Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State
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World
U.S. Approves $930 Million HIMARS Sale to Sweden, Arming NATO's Newest Member With Ukraine War's Signature Weapon
The State Department cleared a $930 million package of 20 M142 HIMARS launchers, guided rockets, and tactical missiles for Sweden -- the country's first purchase of the system that redefined NATO precision fires in Ukraine.
World
Sanders Forces Senate Votes on $447 Million in Emergency Arms Transfers to Israel
Two joint resolutions of disapproval will come to the Senate floor Wednesday, targeting 12,000 one-thousand-pound bomb bodies and Caterpillar military bulldozers that Secretary of State Rubio authorized without congressional review during the war with Iran.
Power
Two Consent Decrees Now Bar Four Federal Agencies from Pressuring Social Media Platforms Through 2036
Federal courts in Louisiana and Texas have entered binding consent decrees restricting CDC, CISA, the Surgeon General, and the State Department from coercing social media companies to suppress speech -- the first court-ordered limits on government-platform relations, though significant gaps remain.
World
Trump Attacks NATO After Rutte Meeting: 'They Won't Be There If We Need Them Again'
President Trump posted a blistering attack on NATO hours after meeting Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House, demanding allies commit naval forces to the Strait of Hormuz within days and signaling the administration may relocate US bases away from uncooperative members.
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American journalist Shelly Kittleson freed in Iraq prisoner swap after week-long kidnapping
Kataib Hezbollah released the 49-year-old freelance journalist in exchange for six detained militia members, ending a week of captivity that began with a daylight abduction on a Baghdad street.