More than 100 National Security Council officials have been removed from their roles or detailed back to their agencies, part of a broader restructuring process under Secretary of State Marco ...

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 ...

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 ...

National security adviser Mike Waltz is out, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio replacing him on an interim basis. President Trump announced Thursday afternoon that Waltz, a former House GOP lawma… ...

The National Security Council has seen its influence shrink in Trump's second term as the president increasingly relies on Rubio and other administration officials for foreign policy advice. ...

Mike Waltz, national security adviser, during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 2025. Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...

The National Security Council was created in 1947 at the start of the Cold War and made part of the Executive Office of the President in 1949, but the national security adviser position wasn't set ...

Marco Rubio working on major changes to National Security Council . Under the plan, the NSC would shrink and shift from making recommendations to the president to carrying out his orders.

Sebastian Gorka is the current head of counterterrorism at the White House national security council. A fixture on right-wing media and a noted firebrand, he is clearly loyal to Trump.

Germany's incoming government plans to create a National Security Council in the Chancellery to streamline decision-making on foreign and security policy. The body "is to coordinate the key issues ...

The Washington Post reports that members of the White House's National Security Council have used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government business.