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Republicans in Congress are still fighting with each other over two competing strategies about how to pass President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, reported NBC News' Sahil Kapur — despite Trump recently trying to weigh in on the matter.

The principal issue is over whether to do two reconciliation bills, one addressing energy and immigration, and one extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts, which is the favored strategy of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD); or to do a single giant reconciliation bill that includes both, which is the preference of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

The devastation whipped up by the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles has left at least 24 people dead, more than 40,000 acres burned and an entire region at the center of what is forecasted to be among the most destructive in U.S. history.

It also laid bare the faulty insurance system that will greet evacuees looking to rebuild their homes and businesses from what is projected to be one of the costliest fires in history, according to The Washington Post's editorial board.

A Democratic senator slammed his Republican colleague on Tuesday night, who vowed to plow ahead with a key nominee's hearing despite lawmakers bemoaning they didn't have enough time to review "critical information."

Senate lawmakers were in a war of words over Chris Wright's confirmation hearing for the position of Energy Secretary. Senate Democrats, led by Martin Heinrich (D-NM), have urged Mike Lee (R-UT) to delay the hearing, complaining they haven't received all necessary paperwork, including FBI background checks, financial disclosures, and ethics agreements.

Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon promised the Trump administration would come out swinging like never before in an extensive interview with Politico published Tuesday.

“I tell people, ‘shock and awe' was a ‘17 concept. ‘Days of thunder,’ I think are gonna be the concepts starting next Monday,” Bannon told Politico. “And I think these days of thunder starting next week are going to be incredibly, incredibly intense.”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) made clear on Tuesday who she thinks was behind a series of demonstrators who interrupted the opening day of Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation hearing – the senators themselves.

The far-right Florida lawmaker floated her new conspiracy theory during an appearance on the Benny Johnson Show, where she called protesters “crazies” and “no-Christian jihad[ist].” She told Johnson she was not only at today’s hearings, but she had her own sign taunting Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), which she complained she was barred from displaying.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial and, many say, unqualified nominee to lead the millions of people serving in the U.S. Armed Forces and oversee the Pentagon’s $842 billion budget, refused to give straight answers to numerous questions posed by U.S. Senators during his short, four-hour-and-fifteen-minute confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

Democrats on the committee had requested multiple rounds of questions so they could follow up with the nominee, a former Fox News weekend host who has been accused of sexual assault, “aggressive drunkenness,” sexism, mismanaging two veterans’ non-profits, and an apparent embrace of Christian nationalism. Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) refused, despite precedent with multiple nominees before the committee over many years. Wicker also refused to allow the FBI’s report on Hegseth to be made available to all members of the committee.

Pete Hegseth's inability to answer basic geopolitical questions left Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) "flabbergasted," she told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday evening.

This came after a tense confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Services Committee, where Hegseth, the embattled nominee for President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of Defense, was asked by Duckworth to name how many countries are in the Alliance of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN. He proceeded to name three countries that aren't in the alliance.

Elon Musk has been sued by federal regulators, who say he violated securities law by failing to properly disclose his purchase of Twitter shares, which they allege were bought at "artificially low prices," according to a report.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, sued the MAGA tech billionaire Tuesday, CNBC reported.

Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip Donald Trump’s second inauguration next week, her office revealed Tuesday, though it didn’t provide an explanation for her decision.

“Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies,” according to a statement from the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama. “Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration.”

Special counsel Jack Smith's final report on Jan. 6 and the 2020 election was released overnight, but a former victim of the MAGA attack says Americans simply don't care.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, Former Washington, D.C. Metro Police Officer Michael Fanone said it's become clear that Americans saw what happened to him and are too selfish to be bothered.

President-elect Donald Trump is leaning toward another controversial pick for a crucial national security position in his administration, Politico reported Tuesday.

Specifically, two sources report that Trump wants to hire far-right former congressional candidate Joe Kent to head up the National Counterterrorism Center, the agency that advises law enforcement on terrorism and fights terror plots both domestic and international.

One rocket, two missions: Lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies are poised to "rideshare" to the Moon, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration.

SpaceX is targeting a 1:11 am (0611 GMT) Wednesday liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with very favorable weather conditions forecast.