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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The firings added to doubts about whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency’s acting head, supports lifesaving ...

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

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 ...

We’ve given up everything to serve our country overseas, and we’re being maligned by the richest asshole in the world.” ...

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 ...