Marco Rubio Orders State Department to Close Office of Palestinian Affairs
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the State Department to close the Office of Palestinian Affairs, according to several reports.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the State Department to close the Office of Palestinian Affairs, according to several reports.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday that the “perpetrators, backers, and planners” of last week’s brutal terrorist attack in Kashmir “must be brought to justice.”
Officials from the Trump administration have reportedly notified Congress they plan to designate Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, a move that would authorize sanctions for any entity or corporation that provides material support for the gangsters.
In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, the State Department revoked the visas of 4,000 foreign students, 90 percent of whom have criminal records.
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce agreed with Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha’s argument that Russia’s proposal for a 72-hour ceasefire running from May 8-10 isn’t really a significant commitment since
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that we have seen indications from Ukraine that they want to end the war, but the same hasn’t been true of Russia and noted their attacks on
The State Department on Tuesday became the first department to launch a Substack as part of its mission to spread President Donald Trump’s America First message on emerging platforms and bypass the filter of “legacy, traditional media outlets.”
The State Department is slashing “decades of bloat and bureaucracy” with the termination of dozens of agency offices and more, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday announced sanctions against several American officials, including members of Congress, who allegedly “performed poorly” on issues related to Hong Kong.
ATHENS, Greece — Kimberly Guilfoyle is already a sensation in Greece, and she has not even had her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing yet.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday announced that the Trump administration placed sanctions on four individuals tied to La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican cartel linked to fentanyl and human trafficking.
The State Department confirmed on Thursday the liberation of American-Russian prisoner Ksenia Karelina, whom the Russian government had sentenced to 12 years in prison last year on charges of “treason” for donating to a Ukrainian charity.
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday raised El Salvador’s travel rating from Level Two to Level One, the safest rating for American travelers.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday repatriated three Americans accused of participating in a failed coup attempt against President Felix Tshisekedi in May 2024.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that 12 Chinese nationals have been indicted in a global “hackers-for-hire” scheme.
The United States on Thursday condemned Thailand for deporting 40 Uyghurs to China, despite fears they could face imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Breitbart News that his conversations with leaders across the Middle East suggest a “strong desire” in the region to see expansion of the historic Abraham Accords, and that worldwide the planet is thrilled President Donald Trump is back in the White House, as the “world has been dying for” Trump’s “kind of leadership” again in Washington.
Second high-level meeting between U.S. and Russia has been announced for Thursday, but State Department said Ukraine won’t be on the agenda.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Breitbart News exclusively that President Donald Trump and his administration are aiming to peel Russia off of China in much the same way former President Richard Nixon, during the Cold War, peeled China off of the Soviet Union.
Former Iranian parliamentarian Mohammad-Javad Larijani told the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) on Tuesday that Iran refuses to hold talks with the Trump administration because it fears the U.S. would use economic leverage to control Tehran, as it is allegedly doing with Ukraine.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Breitbart News exclusively that it is not a “serious offer” for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to ask for nuclear weapons for Ukraine in lieu of NATO membership as part of peace talks with Russia.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Breitbart News exclusively on Monday that the United States voted against a United Nations measure bashing the Russians for the war in Ukraine earlier in the day because it was “antagonistic” and ran counter to the efforts to bring both sides to the table and end the war.
Leonid Smirnov, an American business leader whose company Glavproduct was seized by the Kremlin, is asking President Donald Trump to intervene.
The State Department has ordered the cancellation of all news subscriptions that are “non-mission critical,” according to an internal email obtained by the Washington Post.
A senior State Department official confirmed that the State Department has granted foreign spending freeze waivers for Haiti.
MSNBC television host Rachel Maddow on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump and Elon Musk of “corrupt” self-dealing to purchase worth of $400 million of armored Teslas through a State Department contract.
The president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, said the U.S. Department of State’s claim about Panama Canal fees was false.
The Department of State announced on Wednesday that United States government vessels would be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal without facing “charge fees.”
Chinese officials are reportedly refusing to discuss Beijing’s travel ban against Marco Rubio, the former Republican senator from Florida who was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of State on Monday.
A group within the State Department focused on pushing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has reportedly canceled all future planned events in the wake of newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ascension.
One of the State Department’s first actions after the Senate confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio was to bar pride and Black Lives Matter flags at embassies and outposts.
President Donald Trump’s new Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is issuing an order to all State Department personnel effectively ending COVID-era work-from-home guidelines and ordering them all back to work in person at the State Department.
President Donald Trump’s newly-confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered a review and reapproval process for all planned official government travel of State Department employees, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.|
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) answered concerns about his longstanding, vocal stance against the atrocities committed by communist China in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday where he appeared following his nomination to be secretary of state.
Sen. Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a confirmation hearing for him to become Secretary of State on Wednesday, January 15.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next Secretary of State, will take the globalist foreign policy establishment to task in his opening statement at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
President Joe Biden announced he would remove Cuba from the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism.
President-elect Donald Trump is appointing Tammy Bruce, a political analyst, author, and former Fox News contributor, as the U.S. State Department’s spokeswoman.
The State Department has devised plans to distribute employees from the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which has funded the censoring of conservatives, to a new internal “hub” that will coordinate the same activities, as revealed by documents obtained by the Washington Examiner.
Internet watchdogs generally agreed that Internet freedom declined once again in 2024 – the fourteenth loss in a row, according to Freedom House.