President Trump has no love for the State Department — or, as he calls it, the “Deep State Department.” In his mind it is insular, hidebound, and full of lazy careerists and fuzzy-headed one-worlders.

and Secretary of State in the George H. W. Bush administration. He is also the namesake of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Texas. James Addison ...

Mike Kennealy, a former housing and economic development secretary ... Republican State Committee, has not spoken to Kennealy about running for governor but said the former Baker official would ...

Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of ... secretaries of state have been known for their closeness to the presidents whom they ...

(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The Senate voted to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state, installing one of their own as President Trump’s first cabinet member. The Florida Republican was ...

As Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, James Madison inadvertently began a pattern in which this cabinet office position would lead directly to the presidency. This would continue until 1828, with ...

The majority of ballots cast in the Peach State will be counted by election night, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a Thursday appearance on CNN. Early votes will be ...