This year, we mark 250 years since America’s independence in 1776. Our nation’s story has been written alongside allies and friends, none more so than the UK 🇺🇸🇬🇧 Join us throughout 2026 as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
#SharedHistoryUnitedFuture#Freedom250
Good to meet Home Secretary @ShabanaMahmood to discuss the close collaboration between the U.S. and UK as we protect our borders, counter terrorist threats, and combat cyber-attacks. The enduring reality is this: our countries are safer, our communities more secure, when we stand together.
Critical minerals are indispensable to our national goals because they literally power our tech-driven world. We brought together U.S. leaders and industry partners to discuss the challenges and opportunities to develop secure, diversified, and resilient copper and critical mineral supply chains.
Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific requires real, deployable lethality.
Watch my recap from Maritime Big Play Pacific DVDay on how #AUKUS is taking advanced autonomous capabilities from the lab straight to our operators.
SECRETARY RUBIO: There's nothing being deliberately denied to Ukraine. It's simply a balance between our obligations to other partners, and frankly, our own standards and requirements for our own facilities as well.
Energy security means taking charge of your own energy. I welcome the UK moving forward with Jackdaw and hope approval for Rosebank follows. Developing Britain’s own North Sea resources supports UK businesses and its people. A stronger, more secure UK energy sector benefits us all.
The UK is an important market for American rice, with farmers and processors around the United States producing high-quality rice for consumers here. I welcomed rice producers from Arkansas, Louisiana, and California who are in London to strengthen connections with British buyers and create new opportunities for U.S. rice exports.
This month, the Maritime Big Play exercise series is bringing together government and industry experts from the U.S., UK, and Australia to test, integrate, and refine uncrewed and autonomous maritime systems. These new technologies will help deliver on the AUKUS alliance's promise of using new technologies to deter conflict and maintain our strategic military advantage.
Jewish communities across the world are facing a dangerous rise in hatred, intimidation, and violence. I spoke with the UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues Jon Pearce about how the U.S. and UK can deepen the work we do together to combat antisemitism and strengthen interfaith dialogue.
SECRETARY RUBIO on RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: The President is open to anything that he can do to help bring the war to an end if it’s possible. And we’ll continue to look for opportunities to do that.
Today, @SECWAR met with his U.K. counterpart, Secretary of State for Defence Wes Streeting, at the Pentagon.
They discussed the need for greater European – and especially British – leadership within NATO and the imperative for allies to increase defense spending further and faster.
I was honored to deliver the Sir Evelyn Wrench Lecture at the English-Speaking Union’s @theESU annual event. Our shared language is integral to the bond between the U.S. and UK, as is our commitment to free expression, open debate and strengthening ties between our people.
Strong economic partnerships don’t happen by accident – they happen because people invest the time to build them. It was great to welcome the JAXUSA Partnership & @JAXChamber to the Embassy during their 13th annual economic development mission to expand connections between Jacksonville, Florida and businesses and organizations from across the UK. The 🇺🇸&🇬🇧 are turning bridges across the Atlantic into superhighways!
Great to visit the Minnesota Vikings flag football clinic today! Flag football brings people together through teamwork, skill, and sportsmanship and it’s exciting to see it growing in Scotland before it makes its Olympic debut at #LA28. 🇺🇸🏈🏴
Transnational criminal scam networks operating from West Africa suffered major disruptions last week during a coordinated international “Joint Disruption Week,” an effort that produced arrests, seizures, and the LARGEST-EVER TAKEDOWN of fraudulent social media accounts linked to scam centers in the region.
Results:
✅ Dozens of Arrests
✅ More Than 3.7 Million Accounts Removed
✅ More Than 100 Trafficking Victims Rescued
���The Criminal Division’s Cyber-Enabled Scam Initiative (CSI) was built for this brand of collaboration. The millions of bogus social media accounts taken down and dozens of arrests that took place as part of Joint Disruption Week are just the beginning." -@AAGDuva
Read more: https://t.co/gMA7lkSRoA
Happy 251st Birthday to the U.S. Navy!
Since 1775, America’s Navy has projected power and guarded freedom around the globe. Working side-by-side with our NATO Allies, the brave Sailors of the U.S. Navy stand ready to defend our freedom.
Non Sibi Sed Patriae!