President Donald Trump issued a statement on Monday designating acting leaders of federal agencies and offices and took his first executive actions, including flying the flag full-staff at all government buildings until the end of Inauguration Day.
The statement names officials to lead federal agencies in an acting capacity. The agencies include the Department of Defense, the Department of Labor, the Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and more.
Trump’s nominees to lead those agencies—Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS, Pete Hegseth for Defense, Pam Bondi for DOJ, Kristi Noem for DHS, and others—are awaiting confirmation from the Republican-controlled Senate….