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Why Mike Waltz is out as national security adviser 09:57. The White House is trimming and restructuring the National Security Council, sources told CBS News on Friday — weeks after President ...

The White House has fired a handful of National Security Council staffers following a Wednesday meeting with far-right political activist Laura Loomer, who made recommendations to President Donald ...

President Donald Trump has held multiple Situation Room meetings as Israel-Iran conflict escalates, with Karoline Leavitt ...

The drastic restructuring, revealed by Marco Rubio, the acting national security adviser, is likely to encourage the president’s preferred style of top-down decision-making in foreign affairs.

The national security adviser seemed at a loss. It fell to Michael Waltz to explain to handpicked members of his staff this month why the president had ordered their dismissal after a meeting with ...

A significant overhaul of the National Security Council at the White House is expected in the coming days, including a staff reduction and a reinforced top-down approach with decision-making ...

Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council were abruptly dismissed Friday, as the Trump administration moved to dramatically downsize the coordinating body, according to ...

This weekend, President Trump issued his National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) 2—a document outlining how he intends to organize and use his National Security Council (and Homeland ...

Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts ...

But the abrupt dismissals shouldn’t have come as a surprise at the National Security Council, a highly sensitive part of the U.S. government that provides a forum for the president to consider ...