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.

State Department staff were instructed to “suspend any application requesting an X sex marker” and to “suspend any application where the applicant is seeking to change their sex marker.”

Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday dismissed as bluster President-elect Donald Trump's threats to seize the Panama Canal.

Writing on Truth Social on Oct. 24, President-elect Donald Trump condemned Vice President Kamala Harris for what happened to Armenians on her watch. “Kamala Harris did NOTHING as 120,000 Armenian Christians were horrifically persecuted and forcibly displaced in Artsakh,” he declared.

Vice President JD Vance has sworn in Marco Rubio as Secretary of State ... called him a “bipartisan solutions seeker.” Rubio replaces Antony Blinken, who served as the country's 71st Secretary ...

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to become the next secretary of state. The vote took place hours after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday advanced Rubio’s nomination before senators approved it by a 99-0 vote margin.

“Marco Rubio is a very intelligent man with a remarkable understanding ... He would take over for outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has said he hopes the Trump administration continues Biden's policies in the Middle East to end the war ...

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 position on Monday hours after Trump took office for his second term. The vote was 99-0. No senators voted against Rubio, CNN reported.

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

The Senate unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Inauguration Day, making him the first member of President Trump’s new Cabinet. Rubio, a Republican senator from Florida and former Trump rival, garnered bipartisan support for his expertise in foreign policy and focus on China.