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Are Trump and Rubio trying a version of trust but verify with Mexico?

“[T]here’s no other government,” said the United States secretary of State, “that’s cooperating as much with us in the fight against crime as the Government of Mexico.” Issued several days ago from the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City, with the uppermost tier of Mexico’s political elite beaming approvingly, it was …

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Rubio reveals shared intelligence prevented possible Hamas attack, discusses international stabilization force

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday said that the U.S., Israel and other mediators of the Gaza peace deal had shared intelligence to avoid a possible attack last weekend and would do so going forward. “We put out a message through State Department, sent it to our mediators …

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Rubio slams UNRWA as a 'subsidiary of Hamas,' vows it will not 'play any role' in delivering aid to Gaza

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who arrived in Israel shortly after Vice President JD Vance left for Washington, railed against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) amid the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. “UNRWA’s not going to play any role in it,” Rubio said …

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Rubio, Huckabee meet with families of US citizens whose remains are being held hostage in Gaza

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with the families of Itay Chen and Omer Neutra, two U.S. citizens whose bodies have been held hostage in Gaza since they were killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. “We will not forget the lives of …

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Stephen A. Smith warns ‘not a damn soul’ can beat Vance-Rubio ticket in 2028 presidential election

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith ended his radio show Thursday by predicting that no Democratic candidate has a real chance of beating a potential Republican presidential ticket of Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In response to a listener’s question about which Democratic lawmaker could take …

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Rubio ditches costly conference travel, slashes nearly $100M in Biden-era bloat

FIRST ON FOX: The State Department has spent nearly $100 million less on travel this year than last amid a wider effort to trim budgets, according to documents exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital. From January to September 2024, the Biden administration State Department spent $306 million on foreign and …

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