Jan 21, 2025 · Rubio wrote and passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which represents the greatest turning point in U.S.-China relations in decades.He also co-led the Hong Kong Relations Act, and the VERDAD Act.During the first Trump Administration, he worked with the President to hold members of the Cuban regime accountable, including the dictatorship’s military holding company.

Marco Antonio Rubio (/ ˈ r uː b i oʊ /; born May 28, 1971) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney who is the 72nd and current United States secretary of state.A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Florida from 2011 to 2025 and was a candidate for president of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries.

In November 2024, President Trump nominated Rubio to serve as America’s Secretary of State. Secretary Rubio was the first cabinet member who was confirmed in the second Trump Administration. He received a historic unanimous vote of 99-0 in the U.S. Senate. Rubio was sworn in as the 72nd Secretary of State on January 21, 2025.

6 days ago · Consistent with President Trump’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, Secretary Rubio has paused all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for review. He is initiating a review of all foreign assistance programs to ensure they are …

5 days ago · The U.S. Senate historically confirmed Rubio 99-0 as secretary of state just hours after President Trump took his oath of office January 20. Rubio, a Miami native, was sworn in to a role that stretches back to Thomas Jefferson, the first U.S. secretary of state, and is the highest-ranking Hispanic American official in U.S. history.

6 days ago · The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as America's 47th president, former U.S. senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, was sworn in as the 72nd secretary of state.

Marco Rubio credits his parents’ decision to immigrate to the United States from Cuba in 1956 for “the privilege to be born a citizen of the greatest nation in the history of the world.” Rubio’s father worked as a banquet bartender, while his mother worked as a hotel maid and stay-at-home mother. The U.S. Senate historically confirmed Rubio 99-0 as secretary of state just hours after ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday, making him the first confirmed member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet in his second administration.

Jan 21, 2025 · Marco Rubio is sworn in as Secretary of State by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025.

2 days ago · Marco Rubio is an American Republican politician and the 72nd U.S. Secretary of State. He represented Florida in the U.S. Senate from 2011 to 2025.