“Marco #Rubio told #Panama ’s president in a face-to-face meeting Sunday that the Central American ally must reduce alleged Chinese influence over the #PanamaCanal area or the #Trump administration would take “measures necessary” to do so.”
https://apnews.com/article/panama-rubio-trump-canal-mulino-illegal-immigration-f159e218e66812bc0e462d8fb8bb5b5f
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Secretary of State Marco #Rubio says he is acting USAID administrator as Elon #Musk and #Trump work to dismantle the longtime international aid agency https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/politics/usaid-washington-workers?Date=20250203&Profile=cnnbrk
Trump Cancels Lifesaving USAID Programs, Despite Pledge of 90-Day Review
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The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
#News #Trump #USAID #Rubio #Aid #Gaza #Syria #Congo #HIV #Ebola #USPolitics
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And there it is: no crime. No hint of a crime. Just reliance on the rarely-used provision that allows Rubio to personally revoke the green card.
Aaron Rupar:
Leavitt: "Secretary #Rubio reserves the right to revoke the visa of Mahmoud Khali. Under the immigration and nationality act, the secretary of state has the right to revoke a green card or a visa for individuals who are adversarial to the foreign policy and national security interests of the USA."
“Just two days ago, JD #vance said the U.S. would stay out of this fight. But now, the #Trump team rushed in to claim credit for stopping the war. #Rubio called it a big win for peace and praised #Modi and #Sharif for choosing talks over bombs.
But here’s the truth: #India’s government later made it clear — the #ceasefire was arranged directly with Pakistan, not through the U.S. This flat-out contradicts Trump and Rubio’s claims. Once again, they lie about everything, even in a global crisis. And the shelling started again within hours. If this is Trump’s idea of “peace,” the world has every reason to worry.”
“ #Rubio Skipping #Ukraine Talks as Zelensky Rebuffs U.S. on Crimea
The decision by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pull out of the meeting and an objection by Ukraine’s leader to a key U.S. proposal raised questions about the state of the negotiations.”
https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fnyti.ms%2F4jqWtr2