AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Scoop: Rubio aide promoted to top White House national security post
Mike Needham, a longtime aide to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has been promoted to a top national security job in the White House, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Needham's new post as assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser is one of the more important jobs in a Trump administration consumed with foreign policy challenges from Iran to China, Cuba and Venezuela. Zoom in: Needham replaces Robert Gabriel, whom White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles last week called "a trusted confidant and dear friend to me and his White House colleagues." - Like Gabriel, Needham has good relations in the White House, including with Vice President JD Vance's team. - "Everyone likes Mike. He gets the policy. He gets the…