Former U.S. senator from Florida Marco Rubio jumps into new role as secretary of state with flurry of phone calls, planned trip to Panama.

US diplomats have requested an urgent exemption for Ukraine-related programmes from a 90-day freeze on foreign aid and “stop work” orders issued by secretary of state Marco Rubio, according to documents seen by the Financial Times and people familiar with the matter.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on U.S. diplomats to forcefully defend and execute ...

Secretary of State Rubio spoke with China's Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Marco Rubio told State Department employees that changes under President Trump “are not meant to be destructive, they’re not meant to be punitive.”

Marco Rubio was overwhelming confirmed by the Senate as secretary of State to Donald Trump. He becomes the global face of Trump's foreign policy.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the US has not stopped military aid to Ukraine after the new Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he would pause foreign aid grants for 90 days.

U.S.-funded aid programs worldwide have begun firing staff and preparing to shut down their operations as an unprecedented Trump administration freeze on foreign assistance brings their work to a sudd

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday (January 25, 2025) the U.S. has not stopped military aid to Ukraine after newly sworn in U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered a pause Friday on "all ... President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Saturday that the U.S. had not halted military aid to Ukraine. The order more specifically ...

The new secretary of state took center stage in a diplomatic rift with Colombia over deportation flights, adding teeth to Trump's threats of sanctions.