It is unclear who will take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.

President-elect Donald Trump is poised to seize greater control of the federal government than any modern president before him when he takes office on Monday, charging ahead with plans to dismantle what he and his allies call the "deep state,

The new administration is set to face significant challenges, including heightened geopolitical tensions, economic recovery, and domestic political polarisation.

Neither Lara Trump nor Vivek Ramaswamy will join the Senate. But it’s likely the president-elect didn’t really go to the mat for their appointments.

The question the Senate confirmation process must address is whether the department’s tradition of independence will be supplanted by a new value: loyalty.

Some of Trump's closest advisers have raised concerns over investigations into alien life, as the president-elect is poised to return to the White House.

Democratic states' attorneys general launched a legal bid this week to defend Biden administration policies on immigration, the environment and guns, just days before Donald Trump takes office on Monday.

Hegseth has railed against what he considered "woke" policies like the renaming of military bases named after racist Confederates.

The CEO of one of the world's biggest defense contractors, L3Harris Technologies, told President-elect Donald Trump's government efficiency panel in a letter on Wednesday that the Pentagon's huge contracting system is too slow and bureaucratic to meet threats posed by China and Iran and needs to be reformed.

Wealthy hedge fund executive Scott Bessent – whose confirmation hearing for treasury secretary is slated for Thursday – has hundreds of millions of dollars in assets and owns property from North Dakota to the Bahamas.

Six of President-elect Trump's nominees are facing senators on Wednesday, including Sen. Marco Rubio and Pam Bondi.

The Trump administration will also push to fill the thousands of political appointments across government as soon as possible, another source told Reuters