As Senate confirmation hearings begin, here's the latest on who in the Trump administration has, will or doesn't need to be approved.

The goal is to inject political loyalists deep into the workings of government, perhaps more so than any other recent president.

Gov. Mike DeWine must pick someone to replace Vice President-elect JD Vance, who resigned his Senate seat last week.

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

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.

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.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has shared her thoughts on President-elect Donald Trump's influence over political nominations.