After taking the oath of office, Marco Rubio promised that every action taken by the State Department will be determined by the answers to three questions.

Rubio's appointment as secretary of state has been seen as sign that Trump plans to maintain a hard line on China.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America, including a stop in Panama, which President Donald Trump has riled with talk of trying to reclaim the Panama Canal.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan as the Trump administration kicks off its formal foreign policy engagements in discussions with the Indo-Pacific “Quad.

He’s being undermined by fellow Republicans, and that’s before he shows up to lead a workforce Trump distrusts.

Trans, intersex, and nonbinary people applying for passports will no longer be able to select an “X” marker for gender.

The president’s carefully chosen appointments represent his vision and priorities for his return to the White House

Marco Rubio is refusing to get involved in domestic politics despite multiple news organizations asking for comment on the pardoning of Jan. 6 rioters.

The Senate has unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of State; he will be the first Latino to serve as the nation's top diplomat.

This is the easiest way to unravel a constitutional democracy: You turn democracy against the constitution, by claiming that an election gave the winner a mandate to suspend or ignore laws. In reality, Americans gave Trump no such mandate. Multiple polls have found that they oppose pardons for people convicted of violent crimes on January 6th.

The Washington Blade has obtained a copy of a new State Department policy that bans embassies and other U.S. diplomatic institutions from flying the Pride flag.