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Ivanka Trump Tells Marco Rubio She Won't Run for His Senate Seat
Ivanka Trump will not be running for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat in 2022 as she settles into life after Washington
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US Response to SolarWinds Hack Has Been ‘Disorganized': Senators
The U.S. government’s response to a massive hack of government and corporate networks has been “disjointed and disorganized,” according to the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who are urging the Biden administration to appoint someone to lead the effort.
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Rubio Urges Biden to Call for $2,000 Stimulus Checks on Day 1 to Help Unite the Country
Marco Rubio and Joe Biden both supported $2,000 direct payments in the Covid-19 relief bill passed late last year, a push that was blocked by Mitch McConnell.
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Control of the Senate Gives Democrats Chance to Act on Judges, $2,000 Checks and Ambitious Biden Agenda
Democrats will control both the White House and Congress for the first time since the first half of President Barack Obama’s first term.
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Op-Ed: No, Sen. Rubio – the PPP Didn't Do Enough to Help Restaurants
PPP doesn’t account for the creativity, diversity and resourcefulness of America’s businesses, writes Sunil Bhatt, who owns restaurants in Florida and Ohio.
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Op-Ed: The Data Is Clear – the Paycheck Protection Program Is a Success
The Paycheck Protection Program has been the single most effective relief program passed by Congress, Sen. Marco Rubio writes.
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China's Huawei Tested A.I. Software That Could Identify Uighur Muslims and Alert Police, Report Says
Huawei and Megvii’s facial recognition system could potentially detect faces of China’s repressed Uighur Muslims and alert authorities, a new report claims.
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China Sanctions 11 US Politicians, Heads of Organizations
China has announced unspecified sanctions against 11 U.S. politicians and heads of organizations promoting democratic causes, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have already been singled out by Beijing
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Rubio Warns of Foreign Actors Amplifying Virus Conspiracies
The new Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is warning that foreign actors will seek to amplify American conspiracy theories about the virus and find new ways to interfere in the 2020 presidential election
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Rubio Tapped to Lead Senate Intelligence Committee After Burr Steps Down
The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Florida Republican Marco Rubio, will be overseeing a key vote as his first official act in the position
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GOP Senators Lee, Rubio Walk Away From Iran Briefing With Differing Views
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., had very different reactions after Wednesday’s briefing about the decision to kill Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.
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Stephen Miller Planted Anti-Rubio Stories in Breitbart During 2016 Campaign, Leaked Emails Show
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller had more editorial influence over the right-wing news website Breitbart during the 2016 presidential campaign than previously known and attempted to push articles attacking then-presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., according to a new batch of leaked emails shared with NBC News. The emails, which were first given to the Southern Poverty Law Center...
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White House Official: Notes on Sensitive Calls Filed in Classified Computer System
At the White House, a senior administration official confirmed Friday a key detail from the unidentified CIA whistleblower who has accused Trump of abusing the power of his office. Trump, for his part, insisted anew that his actions and words have been “perfect” and the whistleblower’s complaint might well be the work of “a partisan operative.” The White House acknowledged...
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White House Attorneys Directed Sealing of Trump-Ukraine Phone Transcript
The White House on Friday confirmed a key detail in the intelligence whistleblower’s complaint alleging that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office. A senior administration official acknowledged that the rough transcript of Trump’s July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was moved to a highly classified system maintained by the National Security Council at the...
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Pelosi Says Complaint Shows Trump Was Engaged in a Cover-Up
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that a whistleblower’s complaint at the center of the House’s impeachment inquiry shows that President Donald Trump was engaged in a cover-up. Pelosi read from the declassified complaint, which alleges the White House tried to “lock down” details of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s new president after he asked him to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe...
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Pelosi: ‘This is a Cover-Up'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks about the now public, declassified whistleblower complaint involving President Donald Trump. She says that alleged actions of wrongdoing described in the complaint reveal a “cover-up” by the White House.
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Pelosi Orders Impeachment Probe: ‘No One Is Above the Law'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election-year clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The probe focuses partly on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government to undermine Democratic...
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UN, US Coast Guard and Others Aid Stricken Bahamas
The hurricane death toll is rising in the Bahamas, in what its leader calls “this hour of darkness.” Search and rescue teams were still trying to reach some Bahamian communities isolated by floodwaters and debris Saturday after Hurricane Dorian struck the northern part of the archipelago last Sunday. At least 43 people died. Several hundred people, many of them Haitian...
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Young Americans Embrace Socialism, Even Among Miami Cubans
Younger Americans are less threatened by socialism than older generations, who might associate it with Soviet or Chinese rule, according to a sociologist.
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US Talks Secretly to Venezuela Socialist Boss
The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Venezuela’s socialist party boss as members of President Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle seek guarantees they won’t face retribution if they cede to growing demands to remove him, a senior U.S. administration official has told The Associated Press. Diosdado Cabello, who is considered the most-powerful man in Venezuela after Maduro, met last month...