JOHN YANG: In today's other news, Pete Hegseth was sworn in as defense secretary.

Vice President J.D.

Vance administered the oath office hours after casting the dramatic tie breaking Senate vote to confirm Hegseth.

Three Republicans voted against him, including former Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Today.

Hegseth thanked the vice president.

PETE HEGSETH, Secretary of Defense: We look forward to having the backs of our troops and having your back in executing peace through strength, in putting America first and in rebuilding our military.

Mr. Vice President, thank you for breaking the tie.

JOHN YANG: President Trump's cabinet continues to take shape.

Today, the Senate confirmed Kristi Noem is homeland security secretary.

The vote was 59 to 34.

The former South Dakota governor said her top priority is border security and immigration enforcement.

Several news outlets are reporting that President Trump has fired more than a dozen inspectors general at nearly every cabinet level agency.

It caps a first week in office in which Mr. Trump has taken steps to reshape the federal government, including removing officials he says as unfriendly to his agenda.

Inspectors general are presidential appointees intended to be independent watchdogs to help prevent mismanagement and abuse of power.

Under the law, removing them requires 30 days advance notice to Congress.

And there's a new American champion down under.

Madison Keys won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, beating the top ranked player in the world, Aryna Sabalenka.

At 29, Keys is one of the oldest women to become a first time champion.

Sabalenka had won the last two Australian Opens.

After the match, she smashed her racket in frustration.

Still to come on PBS News Weekend, an AI transcription tool used by many hospitals that makes things up and the effect of removing medical debt from the credit scores of millions of Americans.