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NEW: Marco Rubio has remade himself as Donald Trump’s global emissary. His transformation raises a question: What’s his long game?
That's our Bloomberg Businessweek cover story.
It includes my interview with Rubio, and thoughts from John Kerry, Steve Bannon, Rubio's former Senate colleague James Risch, and many more
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In today's episode of "circuitous flight paths of 2026..."
#IranWar – at Oberding, Deutschland
"In many countries, the highest office in the land is reserved for the rich and powerful.
But I live in an exceptional country, where even the son of a bartender and a maid can have the same dreams and the same future as those who come from power and privilege.”
Florida Senator Marco Rubio in his presidential campaign launch in Miami on April 13, 2015
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That’s a wrap from Mumbai 🇮🇳
Rubio and Sergio Gor took a photo with the Taj Hotel staff. Gor said they were originally planning on staying in Jamnagar (true) but Rubio really liked the hotel so they flew back. Took off after that. No press avails
They did! @G_Slattery got a great shot of it
TIL: The historic name "Bombay" for India's financial capital comes from the moniker that 16th century Portuguese explorers gave this trading outpost when they saw the "Bom Bahia," or "Good Bay..." – at Uran, India
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The most energy the District has seen for Wizards basketball in years.
Chocolate City is READY.
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Literal “Let’s go Wizards” chants outside of Cap One.
It’s one game. This city loves basketball. #ForTheDistrict
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Rory Kinnear's prime minister in Netflix's The Diplomat has resigned midway through the fourth series because Britain having the same leader for four years was deemed too unrealistic.
🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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The Washington Wizards are above .500 for the first time since November 28, 2022.
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This is inaccurate. The U.S. Department of State issued an ordered departure for non-emergency U.S. government employees and their family members in Saudi Arabia only.
Iranian-supported Houthis have increasingly engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure resulting in civilian casualties and severe travel disruptions.
The safety and security of Department personnel and their families remain our highest priority, and we will continue to take all necessary steps to protect and support them.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told me in Mumbai this morning that he expected to discuss with India's Reliance Industries Ltd. the possibility of refining more crude oil from the Western Hemisphere, including #Venezuela.
Rubio met with Reliance, owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, and toured its refinery -- the world's largest -- in the Indian oil capital of Jamnagar this afternoon.
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US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor posts the first photos that we've seen today from Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to the Reliance refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat state -- the world's LARGEST oil processing site
@SergioGor @SecRubio
Honored to join @SecRubio at @RIL_Updates Jamnagar facilities. Over the past year, India’s imports of U.S. LPG have surged from under 10% to 67%, making the United States India’s largest LPG supplier. Reliance’s planned investment in the first new U.S. oil refinery in 50 years is another major opportunity to expand American energy production and create jobs.
In Mumbai on Wednesday, I asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio about his all-staff message last week reminding State Department employees to act in accordance with ethics rules.
I asked him whether he’s concerned that there are other examples in embassies around the world of the kind of ethical violations alleged against US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle (which she denied) -- who Trump ousted a day before Rubio's message.
Rubio told me “no” – that he had ordered the message to be sent WEEKS in advance, and that a delay in sending it caused it to finally be sent the day after Guilfoyle's exit was announced.
"This is a message we’ve sent out multiple times. It’s just a constant reminder of people, of who they work for. They work for the Government of the United States, they work for the people of the United States, and we expect everyone in our department to do so not just in accordance with the law, but with the higher standards possible. Our ability to diplomatically represent this country is undermined and is sabotaged if there’s any implications that what you are doing – and I’m not talking about Kimberly in specific; anybody – you are undermined when – anytime there’s the notion that somehow what you are doing is somehow in YOUR interest, but not in the interest of the country.
So we – it’s not the first time we’ve sent that message. That is something we repeatedly do because to me it’s a very important principle of how we do our work. It just happened to go out the day after, but that is something that, frankly, had been drafted and that I had ordered sent weeks in advance and unfortunately did not go out when I wanted it to go out for whatever reason. But it probably won’t be the last time that a message like that is sent. It’s something we just constantly remind people of, just to set the right culture and standards."
SCOOP: Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a message to all State Department employees on Wednesday reminding them to act in accordance with ethics rules -- a day after President Donald Trump ousted US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle.
“As part of demonstrating our personal and professional integrity, I expect employees to avoid conflicts of interest in our work, to act impartially, and to avoid using our public offices for private gain,” Rubio said in correspondence seen by Bloomberg News.
From me and @jendeben
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NEW: Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration’s support for #Ukraine on Wednesday, saying the nation “would not exist” without US backing.
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