly criticized President Trump's migration policy. Vance also gave Pope Leo a Chicago Bears jersey.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks at the State Department in Washington, April 1 2025.

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  • World

Marco Rubio announces overhaul of U.S. State Department

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled his plan to streamline a department that he says has become too bloated over the years. He's cutting 132 offices and about 700 jobs at the state department

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
Secretary of State Marco Rubio before a meeting with the French foreign minister in Paris on Thursday to discuss steps toward a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Trump may abandon Ukraine peace talks 'within days,' Rubio warns

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the U.S. would walk away from efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine if progress isn't made within days.

April 18, 2025
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio next to special envoy Steve Witkoff (center) and France's foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, before a meeting at the Élysée presidential palace in Paris on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Rubio leads a U.S. team for Paris talks as Macron seeks unity on Ukraine

France hosted top diplomats from the U.S., Germany, the U.K. and Ukraine to discuss efforts toward a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Joanna Kakissis
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024.

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  • National

Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

The judge gave Khalil until April 23 to request a stay of his deportation and said that if his attorneys miss the deadline, she will order him deported either to Syria or to Algeria

April 11, 2025
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By:
  • Adrian Florido
Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, is among a group of lawmakers who signed a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia had been deleted.

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  • World

Trump admin. cuts funding for program that tracked Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Greg Landsman, a lawmaker who signed a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia had been deleted.

March 19, 2025
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  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
  • and 1 more
South Africa's ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington, Dec. 6, 2013.

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  • Africa

Trump Administration say South Africa's Ambassador to U.S. 'persona non grata'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's kicking out the Ambassador from South Africa -accusing him of hating America and hating Donald Trump.

March 15, 2025
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By:
  • Kate Bartlett and
  • Michele Kelemen
Secretary of State Rubio (center) flanked by Doug Burgum, secretary of the interior, and President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting on Feb. 26. On Monday, Rubio posted on X that 83% of USAID contracts had been canceled following a review.

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  • Global Health

Rubio announces that 83% of USAID contracts will be canceled

In a memo posted to X on Monday morning, the secretary of state said 5,200 contracts had been canceled following a six-week review.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address at the Cape Town City Hall on Feb. 6.

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  • Africa

What's Trump's beef with South Africa?

Trump has accused South Africa of "human rights violations" and a land grab. The South African government has hit back.

February 07, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
In this photo illustration, a message appears on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) website on Feb. 5. The Trump administration issued a directive late Tuesday night that all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally Friday at midnight.

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  • Politics

USAID unions sue Trump administration to halt 'unconstitutional and illegal' cuts

After Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel to continue in jobs past Friday, unions representing USAID workers sue the Trump administration over cuts to the agency.

February 06, 2025
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  • Shannon Bond,
  • Jenna McLaughlin,
  • and 1 more
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in on Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

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  • Latin America

Three things to know about Rubio's first international trip

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the canal.

February 01, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen and
  • Eyder Peralta
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens as Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody speaks during a press conference on Sept. 17, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Ashley Moody, Florida's attorney general, tapped to fill Rubio's Senate seat

Gov. Ron DeSantis praised Moody, who has served as Florida's attorney general since 2019, for fighting against policies he described as part of the Democratic Party's "woke agenda."

January 16, 2025
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  • Padmananda Rama
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing at Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 15.

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  • Politics

Marco Rubio on a smooth path to Senate confirmation as next secretary of state

Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at Wednesday's hearing and appears headed for confirmation under President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen and
  • Claudia Grisales
Former President Donald Trump watches as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a campaign rally on Nov. 4 in Raleigh, N.C.

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  • Politics

President-elect Trump is expected to nominate Marco Rubio for secretary of state

If confirmed, the Florida senator would become the first Latino to ever serve as the nation's top diplomat.

November 12, 2024
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  • Jeongyoon Han and
  • Claudia Grisales
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