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 t...