marco rubio

BARONE: The sudden political star of Trump II: Marco Rubio

April 11, 2026 Michael Barone

“White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict.” So reads the headline on the front page of the Washington Examiner’s website in the early hours of April 1, the third month of […]

BARONE: Marco Rubio — more than just the good cop

February 28, 2026 Michael Barone

My first reaction to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech, delivered on Valentine’s Day, at the Munich Security Conference, was, “Last year, President Donald Trump sent the bad cop, Vice President JD Vance. This year, […]

US strikes Venezuela, captures Madura

January 3, 2026 The Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in an extraordinary nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes following months of escalating […]

STAM: A collision course with itself?

December 19, 2025 Paul Stam

Recently I read several news items that convinced me that the foreign and economic policies of the United States government are on collision courses with themselves. 1. “(Marco) Rubio wants allies urged to restrict immigration. […]

HILL: Sometimes you might get what you don’t want

November 13, 2025 Frank Hill

A friend recently took me to get some coffee and leaned over and asked me in an earnest manner: “What is going to happen in the next two elections?” I appreciated his faith in my […]

JOECKS: Trump’s Middle East triumph embarrassed the self-proclaimed experts

October 27, 2025 Victor Joecks

A New York real estate developer and TV star just outsmarted America’s highly credentialed foreign policy establishment. Hamas recently returned its last 20 living hostages to Israel. That was part of a stunning Gaza peace […]

Impostor uses AI to impersonate Rubio and contact foreign and US officials

July 8, 2025 Matthew Lee

RALEIGH — The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using technology driven by artificial intelligence, according to two senior officials and a cable […]

JOECKS: When judges violate the Constitution

April 5, 2025 Victor Joecks

Leftist judges want to turn President Donald Trump into a president in name only. Look at all the ways that individual judges have hamstrung the Trump administration. A district court judge recently blocked Trump’s executive […]

MATTHEWS: The Mahmoud Khalil case is not about ‘free speech’

March 20, 2025 Stacey Matthews

Earlier this month, former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Khalil, a Syrian-born man whose parents are Palestinian, was one of the leaders of the antisemitic […]

Lara Trump leaves RNC, eyes Senate

December 12, 2024 The Associated Press

Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House. Among those […]