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

Hours after Trump was sworn in as president, senators confirmed his first Cabinet pick and advanced the nominations of several others through committee.

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.

One of Trump’s picks is currently an evangelical pastor: Southern Baptist Scott Turner, an associate pastor at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, was tapped to be Trump’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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

All of Trump's high-profile nominees are required to file reports disclosing their assets and recent sources of income.

Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright and OMB Director nominee Russell Vought also testified before the Senate on Wednesday. A number of protesters were thrown out of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state ... Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary and Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and ...

Kash Patel and Russell Vought. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald ...

President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kick off this week.

A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be confirmed,

Russell Vought, President Trump’s nominee to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testified Wednesday before the Senate Budget Committee for his confirmation