Rubio is seen as a steady foreign policy hand who has the confidence of Trump and Senate colleagues from both parties.

Rubio appeared to be on a glide path to winning confirmation as secretary of state while Bondi looks poised to become the nation’s top law enforcement official.

Some are expected to have smooth confirmation paths, like Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, while others, like defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth, face headwinds.

By contrast, Marco Rubio, nominee for secretary of State ... Hegseth received a warm reception from GOP senators Tuesday, including Iowa’s Joni Ernst, who was viewed as a key swing vote and ...

It’s the second day of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees on Capitol Hill. Secretary of State nominee Florida Senator Marco Rubio and the nominee for attorney general Pam Bondi are scheduled Wednesday.

senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), testified before his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday about his plans to take on American adversaries including Iran, China ...

Marco Rubio asking the probing questions ... refusing to define what victory looks like in that war. More:Sen. Joni Ernst, once skeptical, says she will vote for Pete Hegseth for defense ...

Consider this. As he prepared to take office in 2017, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense was Jim Mattis, a four-star general who mandated that Marines who were

From the moment he rode down that golden escalator in Trump Tower nearly a decade ago, Donald J. Trump reshaped the nation’s politics — and he continues to do so today with his hodgepodge of Cabinet picks that includes billionaires and media darlings, eccentrics, and rhetorical bomb-throwers.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning that the government will reach its debt limit on Tuesday and will need to take “extraordinary measures” to avoid risking a potentially catastrophic default.

President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks face questions this week on Capitol Hill as they seek to assume positions in the incoming administration.