The Senate unanimously approved Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as secretary of state in the first vote on President Trump’s cabinet selections.

Rubio -- long known as a Russia and China hawk in the Senate -- has been accused of dialing back his interventionist foreign policy approach to align with Trump's positions and may face fresh criticism from opponents who believe he might prioritize serving as a yes man to president over serving the country.

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked ... Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), is used to questioning cabinet nominees, but this time he was on the other end. “It’s a bit surreal to be on this side of the room, but you all ...

FILE - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Trump's nominee to be secretary of State, speaks as he meets with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024.

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s cabinet picks including Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state and Pam Bondi for attorney general. Many nominees have met with senators individually.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of state, vowing in his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the incoming administration will forge a new path by ...

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is receiving a warm welcome at his confirmation hearing to become secretary of State. The 53-year-old Rubio joked with fellow senators even as he sketched out

By contrast, Marco Rubio, nominee for secretary of State ... your testimony is music to my ears,” said John Cornyn, R-Texas. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Bondi’s closeness with Trump is ...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) floated the idea of new talks at his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state, while remaining largely noncommittal on the prospect

Trump fires back at Colombia with ‘emergency 25% tariffs’ after deportation flights turned away: Live - Colombian president says his country will not accept military deportation flights from the U.S.

With Donald Trump’s nominees slowly emerging from Senate committees, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are preparing for a weekslong slog as Democrats force Republicans to wo

President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza has fallen flat with the Amman government and perplexed a congressional ally.