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'Echoes of Trump’s first term' as national security advisor loses support in White House
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is on increasingly thin ice in President Donald Trump's administration, according to new reports. In a recent article by journalists Josh Dawsey, Meridith McGraw and Alexander Ward,
Trump’s National Security Advisor Left His Venmo Friends Public
The news about Waltz’s Venmo list comes as the former congressman from Florida has done his best to deflect from another operational security scandal that’s blown up this week. Waltz accidentally added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine,
Who is Mike Waltz, the national security adviser who added journalist to Signal group chat?
President Donald Trump said he is confident in his national security adviser, Mike Waltz -- a day after a report detailed how he inadvertently added a journalist to a Signal group chat discussing Yemen war plans. Trump told NBC News on Tuesday that Waltz "has learned a lesson and is a good man."

White House, Waltz and Signal

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White House considers Signal chat leak case 'closed,' reiterates support for Waltz, press secretary says
The White House considers the Signal chat leak case "closed," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the media Monday.
White House closes case on Signal and stands by Waltz, with key questions still unanswered
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.
'We're moving forward': White House's big move on Signal chat leak row amid bipartisan backlash
The White House has concluded its review of how Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently included on a Signal message group chat of high-ranking officials discussing impending strikes in Yemen.
White House’s Waltz received Trump’s backing, but his private troubles persist
In public, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is struggling. In private, there's reason to believe his troubles ...
‘An amateur's operation’: Sen. Murphy on the continued White House mishandling of sensitive info
Sen. Chris Murphy, Democratic Senator from Connecticut joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the latest ...
'Signalgate' calls competence of national security officials into question
Our top leaders should not be discussing what is clearly sensitive — likely classified information — on unsanctioned ...