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

President Donald Trump is acting on his campaign promises at the fastest clip in modern memory — sending almost hourly shockwaves through the government, the legal system, the science community and around the world.

Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned work to the attorney general.

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more sat for Senate confirmation hearings throughout the day Wednesday.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. A Justice Department spokesperson didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. At least 15 senior-level officials at the Justice Department had been reassigned by Tuesday,

Some of Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate this week after the chamber held more than a dozen confirmation hearings last week. More hearings for other nominees are scheduled for this week.

Senate hearings are scheduled this coming week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. Many have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. Here’s a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time:

Trump announced Stephen Miller as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, plus the additional role of homeland security adviser. Miller was a senior adviser to Trump during his first administration and one of the architects of some of his most controversial immigration policies, including his family separation program.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities

President Trump wasted no time asserting his second-term agenda Monday – signing dozens of executive orders in a flurry of activity that began just moments after taking the oath of office.

Lawyer and frequent Trump critic Tristan Snell observed that many of the talking points in Trump’s speech were “LITERALLY a rundown of Project 2025,” a far right manifesto drawn up by the Heritage Foundation that Trump had tried to distance himself from during the campaign.

Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States at noon. We'll be posting live updates.