President Donald Trump is granting temporary, six-month security clearances to incoming White House officials who have not completed the vetting process typically required before being allowed to access highly-classified information,

Priorities shift with every election cycle, but one remains constant: the demand for a more efficient government hiring process including security clearance eligibility and vetting.

Donald Trump is granting security clearances to new White House officials before they have completed the vetting process, according to reports.

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump has chosen to grant immediate Top Secret security clearances to several people, intended to amend a "backlog" created under the Biden administration.