The appointment of Waltz, as well as the reported roles of both Rubio and Noem, come after Trump made Susie Wiles his chief of staff, named former immigration official Tom Homan as his "border tsar" and nominated New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik as his future ambassador to the United Nations.

Donald Trump selected U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, the New York Times reported on Monday, putting the Florida-born politician on track to be the first Latino to serve as America's top diplomat once the Republican president-elect takes office in January.

STORY: President-elect Donald Trump's Republican Party will control both houses of Congress when he takes office in January. Republicans had already secured a majority in the U.S. Senate, and Decision Desk HQ on Monday projected they would hold at least 218 seats in the House of Representatives,