ROME — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched a high-stakes diplomatic push on Friday for his second day of damage-control talks, kicking off the day’s schedule with a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The negotiations center on defusing mounting tensions between the two longstanding NATO allies over the ongoing U.S.-led conflict with Iran, alongside simmering disagreements over trade policy.
Rubio set to meet Italy’s Meloni as both sides seek to ease frictions over Iran war
