ELLEN KNICKMEYER

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing to examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of State on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) DCJL105 DCJL105

May 20, 2025 at 10:13 am

Rubio defends Trump’s foreign policy as Democrats press him on Gaza aid and white South Africans

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators have sparred over a wide range of the Trump administration’s foreign policies: Ukraine and Russia, the Middle...

May 15, 2025 at 6:02 pm

Trump’s Mideast trip splashes out on deals and diplomacy but is quiet on human rights VIEW

Human rights received far less mention on President Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East this week than is usual for presidential visits to autocratic...

May 14, 2025 at 3:36 pm

New US-backed group says it will start aid operations in Gaza within weeks

A new humanitarian organization with U.S. backing says it expects to begin aid operations in Gaza before the end of the month.

May 12, 2025 at 7:50 am

USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it VIEW

In a way, the requiem of a now dismantled agency that promoted U.S. security through development and humanitarian work abroad can be told through its...

Nation & World

May 11, 2025 at 9:01 pm

USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it VIEW

In a way, the requiem of a now dismantled agency that promoted U.S. security through development and humanitarian work abroad can be told through its...

May 10, 2025 at 5:48 am

Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia raises the prospect of US nuclear cooperation with the kingdom

Saudi Arabia wants U.S. help developing its own civil nuclear program, and the Trump administration says it’s “very excited” at the prospect.

Business

May 9, 2025 at 9:54 am

Rubio defends Trump’s foreign policy as Democrats press him on Gaza aid and white South Africans

Trump’s Mideast trip splashes out on deals and diplomacy but is quiet on human rights VIEW

New US-backed group says it will start aid operations in Gaza within weeks

USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it VIEW

USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it VIEW

Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia raises the prospect of US nuclear cooperation with the kingdom

To keep millions alive after aid cuts, pull climate and other funding in richer nations, group says

Memorial wall to fallen USAID staffers is removed from the agency’s former building

The US oversees a peace pledge for east Congo, hoping to ease its access to critical minerals VIEW

Rubio says Iran must give up nuclear enrichment in any deal with the US VIEW