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Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency's programs gone
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is signaling that the Trump administration has finished its six-week dismantling of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Mechanical issue forces Secretary of State Rubio's plane to return DC
An Air Force plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Sen. Jim Risch, to Germany for the Munich Security Conference was forced to return to Washington late Thursday after developing a mechanical issue.
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Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from US of any nationality, including Americans
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says El Salvador’s president has offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United States.
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Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID
Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to consolidate power and slash funding.
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Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state
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 Inauguration Day.
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Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump 1st member of his Cabinet
The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet.
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Video appears to show man leaving pro-Maduro threats outside home of Venezuelan attorney
Surveillance video caught the moment a Miami attorney from Venezuela says he received threatening messages after asking Sen. Marco Rubio to investigate whether a Venezuelan soccer player with ties to the government should be allowed into the United States.
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WATCH: Video shows man leaving pro-Maduro threats outside home of Venezuelan attorney
The victim believes the threats were in response to his and other colleagues’ requests to Sen. Marco Rubio to investigate soccer player Matías Lacava’s “entrance to the U.S.”
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DeSantis names state Attorney General Ashley Moody as replacement for Sen. Marco Rubio
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber. NBC6’s Hatzel Vela reports.
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RAW: DeSantis picks state Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Sen. Marco Rubio
In her acceptance speech, Moody praised DeSantis’ leadership and said she was honored by the nomination.
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Rubio vows to place US interests ‘above all else' as Trump's top diplomat
The confirmation hearing begins a new chapter in the political career of the 53-year-old Florida Republican, whose relationship with Trump has evolved over the last decade. Once rivals trading schoolyard insults as they campaigned for president in 2016, the two men became close allies as Trump campaigned for another White House term last year.
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Marco Rubio warns China is America's ‘biggest threat,' affirms value of NATO alliance
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio painted a dark vision of the consequences of America’s “unbalanced relationship” with China. He echoed President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-globalist rhetoric Wednesday as he vies to be confirmed as his secretary of state. Rubio focused much of his five-hour confirmation hearing warning that without a swift and substantive policy shifts, China will remain the “biggest threat” to...
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DeSantis gives Rubio replacement timeline, said he's received ‘strong interest'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s received “strong interest” from several possible candidates who want to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and said his pick will likely be made by the beginning of January.
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As Florida men set to join Trump, political possibilities open up in Sunshine State
As President-elect Donald Trump names his picks for his new administration from his private club in Palm Beach and prepares to return to the White House, he’s bringing the Sunshine State with him. With Sen. Marco Rubio tapped to be the next secretary of state, Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, and Rep. Mike Waltz as national security adviser, Trump’s...
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Here's who could be on DeSantis' senate list if he picks Rubio's replacement
With Marco Rubio’s nomination for secretary of state by President-Elect Donald Trump, it’s becoming increasingly likely that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be picking the state’s next senator.
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Lawmakers shocked over Matt Gaetz's nomination to Trump's cabinet
President-elect Donald Trump stunned Senate Republicans by announcing Wednesday that he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz to be U.S. attorney general. NBC6’s Lorena Inclan reports
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Trump taps Marco Rubio for secretary of state
President-elect Donald Trump named Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state. NBC6’s Hatzel Vela reports
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What to know about Marco Rubio, from Miami beginnings to Trump's pick for secretary of state
President-elect Donald Trump has named Sen. Marco Rubio as his choice for secretary of state. Rubio, 53, was born in Miami and still calls the city his home. He is the son of Cuban immigrants. He was a longshot candidate against then-Gov. Charlie Crist for the 2010 GOP nomination for Senate. But Rubio rode the tea party wave in 2010...
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What Marco Rubio as secretary of state could mean for Latin American politics
We asked experts on Latin America and activists what they’d like to see from a second Trump administration.
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What Marco Rubio as secretary of state would mean for Latin American politics
While Marco Rubio has not been officially named as secretary of state, activists and experts in Latin America are already discussing what Trump’s policy would look like in his second term with Rubio. NBC6’s Hatzel Vela reports