Foreign Policy

Marco Rubio.

Intelligence chief Jay Clayton warns Rubio of rising Iranian threats

Emily Hallas · October 24, 2026 6:18 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Starshield systems unlocked in Ukraine after uproar about military restrictions

ESPN television reporter Britt McHenry smiles before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets at Nationals Park, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Washington.

Britt McHenry resigns from State Department after basketball game altercation: Report

Marco Rubio.

Rubio calls for Cubans to partner with CIA

Witkoff and Kushner

Kushner promises legal action after new book claims multi-billion dollar corruption as top Trump diplomat

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington.

Trump demands allies assist with new ‘economic D-Day’ campaign against Iran

Emily Hallas August 19, 2026 8:27 pm

Trump talks to the press outside the White House.

Trump says Iran talks could resume ‘at some point,’ threatens ‘draconian’ sanctions

Emily Hallas August 19, 2026 8:07 pm

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee, speaks to reporters as he arrives for a closed-door meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, to prepare for a meeting with President Donald Trump Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump ‘is going to have to’ escalate Iran war: Rick Scott

David Zimmermann August 19, 2026 10:18 am

Ghalibaf

Iran slams US ‘clown crew’ as Trump threatens to annex Strait of Hormuz with no end to war in sight

Timothy Nerozzi August 18, 2026 4:54 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing.

Bessent says historic measures coming to put Iran in ‘economic isolation’

Emily Hallas August 14, 2026 2:08 pm

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

State Department abolishes ‘ideologically extreme and discriminatory’ DEI policies in Foreign Service

Timothy Nerozzi August 13, 2026 5:18 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, from left, and Pete Hoekstra, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, listen on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada.

Over 100,000 Canadians sign petition for the removal of US ambassador

Emily Hallas August 13, 2026 4:19 pm

Trump, sitting left, shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa, left.

US negotiates deal for removal of nuclear material from covert Syrian site: Report

Brady Knox August 10, 2026 7:25 pm

Chinese students waiting for US visas

State Department has revoked 175,000 visas for foreign nationals, citing violations

Timothy Nerozzi August 10, 2026 4:28 pm

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States will begin working a new demand into all future negotiations with Iran: compensation for the families of victims harmed or killed by the Iranian regime, or its proxies, over the past 50 years. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump demands ‘compensation’ from Tehran for Americans killed by Iranian ‘roadside bombs’

Christian Datoc August 10, 2026 1:05 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable.

Trump trades Iran’s annihilation for economic pressure: ‘We are low-keying it’

David Zimmermann August 9, 2026 2:18 pm

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Vance downplays Netanyahu meeting over Iran war: ‘He didn’t confront me’

Claire Carter August 5, 2026 9:08 pm