Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser?

Of the 22 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 9% are rated left, 14% are rated centre, 77% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 27. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser left or right?

The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 77% of the 22 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage of this one has settled, so that is unlikely to move much now.

Is the coverage of Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser biased?

Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser is one event reported by 27 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser?

27 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

Who has been appointed as the new national security adviser?

President Donald Trump has formally appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as his national security adviser. Rubio had been serving in the role on an acting basis since May 2025.

What is significant about this appointment?

Marco Rubio is the first person since Henry Kissinger to simultaneously serve as both secretary of state and national security adviser. This concentrates two of the administration's most influential foreign-policy positions under one official.

Who held the acting national security adviser role before Rubio?

Mike Waltz previously held the acting national security adviser position before Marco Rubio. Waltz left the role in May 2025.