Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio is expected to be confirmed as secretary of state Monday evening following President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The Senate wil confirm Rubio. Rubio will likely be the first cabinet member to be sworn in following the inauguration, according to Roll Call.

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more sat for Senate confirmation hearings throughout the day Wednesday.

Rubio is a lock for Senate confirmation for the same reasons he was a controversial selection within the MAGA universe. Among the major Cabinet nominees, he’s the most traditional, qualified pick Trump has made. Members of both sides trust him not to do anything too, well, disruptive.

Rubio appeared to be on a glide path to winning confirmation as secretary of state while Bondi looks poised to become the nation’s top law enforcement official.

Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went before Senate committees.

The Senate’s fight to confirm President-elect Trump’s Cabinet accelerates Wednesday, as half a dozen nominees head into their confirmation hearings. Committees will hear from

Senator Rubio was once a rival to the president ... of transportation), and Russell Vought (director of the Office of Management and Budget) also had hearings scheduled with committees.

Donald Trump was sentenced to “unconditional discharge” by Justice Juan Merchan in New York on Friday — just 10 days before his second inauguration — after being found guilty in his hush money trial last year.

The Florida senator told colleagues during his confirmation hearing that neither Russia nor Ukraine can achieve ultimate victory

The picks — Pam Bondi for attorney general, Marco Rubio for secretary of ... Vought for director of the White House Office of Management and Budget — largely avoided the kind of fireworks ...

WASHINGTON – Last time Donald Trump won office, it was Sen. Marco Rubio asking the probing questions. The Florida Republican used his perch on the Senate foreign affairs panel to grill Trump ...

The second day of Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet featured contentious exchanges, with nominees addressing concerns about their independence and policy priorities.