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Military officers are reportedly worried that President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth, will be a green light for U.S. troops to commit war crimes, NBC News reported Monday.

It's been a common criticism of the nominee, who aside from facing mounting scrutiny about his track record of alleged sexual assault and problem drinking, has also fantasized about using the military to suppress "domestic enemies" — and actively lobbied Trump to pardon three servicemembers accused of heinous criminal acts.

South Dakota's attorney general has announced support for legislation in Louisiana that would put the Ten Commandments in schools.

Marty Jackley and 17 other attorneys general signed an amicus brief supporting the measure after an appellate court judge struck down the law, The Argus Leader reported. Louisiana became the first state in the U.S. to mandate that the document be posted in all classrooms. However, it does not require the Constitution or Bill of Rights to be posted in classrooms.

Donald Trump told the public Sunday that he wants "one big, beautiful bill" that would cover a kind of "Christmas tree budget bill," so-called because it includes many different funding measures.

Trump thought he and Republicans in Congress were all on the same page, But according to Punchbowl News on Monday, it turns out they aren't. And it came as a shock to the incoming president.

President-elect Donald Trump really could bring all of American auto manufacturers' production back to the United States -- but one expert warns it would likely come at a massive cost.

In an interview with the CBC, Dimitry Anastakis, a professor of business history at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, warned that waging a full trade war against Canada would severely disrupt the auto industry across the continent.

In addition to serving as a senior adviser in Donald Trump's first administration, Ivanka Trump often appeared at rallies during his 2020 reelection campaign. But four years later, she wasn't nearly as visible during the 2024 election — and now that her father is returning to the White House, Ivanka Trump is expressing no interest in having an official role in his second administration.

Instead, she has been prioritizing her own business activities over MAGA politics.

Former FBI official Andy McCabe was critical of a recent move by former special counsel Jack Smith while he was on his way out the door of the Justice Department.

McCabe and co-host Allison Gill from the "Jack" podcast expressed their mutual annoyance at Smith's handling of the final reports on President-elect Donald Trump's federal cases.

Donald Trump hasn't even re-entered the White House yet, and some simmering MAGA feuds have already boiled over into public view.

The president-elect's first term was marked by disputes between the Republican establishment and his loyalists, and while Trump has largely taken full control of the GOP since leaving office four years ago, his orbit still contains discordant factions who have no natural alliances with each other, wrote Washington Post columnist Aaron Blake.

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.

Russian state media personalities have been pushing for a partnership with Donald Trump to split ownership of Greenland.

The president-elect has renewed his interest in possibly buying the world's largest island, which is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Kremlin-linked talking heads are excited by the possibility that the U.S. might launch a military operation to help Vladimir Putin launder his invasion of Ukraine, reported The Daily Beast.