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JD Vance

President Donald Trump, from foreground center to right, Elon Musk, his son X Æ A-Xii, and, in background at left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a mixed martial arts fight at UFC 314, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Miami.

I’m feeling ‘pena ajena’ for Marco Rubio. In other words, he’s cringe.

As the U.S. secretary of state for Trump, Rubio has embraced many of the selfsame suppressions and crackdowns he used to decry in Castro's Cuba.

Sabrina Vourvoulias

Former U.S. Ambassadors David L. Cohen (left) and Amy Gutmann (right) participate in a "Common Sense Diplomacy" event at The University of Pennsylvania Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2025. The event, sponsored by the Perry World House at Penn was moderated by NBC News' Andrea Mitchell. Guttmann is a former Penn president and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Cohen was executive vice president at Comcast and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada.

Philadelphia Politics

Former U.S. Ambassadors Amy Gutmann and David Cohen discuss the power of ‘knowing who your allies are’ amid Trump’s controversial foreign policy decisions

The National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall is seen on Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington.

Trump’s order to ‘remove improper ideology’ from NMAAHC is an insane attempt to rewrite history

Faye M. Anderson, For The Inquirer

Gen. Timothy Haugh speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in March. Haugh’s dismissal comes as President Donald Trump’s minions have been busy slashing funds and staff for key intelligence agencies, writes Trudy Rubin.

Laughter curdles as Trump’s assault on U.S. intelligence agencies mimics satire

Trudy Rubin | Columnist

The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia.

Penn, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore warn increases in the endowment tax could harm financial aid, other programs

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