In 1960, Richard Nixon ran for president after eight years as Dwight Eisenhower’s vice president. In 1968, Hubert Humphrey ran after serving under LBJ. In 1988, George H.W. Bush ran after two terms under Ronald Reagan.

From DJ’ing a wedding on the weekend to manning the White House press podium like a boss, from velvet-gloved diplomacy in Europe to juggling the roles of secretary of state and NSA director in the middle of a war,

On the Tuesday, March 24, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The U.S. and Cuba remain divided by decades of tension. Now President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are testing that fragile relationship. USA TODAY White House ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. President Trump reportedly likes to go around asking aides about who his successor should be: J. D. Vance or Marco Rubio. If Trump were to ask his own voters the same ...

As the first official since Henry Kissinger to serve as both secretary of state and national security adviser, the 54-year-old former senator is the most powerful foreign policy voice in the White House in decades. An executor of President Trump’s ...

The president has kept up his criticism of Leo, jabbing the pope in a May 4 interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on the eve of Rubio’s visit. Trump accused Leo of being “OK” with Iran having a nuclear weapon, something the pope hasn’t endorsed.