The Republican-controlled Senate plans to work overtime to approve President Donald Trump’s cabinet, including “nights, weekends, recesses,” according to Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Senate Democrats plan to slow down the process as much as possible – their only choice to disrupt the proceedings because it takes only a majority vote to approve nominees.

On Monday, President Donald Trump took the oath of office to become the 47th president of the United States of America.

Even though Trump has not officially been inaugurated, the Senate can confirm cabinet members before his Oath of Office.

President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department sat for a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday after hearings for Veterans’ Affairs Secretary nominee Doug Collins and Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum were postponed.

A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.

Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are beginning their nomination process this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth

The incoming president's pick to lead the Defense Department made $4.6 million as host at the cable news network over two years.

Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law has added another layer of difficulty to his confirmation chances. Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon was accused Tuesday of making his second wife “fear for her safety” during their marriage between 2010 and 2017,

Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees for his second term are slated for Senate confirmations this week, after a series of discussions. The appointments covering national security, public health, and labor,

Notably, Gabbard questioned the US intelligence community’s assessments that Assad was behind a deadly chlorine gas attack the same year she met with the Syrian strongman, to which Trump said at the time: “There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons.”

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet. The vote was unanimous.