Caitlin Wilson
US live editor

We have reached the end of the first full week of Donald Trump’s presidential transition period, and his plans for the White House are beginning to take shape as he announces who he will nominate to join him in his next administration.

Trump has announced who he intends to have fill his cabinet positions and other White House posts, including Marco Rubio for secretary of state, Doug Collins to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, Kristi Noem for homeland security secretary, Karoline Leavitt as press secretary, Pete Hegseth to head the defence department and Doug Burgum for secretary of the interior, among others.

Some nominees have earned more criticism than others. For example, even some fellow Republicans have expressed hesitancy or concern over the nominee for attorney general, former Representative Matt Gaetz, who resigned his House seat this week.

Republican Senator Susan Collins said she was “shocked” by the announcement, while Senator Mike Rounds said he would like to see the results of an investigation into Gaetz by the the House Ethics Committee.

The former Florida congressman was being investigated over allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use and misuse of campaign funds – all of which Gaetz denies – but the inquiry was suspended after his resignation. House Speaker Mike Johnson has urged the committee not to release its findings.

And the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has sparked opposition from public health experts over his views that have conflicted with scientific evidence, especially on vaccines.

Trump also announced that tech billionaire Elon Musk would be in charge of running a so-called Department of Government Efficiency – or DOGE, a reference to an internet meme – tasked with cutting bureaucracy and spending.

There is still a lot left to learn about what Trump’s second White House term will look like. There are more nominations to be made, including for treasury secretary, and it is not yet certain all of the president-elect’s picks will make it through the Senate confirmation process.

For now, we are ending our live coverage of the transition process, but we’ll keep an eye on how the news is unfolding and bring you any info you need to know elsewhere on our site.

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