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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.

Special counsel David Weiss sharply tore into President Joe Biden over his criticisms of the case against his son Hunter, in his final report made public on Monday, The New York Times reported.

Biden controversially issued a full pardon to his son, who was convicted of tax crimes and illegal attempts to buy a gun, shortly after President-elect Donald Trump nominated far-right conspiracy theorist loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director. The move, which ran counter to Biden's previous statements he would not use the pardon power on his family, led some to speculate the president had no confidence in the DOJ under Trump not to engage in political attacks against his son.

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.

Nine people have been charged in connection with looting in evacuation zones around huge fires burning in Los Angeles, the area's chief prosecutor said Monday.

The charges include one burglary that netted $200,000 and one in which an Emmy statuette was stolen, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of spreading "lies" about the state's response to deadly wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, escalating their online row over swirling misinformation.

President-elect Donald Trump and Musk -- the Tesla and SpaceX owner poised to play a key role advising the incoming administration –- have stepped up criticism of the governor's handling of the devastating blazes that have killed at least 24 people and displaced tens of thousands.

As deadly flames swept closer and smoke poured into their Los Angeles home, Zahrah Mihm tried to calmly wake her two young children in the middle of the night.

"We gotta go baby. We're going on a fun adventure," she told 4-year-old Ethan in her gentlest voice, scooping up her 18-month-old baby and fleeing their house in Altadena.

A dozen Los Angeles professional sports teams pledged $8 million toward wildfire relief on Monday and outlined plans for three events to distribute supplies to those affected by blazes still ravaging the United States' second-largest city.

The NFL's Rams and Chargers, the NBA's Lakers and Clippers, MLB's Dodgers and Angels, MLS's Galaxy and LAFC, the NHL's Ducks and Kings, the WNBA's Sparks and the NWSL's Angel City FC said the funds would go to multiple organizations including the American Red Cross, the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, World Central Kitchen and various local animal rescue organizations.

US President Joe Biden announced Monday that two of the Navy's future aircraft carriers will be named for former commanders-in-chief Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

"The future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83) will begin construction in the years ahead," Biden said in a statement issued just a week before he is replaced in office by Donald Trump.

Former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard faces a major obstacle to getting confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's director of national intelligence: numerous senators in both parties are worried about her longtime opposition to Section 702, the program that authorizes the intelligence community to monitor and gather electronic communications to intercept national security threats.

Pressed on the matter by reporters last week, Gabbard — who is known for promulgating conspiracy theories in favor of anti-Western dictators — said she has become more amenable to Section 702 because of reform legislation recently passed to safeguard Americans' civil liberties, noted CNN.

President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that the United States will purchase Greenland and take over the Panama Canal in his next administration comes with real-world consequences, according to New York Times columnist Tom Friedman.

And his international bluster shouldn’t be taken as a joke, Friedman warned in an opinion piece published Monday, adding that “China and Russia are listening.”

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.

Accusations of a drinking problem plaguing a top Donald Trump nominee continue to be a topic of conversation surrounding his appointment.

On Monday, former Marine fighter pilot Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath, spoke to host Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC after Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) revealed that he and other officials had been denied access to the FBI file and financial documents outlining Pete Hegseth's history overseeing nonprofit organizations.

Right-wing talk show host Ben Shapiro tore into his fellow pro-Trump Republicans for continuing to defend Andrew Tate, the British "manosphere" activist currently facing charges of rape and human trafficking in Romania.

Shapiro, who has a feud with Tate stretching back years, took particular aim at Trump attorney Alina Habba, who gushed over Tate in a recent interview and compared his legal troubles with the mountain of cases against Trump.