Welcome to the News Hour. A second Donald Trump administration is taking shape, one new appointee at a time.

Today, the president-elect tapped more of his closest allies to fill some of the government's top posts.

Among them, Senator Marco Rubio, putting Trump's one-time foe on track to become the first Latino to serve as the nation's top diplomat.

Laura Barone Lopez has more.

From 2016 rivals.

Thank you for running, Mr. President.

To loyal surrogate on the campaign trail.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is now slated to join President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet.

PBS News can confirm Trump will nominate Rubio for Secretary of State.

On foreign policy, he's known as a China hawk.

But after Trump's win, he pledged a, quote, pragmatic approach.

Rubio largely sees eye-to-eye with the president-elect on a number of issues,

including more recently on Russia's

war against Ukraine. What we are funding here is a stalemate war. It needs to be brought to a conclusion

because that country is going to be set back 100 years. Also today, Trump announced his pick

for the U.S. ambassador to Israel, former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee. An evangelical Christian, Huckabee, has long been a

vocal supporter of Israel. As recently as June, he opposed ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas.

Trump said in a statement that Huckabee, quote, loves Israel and the people of Israel, and likewise,

the people of Israel love him. As for Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security, another loyalist.

The only person in the race that I trust to do what needs to be done on these issues is President Trump.

Multiple reports say Trump has picked Christy Nome, South Dakota's Republican governor, for the job.

Like Rubio, Nome stumped for Trump on the campaign trail and was herself an early

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