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.
Rubio called China the "most potent, dangerous adversary" during his confirmation and is expected to work with India, Japan, and Australia to counter this.
MIAMI – Just a day after President Joe Biden took Cuba off the list of nations ... Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said Cuba belongs on the list, adding the incoming Trump administration ...
The American people can rest assured that Marco Rubio will be an outstanding secretary of State, and the Senate should approve his nomination with robust bipartisan support immediately. Thanks to President Joe Biden, he will certainly have his hands full.
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.
The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new cabinet.
Former President Joe Biden signed a number of pardons and commutations on his way out of the White House as per tradition, according to new information.
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.
In a speech on Tuesday, Rubio defended his department’s employees but warned of alterations to come under Trump.
The Trump administration added Cuba to the state sponsor of terror list days before the Republican left office in 2021 and it has remained there throughout the Biden administration. Just three other countries, Syria, Iran and North Korea, are currently on the State Department list.
With just days left in office, President Joe Biden will give a farewell speech on Wednesday from the Oval Office, touting his administration's key accomplishments.