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.

Donald Trump's former primary opponent Sen. Marco Rubio is meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday as the president-elect's secretary of state nominee.

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.

Trump's got the bullhorn now to say, ‘MAGA nation is watching,’” said outgoing Dallas County Republican Party Chair Kelley Koch.

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.

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 ...

Marco Rubio, R-Fla ... any wrongdoing as he met with Senators leading up to his hearing this week. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was seen as a key swing vote for Hegseth’s chances after having ...

I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump has vowed to remake U.S. foreign policy and has assembled a team

Three days ahead of Trump’s return to the White House, many of his most prominent Cabinet choices have sailed relatively unscathed through their hearings and are poised to win confirmation as Republican senators rallied around them and appeared largely unwilling to defy Trump’s wishes.

Noem and committee Republicans focused on the border while Democrats asked about foreign and home-grown terrorism during a cordial hearing.

President-elect Donald Trump’s other nominees pushed Wednesday through a gauntlet of confirmation hearings with the help of allied Senate Republicans carrying them toward the finish line, despite