#Marco Rubio

The official portrait of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, released by the State Department in January 2025. Rubio is leading the talks with Caracas.

Washington is negotiating a status of forces agreement that could keep US troops in Venezuela long term

President Donald Trump and Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in the Oval Office in May 2026, in a photograph Trump posted on Truth Social.

Congressional oversight

Twenty-five House Democrats press Rubio on how Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro got a US visa after leaving under a court order

The Strait of Hormuz, between Iran to the north and the Arabian Peninsula to the south, in a true-color satellite image taken by NASA's Terra satellite in December 2020.

Rubio says Trump has not decided on new strikes on Iran, as Tehran floats a two-day plan to reopen Hormuz

Pituffik Space Base, the only US military installation in Greenland, seen from a nearby mountain in 2019.

US, Denmark and Greenland agree a security deal that leaves Danish sovereignty intact