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.

Rubio must ensure diplomats support U.S. allies and prioritize U.S. interests over ambassadors’ desire for smooth tenures and good relations with their hosts.

State Department staff were instructed to “suspend any application requesting an X sex marker” and to “suspend any ...

Rubio’s diplomatic mission will take him to Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia from February 13-18, ...

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., officially was confirmed as the nation's secretary of state by a 99-0 vote in the Senate.

Now-former Sen. Marco Rubio was sworn in Tuesday morning as secretary of state by Vice President JD Vance. He replaces Antony Blinken in the position. The Senate unanimously confirmed Rubio for the ...

New Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that he will rid the State Department of work on climate and "cultural" ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken bade farewell to the State ... not show sufficient loyalty to the president. His choice to be Blinken's successor, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, has ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will pay his first visit to the Middle East this month, a senior State Department official said Thursday, in the wake of President Donald Trump's remarks on ...

U.S. Senator Marco ... Blinken arrives in Seoul North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile into the East Sea on Monday, South Korea's military said, as U.S. Secretary of State ...

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