Rubio, a son of immigrants and now secretary of state, was responding to a 2016 lawsuit questioning his eligibility for the presidency.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 17, 2025.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged in a recent interview that sanctioning China would trigger global ripple effects, noting that Beijing refines Russian oil and re-exports it to international markets, Hindustan Times reported. He cautioned that curbing this flow could drive up global energy prices and disrupt supply chains,

You can’t cut a deal with a guy like this,’ said Rubio of Vladimir Putin shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Following the August 15 meeting between Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Washington DC, the US President had in an interview with Fox News's Sean Hannity said that he may consider the question of the penalty tariffs for buying Russian oil in "two or three weeks or something.

Two key figures, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, appear to be the front-runners. Trump himself suggested that Vance is the "likely" candidate to succeed him, while also leaving open the possibility of a Vance-Rubio joint ticket.

Trump’s friendly stance towards Putin, on full display in the recent meeting of the two leaders, doesn’t reflect popular opinion in the U.S., says Putin foe Bill Browder. He recalls that, when he and Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza lobbied for the Magnitsky Act in 2012,

Robby Soave delivers radar on the meeting between President Trump and President Putin in Alaska which lead to some progress on Russia-Ukraine peace deal.