Categories Selected Articles White House Disapproves of Machado’s Nobel, but Rubio Has Been a Big Supporter Post author By Mike Nova Post date October 10, 2025 Marco Rubio was among eight Republican lawmakers who last year called the Venezuelan opposition leader “courageous and selfless” in a Nobel Prize nomination letter. Trump wanted the honor. ← Longtime Microsoft engineer quits over Israeli military being a client: report → OMB says ‘substantial’ federal employee layoffs have begun