The Republican-controlled Senate plans to work overtime to approve President Donald Trump’s cabinet, including “nights, weekends, recesses,” according to Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Senate Democrats plan to slow down the process as much as possible – their only choice to disrupt the proceedings because it takes only a majority vote to approve nominees.

Senate Republicans are moving "full steam ahead" on confirming President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks and are focused on speeding up the process. The GOP aims to hold votes this week on Pete Hegseth for defense secretary and Kristi Noem for homeland security chief.

Two more picks for President Donald Trump's Cabinet will face questions during their confirmation hearings Tuesday morning. Many nominees continue to meet with senators individually before they go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run.