Secretary Rubio traveled to Italy with Vice President Vance Feb. 4–7, 2026

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1. Update · Feb 07, 2026, 01:57 PMTrue
   The U.S. Department of State public schedule for February 2026 explicitly states, “Secretary Rubio joins Vice President Vance on travel to Italy from February 4-7, 2026.” Independent reporting from Reuters and the Associated Press documents Secretary of State Marco Rubio accompanying Vice President J.D. Vance in Milan for the Milano Cortina 2026 events on Feb. 5–6, 2026, corroborating the State Department notice. Verdict: True — the official State Department schedule and contemporaneous news reports confirm Rubio joined Vance on travel to Italy Feb. 4–7, 2026.
   • https://www.state.gov/releases/preview/666294/
   • https://www.reuters.com/sports/us-vice-president-vance-arrives-milan-eve-games-opening-2026-02-05/
   • https://apnews.com/article/vance-italy-meloni-olympics-0f6bb47f31b010212087683e9eaf9c5c
2. Update · Feb 07, 2026, 12:30 PMTrue
   The U.S. Department of State’s official public schedules for February 4–7, 2026 state: “Secretary Rubio joins Vice President Vance on travel to Italy from February 4-7, 2026.” The State Department’s public schedule and the February 4 ministerial transcript show Secretary Rubio’s involvement in the Critical Minerals Ministerial in Washington, D.C., earlier that day, but the published schedules across February 4–7 explicitly list Rubio as joining the Vice President’s travel to Italy for February 4–7, 2026. Verdict: True — the Department of State’s official published schedule contains the statement that Secretary Rubio joined Vice President Vance on travel to Italy from February 4–7, 2026 (the claim matches the government source).
   • https://www.state.gov/releases/preview/666294/
   • https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/02/public-schedule-february-4-2026/
   • https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/02/public-schedule-february-5-2026/
   • https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/02/public-schedule-february-6-2026/
   • https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/02/opening-remarks-of-the-critical-minerals-ministerial/
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