Democratic leaders of key House committees are reigniting calling for National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to step down.

Several White House National Security Council officials were fired on Thursday in the first major purge of Trump's second term, Reuters reported.

The White House doubled down Wednesday on its insistence that its top national security officials did nothing wrong when they discussed a pending military strike in Yemen over a commercial messaging app known as Signal.

The White House fired at least three National Security Council staffers on Wednesday, three sources familiar with the move told CNN.

The White House is clapping back against media reports claiming intel officials have been using the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal to send classified information.

In public, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is struggling. In private, there's reason to believe his troubles appear even more serious.

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

The WHCA said that the White House would be trying to punish outlets it doesn't like by taking control of the seating chart for the briefing room.