There will be a lot on the plate for new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third floor E Ring.

More Trump nominees with potentially rocky paths to confirmation face hearings in the Senate this week, including Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kash Patel.

Pete Hegseth has been sworn as the secretary of defense, taking the oath from Vice President JD Vance less than 12 hours after a dramatic late-night vote in the Senate.

Vice President Vance defended new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him a “disrupter,” but that it is “incredibly necessary.” Vance joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday

President Trump’s whirlwind of a first week included him making good on several campaign promises as his cabinet picks were readily ushered into the new administration after this week’s

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee joins Nicole Wallace on Deadline White House to preview Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense Secretary’s confirmation hearing set to take place with multiple outstanding questions remaining regarding allegations of financial mismanagement,

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's choice to be defense secretary, gives a thumbs-up at the completion of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Capitol on Jan.

President Donald Trump traveled to California to survey the wildfire damage in his first presidential visit since his inauguration.

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks in Las Vegas as the administration pushes his immigration agenda.

Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the Senate. The vote on Friday night was initially 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance then casting the tie-breaking vote.

Trump's success in pushing through his Pentagon chief nomination despite private doubts among lawmakers amounted to a fresh testament to his hold over the GOP.