Florida's Republican Sen. Marco Rubio sailed through his confirmation hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, all but assuring he will assume the role of top diplomat ...

You can find him on X @DanGooding. Languages: English. Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio will face hours of questioning Wednesday as his colleagues vet him for the role of Secretary of State ...

Rubio and Trump have put aside past acrimony to make the Florida lawmaker the least controversial in an unusual slate of Cabinet picks.

It was a blast from a kinder, gentler past. Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of State, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), faced an unusually chummy Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday — a time ...

Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, points out that if and when Rubio departs the Senate for the State Department, he will be the only Cuban-American left in the Senate. Jan. 15, 2025, 2:19 p.m. ET ...

declared in a statement that he intends to vote to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to serve as Secretary of State. "Senator Rubio and I share many similar views on foreign policy and as a result ...

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is set to have his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday morning to become the next secretary of state under President-elect Donald Trump. Rubio, 53, would be entering ...

Confirmations don’t come easier than this. The Senate approved the nomination of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to be secretary of state 99-0 Monday, hours after President Trump took the oath of ...

Learn more. WASHINGTON — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on ...