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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough cast doubt on the FBI background check of Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary Tuesday.

Allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct have surfaced against former Fox News host Pete Hegseth since the president-elect tapped him to lead the Pentagon, but the "Morning Joe" host said he was so lacking in qualifications for the job that no Republican senators should vote to confirm him.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow opened her show on Monday with a blistering look at how President-elect Donald Trump has loaded his transition with chaos and grift.

"The last transition Donald Trump was part of was the worst presidential transition in the history of the country," said Maddow, alluding to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. "And given how disastrously he performed in that last transition, I mean, you have to just assume that this one inherently will be better. It has to be, right? But I think it is worth being blunt about the fact that it might be close. Because this, too, is a terrible, terrible presidential transition. And I think it ought to be more central to the way that we are talking about what's going on in politics and in our country and in government at this moment."

Legal observers are on the lookout for what new legal tactics President-elect Donald Trump and his team of lawyers might attempt in the hours before Jack Smith’s looming report involving the 2020 election hits.

But the law isn’t on Trump’s side, according to CNN’s Elie Honig, who poured cold water on the incoming president’s desire to have the decision by Judge Aileen Cannon overturned in a higher court.

A firebrand Republican senator said Monday that California wildfire victims don't deserve federal aid because they elected Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined the right-wing Newsmax network with host Chris Salcedo on Monday afternoon to talk about the fires, which have left at least two dozen dead.

Federal authorities were reportedly looking at a new theory as to what may have ignited one of several massive wildfires in California.

NBC News correspondent Liz Kreutz spoke with MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace on Monday about the latest reporting into the California wildfires, which have left at least two dozen dead and scorched more than 38,000 acres.

Pro-MAGA Newsmax host Chris Salcedo labeled two Republican senators as "leftists" after they requested to see an FBI background check on defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

On his Newsmax program Monday, Salcedo lashed out at Republican Sens. Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) for wanting more information about Hegseth after he was hit with allegations of drinking and sexual abuse.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) credited President-elect Donald Trump after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggested corporate America needed more "masculine energy."

During a Monday interview on Fox News, host Martha MacCallum asked Jordan to respond to Zuckerberg's recent remarks to Joe Rogan about "masculine energy."

A freshman Republican Senator is promoting an unusual interpretation of the Senate's role in the constitutionally mandated "advice and consent" responsibility.

U.S. Senator Katie Britt, elected in 2022, is the first woman Alabama voters have sent to the U.S. Senate. She gained national attention, and bipartisan criticism, after delivering the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address. During her speech, Britt criticized President Biden’s immigration policies and referred to an incident involving human trafficking, suggesting in her remarks a woman had been sexually trafficked because of Biden's policies. However, as NBC News reported, the incident occurred two decades earlier, in Mexico, not in the United States.

A jab from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre caused Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy to blush during what was expected to be their final press conference together in the White House briefing room.

"If I don't see you again in the briefing, thank you for always ... You could have stopped taking the hard questions years ago, and you didn't, so we appreciate that," Doocy said at the beginning of his questions on Monday.

Ana Navarro, co-host of ABC's The View, criticized Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) for meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

During a Monday panel discussion about the meeting, Navarro argued Fetterman was guilty of poor judgment because he was the only Democratic official to meet at Trump's resort home.

A former Republican staffer to two House speakers is warning that Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing this week will be challenging.

Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, Brendan Buck said that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) isn't at "yes" on Hegseth yet. He faces the Armed Services Committee Tuesday for a confirmation hearing after being nominated to head the Department of Defense.

Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater USA, called for arsonists in California to be "shot on sight" by vigilantes.

During a Monday interview on the right-wing War Room podcast, host Steve Bannon asked Prince if enough military forces had been deployed to help keep order as California faces wildfires.