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Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Gulf—meeting UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain—to press allies on the Iran nuclear deal, a high-stakes mission as critics question his hawkish stance and Vice President JD Vance has largely steered public debate on Iran, potentially reshaping U.S. diplomacy amid a fragile Tehran ceasefire.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent four days in India engaging in ceremonial moments—from praying with Kolkata nuns to meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, visiting the Taj Mahal, and watching folk performances in Jaipur—part of a push to repair relations strained by Trump-era tariffs and Pakistan ties. While the pageantry signals a diplomatic reset and has drawn some cautious optimism from analysts, critics say the approach may be more transactional. The trip is framed around strengthening Indo-Pacific alignment, with signs of positive shifts like India reducing its Russian energy purchases cited as potential gains.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends the push for a deal to end the war with Iran as Republican hawks urge a restart of hostilities, while Trump says negotiations are in their final stages; Rubio signaled that he expects some good news in the coming hours as talks near completion.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Pope Leo XIV in Rome as relations between the Vatican and the White House linger at a low point after President Trump’s criticisms of the pope and his Iran War stance, with Rubio signaling discussion of Middle East and Western Hemisphere issues in a bid to reset diplomacy.
Sen. Marco Rubio is set to testify against his former confidant, ex-rep. David Rivera, in a federal trial over Rivera’s alleged secret lobbying for Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuelan government as an unregistered foreign agent, a saga that underscores their long-running Miami political partnership and Rivera’s controversial past.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to St. Kitts and Nevis for a regional summit to emphasize the Trump administration’s focus on the Western Hemisphere, even as Middle East tensions over Iran loom in the background following the U.S. military’s capture of Nicolás Maduro last month.
At the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States and Europe “belong together” to keep the Western alliance intact, while denouncing globalization, open borders, unfettered free trade, deindustrialization and mass migration; European leaders meanwhile pressed for more European independence from the U.S. amid tensions over issues like Greenland and Ukraine.