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Chuck Todd ruffled feathers on the left during an interview with fellow journalist Chris Cillizza, in which he unloaded on both President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

During their weekly conversation, Todd, who is the chief political analyst for NBC News, weighed in on the president's widely criticized decision to issue a full pardon for his son, who was accused of federal tax and gun charges.

Kash Patel — Donald Trump’s selection to lead the FBI — has become the latest member of the president-elect’s inner circle to fall victim to an Iranian hack, according to a CNN report.

And at least some of Patel’s communications are believed to have been accessed by the hackers, the network reported. A Trump transition spokesman would not comment specifically on the hack but released a statement highlighting Patel’s past efforts against Iran.

Fox News personality Pete Hegseth is set to sit for an interview with his own network Wednesday as he tries to rescue his embattled nomination to serve as President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of defense, CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported on Tuesday evening.

"In a sign of how seriously the Trump transition team is viewing Republican senators' concerns about Pete Hegseth, he is expected to sit for an interview with Fox News tomorrow, I'm told by multiple people," Collins posted to X. "That's notable given most (if not all?) of Trump's Cabinet picks have been told not to do media until after they are confirmed."

Dr. Mehmet Oz – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – is facing a public call for a federal investigation.

Consumer watchdog group Public Citizen on Tuesday urged the Federal Trade Commission to “immediately” investigate the well-known television doctor’s financial ties to a supplement company he markets on social media for potential violations that he failed to disclose endorsements and influencer marketing.

A former Fox News host suggested an idea Tuesday night on CNN to President-elect Donald Trump, should Trump's embattled nomination for Pentagon chief fall through.

Trump tapped Pete Hegseth, a Fox News weekend co-host, for defense secretary. Hegseth's selection faced intense scrutiny over his qualifications, and later over revelations that he was accused in 2017 of rape. On Tuesday, a report surfaced that his Fox News colleagues smelled alcohol on him before going on the air more than a dozen times.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a threatening message to the Justice Department and the FBI, warning them to preserve all documents from the Biden administration — and warning them that "accountability is coming" under the second Trump administration.

"Under your leadership, the DOJ and FBI have engaged in unprecedented abuses of the justice system — ranging from the criminal prosecution of President-elect Trump to bad-faith prosecutions of pro-life Americans for peacefully protesting abortion, and attempts to recruit undercover informants in Catholic parishes," Hawley wrote. "This is a sordid track record, and the American people deserve the truth about how it happened and who was involved."

Although the escalating situation unraveling in South Korea may seem like a world away, Washington should be paying close attention.

The failed plot to consolidate power by the country’s “right-wing wannabe authoritarian president” offers a stark forewarning to Americans as President-elect Donald Trump prepares a White House return, according to a political analyst who compared the qualities of both world leaders to startling detail.

Embattled Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani missed a deadline to reply to a motion arguing he should be held in contempt, according to a report.

"Mr. Giuliani ... was fully aware of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Civil Contempt, as well as the Court’s Order scheduling a hearing on the Motion for December 12, 2024," said a new filing to the court, brought by attorneys representing Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. "The Court should grant the Motion for Civil Contempt as conceded, should enter an order that Mr. Giuliani is in civil contempt, and the December 12, 2024 hearing should be narrowed to focus on the appropriate civil contempt sanction for Mr. Giuliani’s violation of the consent injunction."

A Florida sheriff who President-elect Donald Trump picked to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration removed himself from consideration Tuesday, citing “the gravity” of the job he was selected for just three days ago.

Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister made the announcement in a social media post on Tuesday, writing that although the nomination was “the honor of a lifetime,” after thinking it through, he changed his mind about accepting.

Fox News host Jesse Watters went all in on the idea of the United States annexing Canada on Tuesday's edition of "The Five," in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek endorsement of Donald Trump's efforts to bully Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

In the meeting of the two leaders held last week, Trudeau raised objections to Trump's plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on all goods coming in from Canada, including oil — and Trump shot back that if Canada can't function without its current trade surplus with the United States, maybe the country should consider becoming the 51st state.

A 93-year-old retired priest has pleaded guilty to rape, kidnapping and other charges in connection with the sexual abuse of a teen boy in the 1970s.

Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty Tuesday to state charges in Louisiana his lawyer, Bobby Hjortsberg, told The New York Times. He faces up to life in prison at his sentencing on Dec. 18.

Robert Lighthizer – a Washington veteran who served as Donald Trump's U.S. trade representative in his last term – is reportedly on the outs with the president-elect’s new transition team and may not join the administration at all, according to a new report.

And that could come with a price for people who valued the economic policies that he successfully saw through in Trump’s first term, POLITICO reported.

Legal experts ripped apart Donald Trump's latest request to have his guilty verdict in New York tossed, in which he cited Hunter Biden's sweeping pardon.

Trump's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the guilty verdict, handed down by a New York state jury in May. The questionable filing prompted legal analysts to post takedowns on social media and say they expected the judge will ignore the request.