Rubio rode into national politics on the Tea Party wave in 2010, after having served for a decade in Florida state politics, rising to become majority leader and ultimately speaker of the state’s House of Representatives.

The secretary of state and national security adviser is at the forefront of the Trump administration’s push to weaken Nicolás Maduro.

Before boarding a plane for Israel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.N. backing was a potential next step to deploying an international stabilization force to the war-torn enclave.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s stock is rising as a consequence of President Trump’s Middle East peace agreement, cementing his status as a key member of Trump’s inner circle and a

A Tufts University political science professor who has studied Rubio’s career describes the secretary as “ideologically flexible.”

Rubio's arrival will follow that of US Vice President JD Vance, who touched down in Israel on Tuesday. US President Donald Trump's envoys Jared Kushner and Steven Witkoff are also in Israel.

The back-to-back visits by Mr. Vance and Mr. Rubio underscore the administration’s keen interest in preserving the cease-fire. Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump’s Middle East envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, have also been in Israel this week.