Michelle Kellerman

Rubio sounded disappointed that the Russians sent a low-level team to Turkey, so he doesn't expect much to come out of the talks in Istanbul. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

Rubio sounded disappointed that the Russians sent a low-level team to Turkey, so he doesn't expect much to come out of the talks in Istanbul. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

At an airport hangar, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with families of white South Africans, mostly farmers, who the Trump administration claims have faced racial discrimination.

At an airport hangar, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with families of white South Africans, mostly farmers, who the Trump administration claims have faced racial discrimination.

The ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen, calls it baffling that the Trump administration is admitting Afrikaners for resettlement while blocking thousands of, quote, legitimate asylum seekers. She wants the administration to explain why it is prioritizing white South Africans over refugees from Afghanistan, Sudan, and Myanmar.

The ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen, calls it baffling that the Trump administration is admitting Afrikaners for resettlement while blocking thousands of, quote, legitimate asylum seekers. She wants the administration to explain why it is prioritizing white South Africans over refugees from Afghanistan, Sudan, and Myanmar.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

President Trump announced the changes on Truth Social just as State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce was briefing reporters at the State Department.

President Trump announced the changes on Truth Social just as State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce was briefing reporters at the State Department.

She says Rubio has developed a close working relationship with Trump, going to the White House several times a week. Walz's relations with the president soured after he mistakenly added a journalist to a group chat about sensitive military plans. Questions about that could follow him in a hearing to become the next U.N. ambassador.

She says Rubio has developed a close working relationship with Trump, going to the White House several times a week. Walz's relations with the president soured after he mistakenly added a journalist to a group chat about sensitive military plans. Questions about that could follow him in a hearing to become the next U.N. ambassador.

Trump had originally picked Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, but then asked her to stay in Congress to maintain a narrow Republican majority. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Washington.

Trump had originally picked Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, but then asked her to stay in Congress to maintain a narrow Republican majority. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Washington.

In an Oval Office meeting with his Norwegian counterpart, Trump said he wasn't happy that, in the midst of talking peace, missiles were flying. But he says he still thinks Russia is ready to make some concessions.

In an Oval Office meeting with his Norwegian counterpart, Trump said he wasn't happy that, in the midst of talking peace, missiles were flying. But he says he still thinks Russia is ready to make some concessions.

But Russia doesn't even control parts of Ukraine that it claimed to have annexed in the early stages of this war. And European countries don't want to see Russia rewarded for its land grab. Norway's prime minister says he exchanged ideas with Trump on what he calls a complex picture in Ukraine and thanked him for trying to negotiate a ceasefire. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

But Russia doesn't even control parts of Ukraine that it claimed to have annexed in the early stages of this war. And European countries don't want to see Russia rewarded for its land grab. Norway's prime minister says he exchanged ideas with Trump on what he calls a complex picture in Ukraine and thanked him for trying to negotiate a ceasefire. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

Spokesperson Tammy Bruce says Rubio is trying to make the State Department great again. This is a reorganization plan. It is not something where people are being fired today. No one's going to be walking out of the building. It's not that kind of a dynamic.

Spokesperson Tammy Bruce says Rubio is trying to make the State Department great again. This is a reorganization plan. It is not something where people are being fired today. No one's going to be walking out of the building. It's not that kind of a dynamic.