Marco Rubio is the child of Cuban refugees, so he knows exactly how dangerous a dictator—like Castro, say, or Xi, or Kim, or Putin—is to the health and welfare of the citizens living within an ...

Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a ...

The secretary of state is facing growing pressure to make progress on some of President Trump's key foreign policy goals this ...

“Marco Rubio is secretary of State, but will Elon Musk have Trump’s ear on Ukraine? Will Mike Waltz or Donald Jr. or Tucker Carlson have the last word on NATO policy?” asked one senior ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat in on the contentious Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The internet and SNL had jokes.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Marco Rubio is secretary of State in name ... say they increasingly worry Rubio does not have the president’s ear and almost no sway over Musk.