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Despite continued military strikes in the Middle East, Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared this week that the Iran war is "over." The statement came on Tuesday during a budget request hearing, which was also the first time that Rubio was publicly questioned by lawmakers since the administration launched its war against Iran in late February.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome and Vatican City this week in a bid to ease rising tensions between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV over U.S. policies, particularly the Iran war.
China has altered the transliteration of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s name, a bureaucratic workaround that allowed him to enter the country for a high-stakes meeting between President Trump
The Republican-led House voted to halt the US war with Iran, breaking with President Donald Trump on an unpopular foreign conflict that is taking an escalating economic toll on Americans. The 215-208 vote Wednesday showed worries over the war spreading in the president’s own party five months before congressional elections.
The latest clash between U.S. and Iranian forces came late Tuesday. Both sides said they were responding to aggression from the other.