160 national security staffers sent home

160 national security staffers are sent home as the White House aligns its team to Trump’s agenda
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda.
Trump DOJ shake-up sidelines top prosecutors in national security, adds new US attorneys in DC and New York
New leaders at the Justice Department, which has been a center of President Donald Trump’s ire, have moved quickly to reassign at least 20 career officials, effectively sidelining them from senior-level positions where they’ve worked for years,
Trump White House begins remaking national security staff
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz has ordered a “full review” of personnel at the National Security Council (NSC), starting a process to weed out detailees at the agency who are not aligned with President Trump’s agenda.
Why Team Trump’s changes to the National Security Council matter
Partisan loyalty tests have no place in national security,” one House Democrat said. It appears the president's team has come to a different conclusion.
National Security Council staffers grilled about loyalty to Trump
The Trump administration is screening the loyalty of approximately 160 career civil servants assigned to the National Security Council. Why it matters: The screenings are part of a larger push by President Trump to reshape the federal workforce that includes staffing the administration with loyalists and making it easier to fire civil servants.
Kremlin says Ukraine conflict is about national security, not oil
The Ukraine war is about Russia's national security and not about oil prices, the Kremlin said on Friday after U.S. Donald ...
Homeland Security Committee says 'national security blunders' of past 4 years have emboldened terrorists
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green says the "national security blunders of the past four years" have ...
National security adviser Mike Waltz sends home dozens of NSC officials
The National Security Council began a “full review” of aides as President Donald Trump clears its ranks to align the White ...
Trump’s national security immediate to-do list
President Donald Trump has returned to the White House with a long national security to-do list. It starts with shoring up ...
Trump revokes John Bolton's Secret Service detail amid Iranian death threats: former national security advisor
The former national security advisor has faced threats from Iran going back years, including an alleged assassination plot.
House Republicans release alarming report on national security threats
A major report from the House Homeland Security Committee warns that U.S. national security defenses are deteriorating while ...
Key military and national security takeaways from Trump’s first day
President Donald Trump was sworn into office Monday and swiftly made several changes and discussed his plans to do so to the ...
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet ...
After removing veteran officials, new DOJ leadership tries to calm rattled national security team
Newly installed DOJ officials on Wednesday tried to ease concerns within the National Security Division after two of their ...