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Marco Rubio was grilled in the Senate about Trump’s foreign policy. Trump wants to use foreign aid funds to return migrants to conflict areas. Who? Ukrainians, Haitians and others who fled to the U.S. amid extreme, ongoing violence in their home nations. The plan would spend up to $250 million of foreign aid funds.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested President Donald Trump wouldn’t join a meeting of Group of 20 leaders in South Africa later this year, saying the country has been “consistently unaligned” with US policy.
President Trump publicly dressed down the president of South Africa based on a fringe conspiracy theory, providing a vivid distillation of his views on race.
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The Times of Israel on MSNRubio: Trump still wants to push Saudi normalization, but Riyadh won’t move forward amid war in GazaTrump still wants to push Saudi normalization, but Riyadh won’t move forward amid war in Gaza appeared first on The Times of Israel.
President Donald Trump has honored the 2025 NCAA basketball champion Florida Gators at the White House, proclaiming that “lesser teams would have crumbled” during its nail-biting title game victory.
By Patricia Zengerle, Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Donald Trump's steep cuts to the foreign aid and diplomatic budgets on Tuesday in his first testimony as the country's top diplomat to his former colleagues in Congress,
The House Rules Committee started debating the “big, beautiful bill” at 1 a.m. Wednesday and is still going, seeking consensus from the Republican factions that want their conditions
Congressional Democrats have taken note of the appointments and objected to what they describe as an end-run around the Senate’s right to confirm people for those roles.