This evening, en route from Washington to Munich, the plane on which Secretary Rubio is flying experienced a mechanical issue,” State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.

JD Vance delivered uncomfortable truths in Europe. But free speech is sacrosanct to the American idea, so it underpins how America approaches policy in Europe.

Vice President JD Vance’s speech Feb. 14 at the Munich Security Conference was not merely the most important speech the precocious young second-in-command has delivered in his political career. It was also a speech that encapsulates an entire geopolitical era — that of a return to prudence,

The Italian prime minister said that Europe has been “sacrificed on the altar of wokeness, bureaucracy and mercantilism.”

The driver, a 24-year-old Afghan man whose asylum application had been denied, was immediately detained. Germany has been on high alert after other recent attacks.

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

The owner of Politico has praised the “inspiring message” of JD Vance’s speech that was met with horror in Europe, as he berated the continent’s politicians for their “whiny” response to the US vice-president.

He proclaimed nothing less than geopolitical revolution—and a reckoning with the question of Western identity.

A plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio was diverted back to Joint Base Andrews on Thursday night after experiencing a mechanical failure.

Vice President JD Vance speaks to world leaders on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference Friday. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images) MUNICH — The Trump administration began its first ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is coming to Washington next week, national security adviser Mike Waltz said on Wednesday.