Pete Hegseth arrives at the Pentagon on Monday, starting his first official day as Secretary of Defense. At the top of his to-do list is addressing President Donald Trump’s priority to strengthen the U.S. military presence along the southern border.

Vice President JD Vance's first official trip since taking office was to Damascus, Virginia, to survey damage from last year's devastating Hurricane Helene. In remarks alongside Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin,

Sasha Buchert, a senior attorney at Lambda Legal who represented plaintiffs who sued and temporarily blocked a similar order in 2017 in the first Trump administration, called the new order “cruel” and said it “compromises the safety of our country.”