New Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that he will rid the State Department of work on climate and "cultural" issues.

On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad: the United States plus India, Japan and Australia, representing nearly 2 billion people and more than a third of global GDP.

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Rubio called China the "most potent, dangerous adversary" during his confirmation and is expected to work with India, Japan, and Australia to counter this.

The senator’s criticism of Chinese “genocide” led the country to forbid his entry, and his attack on Elon Musk’s company could rile Trump’s key adviser.

Hours after taking oath as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump reversed the Biden administration’s decision to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Donald Trump said he would impose high tariffs and further sanctions on Russia if it continued its "ridiculous war".

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 13 to 2 on Monday night to advance Noem’s nomination to the Senate floor.

Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website.

Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.