In nomination hearing, Rubio also slams Beijing’s ‘violation’ of Hong Kong’s autonomy and asserts ‘national defence’ component of Taiwan Relations Act

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, is pledging to press Thailand to prevent the deportation of 48 Uyghurs held there since 2014 after fleeing alleged persecution in Xinjiang, in northwest China.

There are still significant challenges with the funding that were already there with the Biden administration.”

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discussed Gov. DeSantis’ immigration policy proposals for a special session and the role local police will have with Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey (02:52). Then,

Salome Zurabishvili has already met with the Vice President of the International Republican Institute (IRI) to discuss Georgia’s political challenges and “present demands that will be acceptable to society,

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.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio painted a dark vision of the consequences of America’s “unbalanced relationship” with China

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is unlikely to last longer than a year or two as Donald Trump’s top diplomat, at least according to about a dozen current and former U.S. foreign officials interviewed by Politico’s Nahal Toosi.

Senator Marco Rubio warned of China’s growing threat, and he backed NATO but said Europe needed to do more to help protect itself. His friendly, five-hour confirmation hearing seemed to all but guarantee he would be the next secretary of state.

A veteran of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is widely seen as one of Trump's least controversial Cabinet picks and is expected to sail through the nomination process.

Rubio and Trump have put aside past acrimony to make the Florida lawmaker the least controversial in an unusual slate of Cabinet picks.

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