{
  "id": 1207040,
  "title": "Marco Rubio has unique power to promote peace in the world. Why isn’t he doing his job? | Simon Tisdall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/marco-rubio-has-unique-power-to-promote-peace-in-the-world-why-isnt",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T05:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/16/marco-rubio-power-peace-world-us-diplomat"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As chief US diplomat, Rubio could do great good – but he hasn’t yet. His pandering and neglect are a disgrace we shouldn’t ignore Viewed from the state department in Washington DC, the world is on fire – but record heatwaves are not to blame. The unresolved Iran war has badly burned Donald Trump. His military campaign conclusively failed , energy and food prices are still rising, and a Republican…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}