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.

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.

While Rubio’s anti-China rhetoric aligns with Washington’s broader geopolitical goals, the tools at his disposal are insufficient to match Beijing’s economic engagement.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the State Department on Thursday to immediately stop processing applications from trans, intersex, and nonbinary people for passports that accurately reflec ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened the heads of the Taliban with a “very big bounty” after hearing that more American hostages are being held by the group. “Just hearing the Taliban ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered a pause Friday on "all new obligations of funding, pending a review, for (U.S.) foreign assistance programs funded by or through the Department and USAID."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Chinese Foreign Minister and Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi that the Trump administration will put the "American people first ...

Vice President JD Vance has sworn in Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, the first of Trump’s cabinet nominees to take the job. Rubio said Trump’s primary priority will be furthering the United ...

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was confirmed unanimously by the Senate to be the next secretary of state, making him the first of President Trump's Cabinet picks to receive congressional approval.

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

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 Marco Rubio pledged in his first remarks as top US diplomat to ensure that the agency he now leads isn’t left behind in shaping US foreign policy.