When Marco Rubio took the lectern at Mar-a-Lago shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the country had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, it was the culmination of a decade of effort from the secretary of state and a clear sign that he had emerged as a leading voice within the Trump administration.

The men & women of law enforcement are under assault,’ the then-Florida senator wrote in a post as the Captiol riot unfolded five years ago

While Vice President JD Vance took a back seat amid the operation in Venezuela, Rubio's odds of being the next president surged.

President Trump has tasked Secretary of State Marco Rubio with leading Venezuela's post-Maduro transition. This significant responsibility has sparked widespread online humor. Memes and jokes depict Rubio taking on an ever-expanding list of roles,

NBC’s Kristen Welker challenged Secretary of State Marco Rubio over President Donald Trump launching a strike against Venezuela and capturing its president Nicolás Maduro without the approval of congress. The move sparked backlash from Democratic lawmakers who argued the action was “illegal.”

News organizations got a rare “thank you” from the Trump administration for not putting its military action in Venezuela in jeopardy by reporting on it before it happened.

The secretary of state already had three jobs in the Trump administration before becoming the face of President Trump’s efforts to “run” Venezuela.

One Danish Member of the European Parliament warned the United States is on a path to have “very few friends in the world.”

President Donald Trump’s has made broad but vague assertions that the United States is going to “run” Venezuela after the ouster of Nicolás Maduro but has offered almost no details about how it will d