Senate GOP leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is primed to hand President Trump a quick string of wins on his first days in office. Why it matters: Thune and Trump have a complicated history, but the new majority leader is doing his best to start Congress off on the right foot.

Senate Republicans are kicking off their race to quickly confirm President Trump’s Cabinet nominees, and they’re starting with his national security team. Senators began Monday evening by

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.C.) said on Monday that he thinks President Trump’s remaining Cabinet nominees have a “path” to be confirmed. “I think they all have a path to get there,”

Senate Republicans are trudging through the process to confirm President Trump's nominees as Democrats push back

Marco Rubio has been confirmed by the Senate as the country’s next secretary of state. The nomination of the senior senator from Florida, 53, was confirmed on Monday, Jan. 20, hours after Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president.

The Senate unanimously approved Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as secretary of state in the first vote on President Trump’s cabinet selections.

Former Florida Senator Marco Rubio became the first Donald Trump cabinet official when he was confirmed by the Senate on Monday. Vice President JD Vance has sworn in Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, the first of Trump’s cabinet nominees to take the job.

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet

Rubio lost to Trump in 2016 but he’s living his best life as Secretary of State, approved unanimously by his Senate colleagues.

That would be Marco Rubio, the Florida senator and secretary ... Senate Majority Leader John Thune said much the same, saying there were “discussions” happening about Rubio but had nothing ...