"We are glad to have worked in a bipartisan way to ensure that one of our own, Senator Marco Rubio, could be positioned to quickly take the helm of the State Department," the committee's chair, Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member, Sen. Jeanne ...

Washington — The Senate on Monday confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, making him the first of President Trump's Cabinet nominees to win the approval of the upper chamber. The Senate confirmed Rubio in a 99 to 0 vote as his former colleagues in the Senate touted his qualifications for the job.

The Senate unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State Monday, making him the first Cabinet nominee to be confirmed.

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a federal program that provides HIV medications, is one of the programs on pause during a 90-day review ordered by the Secretary of State.

Marco Rubio, who has represented Florida in the Senate since 2011, is known for his hawkish stance on China and has been sanctioned by the country twice.

Washington DC - The Senate unanimously approved Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday ... Shaheen and the Republican chairman of the committee, Jim Risch, agreed to fast-track Rubio's nomination, which was cleared by the panel barely an hour before ...

WHITE HOUSE - The Trump administration has ordered a three-month pause on almost all foreign development assistance pending a review to see what fits in

The future of PEPFAR, the U.S. government's global effort to combat HIV/AIDS, has been called into question amid a broader pause on foreign assistance and allegations from some Republican lawmakers that the Biden administration improperly allowed some of its funding to be spent on abortions.

A move by the Trump administration to freeze funding for PEPFAR, the widely heralded international HIV/AIDS program, is putting countless lives at immediate risk, experts say.

Fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and the Congolese army continued for a second day in Goma on Tuesday amid calls by African leaders for an immediate ceasefire.

Marco Rubio , who is Mr Trump's new US secretary of state, previously labelled the Chagos Islands deal 'a serious threat' to national security.

Health analysts say that the pause in funding for international and domestic efforts to halt HIV and AIDS are "unprecedented."