Secretary of State Marco Rubio is adding a new role to his portfolio: acting head of the embattled U.S. Agency for International Development. In recent days, Elon Musk, the ultrawealthy ally of ...

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Since late January, Pete Marocco, a State Department political appointee who was a divisive figure in the first Trump ...

The State Department has declared several Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, with Department of Government ...

Trump campaign advisor and CEO of X Strategies, Alex Bruesewitz, called her new slot: ‘a smart move and certainly a step in ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to explain the department’s plan to purchase $400 ...

Elon Musk's "dual roles pose conflicts of interest so obvious that they hardly require explanation," Sen. Richard Blumenthal ...

Top Treasury officials have complained about disruption. The secretary of state has pushed back on staff cuts. Inside the ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for a response from the U.S. State Department after reports surfaced about $400 million ...

The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and others told employees not to respond to a directive from Mr. Musk ... of State Marco Rubio, the agency ...