"Senator Rubio and I share many similar views on foreign policy and as a result, have worked closely together in the Senate to move forward with legislation regarding human rights around the world, the continued threat of China, and the recent sham election in Venezuela," Durbin said in the statement.

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to face questions from his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his confirmation hearing for secretary of state Wednesday.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, shares his views of the Biden administration’s Department of Justice. “The weaponization will be gone.

Marco Rubio will say at his confirmation hearing Wednesday that as part of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, he will place American interests “above all else.” “Placing our core national interests above all else is not isolationism,

Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the State Department as secretary of state, answered questions Wednesday from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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.

As President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA prepares to take questions from lawmakers, the new chairman of the Senate intelligence committee says America’s spy agencies need to do a better job responding to growing threats of terrorism.

By contrast, Marco Rubio, nominee for secretary of State ... aligned with him and less willing to contradict him. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, asked Bondi in her hearing for attorney general Wednesday ...

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.

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Ben Curtis/AP)

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