It was after midnight in Malaysia when Secretary of State Marco Rubio dialed into a call between President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The topic was Ukraine and Rubio, on his first trip to Asia as Trump’s top diplomat,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced mass layoffs at the U.S. State Department as part of a major restructuring plan by the Trump Administration. The New York Times reported that 1300 State Department employees are being laid off,

US: On May 21, Secretary of State Marco Rubio faced tough questioning before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at the "Protecting American Interests" hearing, a day after getting into some heated exchanges at a Senate panel over the Trump administration shifting its foreign policy and humanitarian efforts,

Marco Rubio has instructed U.S. diplomats not to comment on the legitimacy or fairness of foreign elections, breaking with decades of American diplomatic practice. The memo, sent to all Foreign Service officers overseas,

The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there's a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.

The State Department will scale back its assessments of elections in foreign countries, only chiming in publicly when there is a “clear and compelling” foreign policy interest, according to a new

The U.S. State Department, led by Secretary Marco Rubio, has ordered diplomats to refrain from commenting on the fairness of foreign elections, marking a policy shift from promoting democracy. Statements can only be issued if they align with a clear foreign policy interest,

A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.

The order says the U.S. will only comment if “there is a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest to do so.”

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, walks on his way to a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, unseen, during the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting and related meetings ...