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Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser

Rubio becomes the first to hold both roles since Henry Kissinger.

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Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser

What this story says

  • President Donald Trump has officially appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as national security adviser.
  • Rubio has been serving in the role on an acting basis since May 2025.
  • He is the first person since Henry Kissinger to hold both the secretary of state and national security adviser positions simultaneously.
  • Mike Waltz previously held the acting national security adviser role before Rubio.

Who covered it

Left 10%(1)Centre 20%(2)Right 70%(7)

Percentages are shares of the 10 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 13 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

41/100

13 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 1 of the 10 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

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. The appointment makes permanent a dual role that concentrates two of the administration's most influential foreign-policy positions under one official. Rubio is the first person to hold both the secretary of state and national security adviser positions simultaneously since Henry Kissinger, who served in both capacities between 1973 and 1975.

Mike Waltz previously held the acting national security adviser position before Rubio. USA Today reported that Waltz left the role in May 2025 after becoming involved in the 'Signalgate' scandal, in which he and other officials were accused of discussing sensitive details about a planned U.S. military strike in Yemen via the Signal messaging application. News Facts Network reported that Rubio has since reshaped parts of the National Security Council, with several of his former State Department aides moving into senior NSC positions.

Disagreement on confirmation source

USA Today reported that Trump appointed Rubio during his trip to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, with MS NOW first reporting the news. News Facts Network stated that a White House official confirmed the appointment on a Tuesday. The Washington Examiner reported that a White House spokesperson confirmed to them that Trump signed a commission appointing Rubio. VINnews reported that three administration officials confirmed the move on a Tuesday.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated digests mention the 'Signalgate' scandal or the specific details of the accusations against Mike Waltz that led to his departure from the acting national security adviser role. The centre-rated digests also do not mention the 'Signalgate' scandal or the reasons for Waltz's departure.

Tags:#MarcoRubio#DonaldTrump#NationalSecurityAdviser#SecretaryOfState#USPolitics#HenryKissinger

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 23 Sept 2026, 01:15, and will add the sides that appear.

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Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser
News Facts NetworkCentre

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

1 rated outlet

  • The left-rated report from USA Today led with Trump officially naming Marco Rubio his national security adviser. It detailed Rubio's dual role, noting he had served in an acting capacity for over a year. The report included that Rubio replaced Mike Waltz, who left the position due to the 'Signalgate' scandal involving the Signal messaging app and discussions of a military strike in Yemen. USA Today also included Rubio's comments dismissing potential 2028 presidential run, stating he was focused on his two jobs. Trump's praise for Rubio was also featured, with Trump saying, 'When I have a problem, I call up Marco. He gets it solved.'

Centre

2 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated reports from News Facts Network and Political Wire focused on the formalisation of Rubio's dual role as secretary of state and national security adviser. Both noted that Rubio had held the national security adviser position in an acting capacity since May 2025. They highlighted that Rubio is the first person since Henry Kissinger to simultaneously hold both influential foreign-policy positions. News Facts Network mentioned that Rubio has reshaped parts of the National Security Council and that Trump has repeatedly praised Rubio's ability to handle multiple responsibilities. Political Wire's report cited MS NOW as the source for its information.

Right

7 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports from [your]NEWS, VINnews, wfmd.com, Washington Examiner, nytimespost.com, Fox News, and RedState focused on the permanence of Rubio's national security adviser role alongside his position as secretary of state. Several reports, including those from wfmd.com, nytimespost.com, and RedState, used headlines referring to Rubio's 'meme-worthy job collection' or 'meme jobs' receiving a 'permanent Trump upgrade'. Fox News noted Rubio is only the second person after Henry Kissinger to hold both roles. The Washington Examiner stated Rubio had been acting NSA for 16 months. VINnews mentioned three administration officials confirmed the move. [your]NEWS noted Rubio spent more than a year holding the role.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser?
Of the 10 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 10% are rated left, 20% are rated centre, 70% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 10 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser biased?
Trump Appoints Marco Rubio National Security Adviser is one event reported by 13 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?
13 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.

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Centre

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Right

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