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Trump confirmed that members of the National Security Council had been fired, but remarked it was not many individuals.
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Members of Trump's administration, including Waltz and Hegseth, in the past have leveled harsh criticism at former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email ser...
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Amid the backlash to the Trump administration’s use of the private messaging app Signal for sensitive U.S. military planning in Yemen, Politico reported Wednesday that national security adviser Mike Waltz’s team set up at least 20 such chats.
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide used personal Gmail accounts for government communications, according to a Washington Post report published yesterday.
When Donald Trump selected Mike Waltz to serve as national security adviser, the choice was widely seen as win-win: A combat veteran with four Bronze Stars would bring his judgment to the White House and his deep-red Florida House district was safe in Republican hands.
As the president has made it very clear, Mike Waltz continues to be an important part of his national security team. And this case has been closed here at the White House, as far as we are
Just seven days after the Signal chat scandal erupted, the White House announced that it doesn’t want to talk about it anymore. In fact, it was Monday when press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that, as far as she and her colleagues are concerned, “this case has been closed.”
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Jimmy Kimmel unloaded on the Trump administration over Signalgate last Thursday, calling the scandal a "perfect storm of incompetence."
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is under fire again, this time for using her personal Gmail. What does this mean about the security of your account?
Screenshots shared by Goldberg show Waltz added the journalist to the Signal chat about an upcoming attack on the Houthi rebels in Yemen, but Waltz has repeatedly said he had neve