The Trump administration has argued that the State Department is bloated and layoffs are necessary. The court found that’s for Congress to decide.

Notably absent from Rubio’s statement was any explicit assurance that the U.S. would back Israel if Tehran retaliated—a line that had once been a hallmark of U.S.-Israel policy. Trump, meanwhile, who finds himself increasingly at odds with Netanyahu over Iran and Israel’s conduct in Gaza, is walking a tightrope.

Experts and former officials said it was unusual for a cabinet secretary to try to influence the Treasury Department’s sanctions process to target a domestic entity.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday called Israel's strikes against Iran a "unilateral action" and said Washington was not involved while also urging Tehran not to target U.S. interests or personnel in the region.

The Russia Day holiday marks the country's 1990 declaration of sovereignty, more than a year before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Washington was not involved in Israel’s attack on Iran late Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed as he warned Tehran not to target American interests in the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump's allies often cite false claims to support their dismantling of USAID, the United States' main humanitarian aid agency.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. embassies around the world to move ahead with a directive to fire all remaining staffers with the U.S.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged the Treasury Department to open an investigation into whether Harvard violated federal sanctions laws by co-sponsoring a health policy conference in China that may have included blacklisted Chinese officials,

Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran as Israel said it targeted nuclear and m

Storey Rubio plans to launch her campaign by attacking the Republican incumbent as a “spineless moderate” who has not taken a hard enough line on border security.