Marco Rubio is Sworn in as Secretary of State
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Stalking the cabinet. I'm Chris Foster, Fox News. Marco Rubio is sworn in as Secretary of State, the first Trump cabinet member confirmed by the Senate. Everything we do must be justified by the answer to one of three questions. Does it make us stronger? Does it make us safer? And does it make us more prosperous? If it doesn't do one of those three things, we will not do it. Rubio, sworn in this morning by Vice President Vance, was part of the unanimous vote on this confirmation, resigning from the Senate, Rubio did after the vote.

President Trump attends a national prayer service at Washington National Cathedral this morning and makes an announcement about infrastructure this afternoon. He, in the hours after replacing President Biden yesterday, signed dozens of executive actions and orders on immigration and border security, pardoning January 6th Capitol rioters, delaying a TikTok ban, pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, freezing federal hiring, ending federal diversity programs, and more, like withdrawing from the World Health Organization.

President Trump cites the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other health crises and a failure to adopt needed reforms. The president withdrew the U.S. from the WHO near the end of his first term. That was quickly reversed by President Biden. The WHO says it hopes the United States will reconsider, saying the U.S. is a founding member of the WHO and has helped save countless lives and protected Americans from health threat.

Fox's Jared Halpern. There are winter weather alerts from Texas to the Carolinas. Schools and airports are closed in Houston. John Spud McConnell in Louisiana stocking up on pork shoulder. I got a couple of great big Boston butts, and I'm going to put them in the oven tomorrow morning when it's really cold. I'm going to bake them bad boys all day.

then I'm going to be eating pig like the pig that I am. The first ever blizzard warning for the Gulf Coast is issued. Israel's top general, Herzi Halivi, resigned, citing security and intelligence failures related to the October 7th, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel. America's listening to Fox News.

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A Border Patrol agent is shot and killed during a traffic stop. The stop took place not far from the Canadian border on I-91 in Coventry, Vermont. Homeland Security says two suspects were in the car that Border Patrol agents were pulling over. They say one of the suspects is dead. The FBI, which is investigating the incident, says the second suspect was injured and is in custody.

Fox's Gary Baumgarten. There are more wildfires in California to the south of where fires have destroyed thousands of homes. More people are ordered to evacuate after several fires broke out in northern San Diego County overnight, with officials in the region on high alert as they cope with high winds and relentless dry conditions.

Authorities say more than 150 firefighters are fighting the Lilac Fire in Bonzel, which is continuing to grow, and that more resources are on the way to help in the battle taking place on mostly steep and rocky terrain. Evacuation orders now lifted for the Palafire, which burned in a mountainous area.

about 45 minutes north of the city of San Diego. Another brush fire, dubbed the Riverview Fire, managed to burn about one acre before firefighters halted its progress. Lillian Wu, Fox News. More Senate confirmation hearings starting up for Trump administration nominees this morning. President Trump's pick is Secretary of

the VA, former Rep. Doug Collins, appears before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. The 58-year-old Air Force veteran served in Congress from 2013 to 2021, and like Collins, President Trump's pick for United Nations Ambassador. Republican Congresswoman from New York, Elise Stefanik, is also expected to breeze through the confirmation process when she answers questions today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Jeff Monasso, Fox News. Stocks are largely higher to start the day on Wall Street. The Dow up 237. The Nasdaq basically flat. The S&P is up 23. I'm Chris Foster, Fox News.