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Trump's return to Washington upends business as usual across the government.

Plus uncertainty swirls around Pete Hedgesl's confirmation vote

as two GOP senators oppose the Pentagon pick.

And Trump's opening gambit vis-à-vis China keeps Beijing guessing.

The Chinese know that while there is possibility for engaging the president who is seen as

more transactional, that also comes with a flip side, which is if he doesn't think he's

getting what he wants, he could rain fire and act on those threats.

It's Friday, January 24th.

I'm Kate Bullivant for the Wall Street Journal filling in for Luke Vargas.

And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

We begin in Washington, where President Trump's first week in office has seen major federal initiatives

scrapped, throwing much

of the government into disarray and bringing even routine functions to a halt. Confusion has

loomed over Trump's executive order to pause distribution of funds allocated by the previous

administration, causing the transportation department to temporarily shut down a computer

system for road projects. A hiring freeze has led some agencies to rescind job offers. And orders

to halt all external communications from health agencies through February 1st left food and

...