The National Security Council began a “full review” of aides as President Trump clears ranks to align the White House team with his America First agenda.

Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect

The White House is sidelining around 160 detailees from the National Security Council to align with President Trump's agenda.

Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and top national security staff are expected to meet Wednesday with President Joe Biden’s National Security Council in the White House to walk through how the US government responds to a range of homeland security threats and scenarios,

President Trump's National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, sends approximately 160 NSC detailees to work from home as the administration reassesses staffing. This move includes sending holdover detailees from the Biden era back to their agencies,

Administration insiders suggest the president may get rid of the White House advisory body, which SpaceX's top lobbyist calls 'a waste of time.'

As the first three Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released to the Red Cross, Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the ceasefire deal is a "detailed,

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 administration officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

National security adviser Michael Waltz has authorized a “full review” of dozens of career officials who staff the White House on issues ranging from Iranian and North Korean nuclear proliferation to cyberespionage and Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to his spokesman.

President Trump issued an executive order Wednesday re-designating the Houthis as a foreign terror organization after the Biden administration scrapped the label in February 2021.