White House says Trump has no plans to shift cabinet members

Cuts to staff, budget will boost military strength, Hegseth says

Hegseth promised to reinvest budget savings in other military programs and jettison civilian workers who are not living up to expectations.
Beavers takes reins from Sherman as acting DOD information officer

As the most senior IT advisor to the secretary of defense, Beavers is taking over from former CIO John Sherman.
George Clooney, high-profile fundraiser, asks Biden to leave race

Democrats would lose presidential race as well as all control in Congress with him as nominee, actor says in a New York Times opinion piece Wednesday.
Presidential appointees go unconfirmed for longer. Blame the Senate.

Today, the Senate confirmation process takes almost twice as long as it did during President Reagan’s term in the 1980s.