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🧑‍⚖️ What happened “30 minutes ago in Florida”

To be clear: as of now no credible news sources are reporting that Marco Rubio was just confirmed to a new position in Florida within the last 30 minutes — so any claim like that appears to be false or unverified rumor / misinformation at best.

However, the most recent and real developments involving Marco Rubio (as of today, Sunday, February 8, 2026) are these:

1) Marco Rubio is currently the U.S. Secretary of State

• Rubio was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 20, 2025 to serve as Secretary of State in President Donald Trump’s second administration. His confirmation vote was 99–0, a rare unanimous result and the first Cabinet confirmation in that administration.

2) Rubio has held additional roles within the federal government

• Beyond being Secretary of State, Rubio also served as:

  • Acting National Security Advisor

  • Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • Acting head of the U.S. National Archives
    These extra duties led some commentators to jokingly call him the “Secretary of Everything.”

3) He just stepped down from one of those extra roles

• As of a couple of days ago, Rubio stepped down as the acting head of the U.S. National Archives because federal law limits how long someone can serve in an unconfirmed acting capacity.

4) Controversy and legal challenges

• Recently, a lawsuit was filed against the U.S. State Department and Rubio personally over a policy that halted immigrant visa approvals for citizens of 75 countries — a highly contentious policy that plaintiffs say violates U.S. law.

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🇺🇸 Background: Rubio’s Political Career

Former U.S. Senator from Florida

• Before becoming Secretary of State, Marco Rubio was a long-serving Republican U.S. Senator representing Florida.

Resignation from the Senate

• After his confirmation as Secretary of State in 2025, Rubio resigned from the Senate, triggering a special election process.

His Senate seat was filled by appointment

• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Ashley Moody (then Florida Attorney General) to fill his vacant Senate seat until the next scheduled election.

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📍 Clarifying the “Confirmed” Claim

If your question is whether Marco Rubio was just now confirmed by the Senate again 30 minutes ago in Florida — there is no credible reporting or confirmation of that.

What is real and verified:

• His confirmation occurred in January 2025 as U.S. Secretary of State.

• Any recent news involves shifts in his roles (stepping down from an acting post) or policy/legal challenges, not a new Senate confirmation vote.

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🧠 Why This Matters

Marco Rubio’s confirmation as Secretary of State was a major political event for several reasons:

Historic and bipartisan

• A 99–0 Senate confirmation is extremely rare in modern U.S. politics and shows broad bipartisan support at the time.

Key foreign policy influence

• As Secretary of State — and through additional duties — Rubio has been a central figure in shaping U.S. foreign policy, especially regarding issues like:

  • U.S. diplomacy with China and Taiwan

  • Strategic positions on Russia’s war in Ukraine

  • Immigration and visa policy

  • U.S. relations in Latin America and the Caribbean
    — though many of these positions have become controversial.