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Former President Ronald Reagan’s oldest son downplayed broad concerns about democracy raised by Democrats and other opponents of Donald Trump as the country awaits his return to the White House during an interview with CNN on Monday.

“I would think he would think it's in good shape,” Michael Reagan, a Republican strategist and Newsmax columnist, told CNN’s Jake Tapper in a Veterans Day appearance on the network. The assessment came after Tapper asked Reagan what he believed his father would think about the present state of the U.S. democracy.

President-elect Donald Trump reportedly tapped a MAGA lawmaker Monday to be his next national security adviser.

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) was selected for Trump's first of many national security roles, CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins reported Monday evening. The role is the president's primary advisor on national security issues and foreign policy matters.

The head of the Heritage Foundation said Monday that his group made a "tactical error" during the election cycle by not responding to left-wing attacks about Project 2025.

Kevin Roberts, president of the organization, talked about President-elect Donald Trump's transition plan with Bloomberg Radio on Monday, and touting that the "forgotten ordinary American has won."

CNN's Jake Tapper cornered Donald Trump's one-time acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf on how the president-elect's plans for mass deportation — which could cost massive amounts of money and require the deployment of the military — would actually work, and how the administration would avoid catastrophic economic damage.

Tapper began by noting that a huge amount of the workforce would meet Trump's apparent standard for deportation.

Donald Trump's presidential transition is already at work, with speculation underway about how it may circumvent the U.S. Senate's "advise and consent" rule.

Reports surfaced Monday that Trump is looking into ways that they can use recess appointments to ensure some of his people can be appointed regardless of controversy.

Supporters of Donald Trump are demanding that the country come together after an election where their candidate and surrogates trashed voters on the other side.

Tim Miller from The Bulwark said on a Monday podcast that he saw Vivek Ramaswamy on ABC's "This Week" over the weekend, where he was demanding "respect" from the left.

The Justice Department is rushing to push through some of the worst Jan. 6 cases — including those of 75 people who have yet to be arrested — before Trump takes office, according to a report.

NBC News justice reporter Ryan Reilly said Monday that many in the DOJ "want to get over the line before Donald Trump is back in the White House."

President-elect Donald Trump's reelection was credited for emboldening a group of people waving Nazi flags in Michigan over the weekend.

WLNS reported that the flags were seen in two cities, including at a Jewish play.

Former CIA director John Brennan is concerned that President-elect Donald Trump will appoint people who will burn relationships with international leaders.

Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, Brennan explained that those in positions like the CIA, FBI, and DIA leaders are infamously apolitical, and changing that might hurt relationships with their counterparts or lead counterparts to distance themselves.

Right-wing strategist Steve Bannon set a goal of removing every liberal judge from the U.S. Supreme Court after former President Donald Trump was re-elected.

During his Monday War Room podcast, Bannon called on Republican senators to block any of President Joe Biden's judicial appointments before Trump takes office.

President-elect Donald Trump isn't the most frightening part of the nation's decision to reelect the convicted felon, a onetime Republican says.

The Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell said on CNN Monday morning that she is more disturbed by the Republican lawmakers backing Trump, who she argues has already been granted too much leeway to claim unprecedented power.

President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly pick anti-immigration zealot Stephen Miller for a top White House policy position.

CNN first reported Monday that Trump would appoint Miller to serve as White House deputy chief of staff for policy. Miller was behind the family separation policy during Trump's first administration, and he was the architect of a mass deportation plan the former president revealed during his 2024 campaign.

A powerful ally of President-elect Donald Trump is already weirding out members of his transition team who view the supporter as the "guest who wouldn't leave," a CNN journalist says.

Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk has already rankled insiders as he dazzles Trump with "nerd glamor" amid a high-profile bid for political influence, tech journalist Kara Swisher said Monday morning.