Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is receiving a warm welcome at his confirmation hearing to become secretary of State.

Pam Bondi was pressed about the 2020 election and Trump's influence over the Justice Department, while Marco Rubio struck a more measured tone on the Russia-Ukraine war.

As America’s top diplomat, Rubio will not need to be briefed on the state of play. His views were forged in Miami, which has its own foreign policy and serves as the de facto capital of Latin America. It is a Latino-dominated city of exiles, where political shake ups in Latin America can lead to the eruption of local protests.

President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees are so far sailing through their Senate confirmation hearings. But only one appears likely to sail on to a swift vote on Trump’s first day in office.

Mr. Rubio expressed views aligned with those of most senators who work on foreign policy, while taking care not to break from Donald J. Trump’s unorthodox ideas.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Marco Rubio to be the next Secretary of State. Here's what to know about his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio’s seat in the U.S. Senate. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the appointment on Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.

WASHINGTON – Last time Donald Trump won office, it was Sen. Marco Rubio asking the probing questions. The Florida Republican used his perch on the Senate foreign affairs panel to grill Trump ...

Rubio is a lock for Senate confirmation for the same reasons he was a controversial selection within the MAGA universe. Among the major Cabinet nominees, he’s the most traditional, qualified pick Trump has made. Members of both sides trust him not to do anything too, well, disruptive.

A veteran of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is widely seen as one of Trump's least controversial Cabinet picks and is expected to sail through the nomination process.

Several nominees face critical tests in the U.S. Senate before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House on Monday. Here’s a look at what Americans said in this latest poll.

WASHINGTON — Once a bitter critic of President-elect Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida headed into his first Senate hearing Wednesday as nominee for secretary of State.