"We are glad to have worked in a bipartisan way to ensure that one of our own, Senator Marco Rubio, could be positioned to quickly take the helm of the State Department," the committee's chair, Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member, Sen. Jeanne ...

Washington — The Senate on Monday confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, making him the first of President Trump's Cabinet nominees to win the approval of the upper chamber. The Senate confirmed Rubio in a 99 to 0 vote as his former colleagues in the Senate touted his qualifications for the job.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) promised to make the State Department “relevant again” during his confirmation hearing to lead the agency, facing a receptive audience among Senate colleagues he has

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a federal program that provides HIV medications, is one of the programs on pause during a 90-day review ordered by the Secretary of State.

The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as secretary of state on Monday, delivering President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet just hours after he was sworn in for a second term.

Marco Rubio, who has represented Florida in the Senate since 2011, is known for his hawkish stance on China and has been sanctioned by the country twice.

Marco Rubio from Florida is the first cabinet rank official in the Donald Trump administration to be confirmed

The Senate confirmed Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, on Monday as America’s 72nd secretary of state, putting a former political rival of President Trump at the helm of American diplomacy.

The Senate unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State Monday, making him the first Cabinet nominee to be confirmed.

Washington DC - The Senate unanimously approved Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday ... Shaheen and the Republican chairman of the committee, Jim Risch, agreed to fast-track Rubio's nomination, which was cleared by the panel barely an hour before ...

The US Senate unanimously approved Marco Rubio as secretary of state, putting him on the front line of President Donald Trump's often confrontational diplomacy.

Substantial shifts in U.S. Africa relations have begun. Although the new administration's Africa policies are evolving and will take time to formulate, several of the Executive Orders Donald Trump signed right after he assumed the Presidency will have immediate ramifications across the continent.