Politics
Rubio and Trump have put aside past acrimony to make the Florida lawmaker the least controversial in an unusual slate of Cabinet picks.
World & Nation
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.
Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in 2018, Moody campaigned on a pledge to voters that she’d be a prosecutor, not a politician.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is on track to become the first Latino secretary of State and likely highest ranking Latino in the Trump administration.
On his first full day as U.S. secretary of State, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan. The four countries are known as the Quad.
Rubio has to balance aggressive Trump policies with Latin America’s willingness to cooperate. The Panama Canal will be contentious.
Opinion
In this election, the Republican has less reason to lean toward a more traditional vice president pick in the vein of Marco Rubio, Tim Scott or Mike Pence.
High School Sports
Point guard Marcos Ramirez has a 4.5 grade-point average and is averaging 17.5 points for Oxnard High.
Obituaries
Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday.
President Bukele says the country saw only homicides per 100,000 people, which would put it below what any Latin American country had reported in 2023.