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Trump said Thursday that he's fired "some" White House National Security Council officials, a move that comes a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff l...
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The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, was removed from his job on Thursday, according to the top Democrats on the congressional intelligence committe...
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According to multiple media reports Thursday several National Security Council senior staffers have been fired with more to come after a President Donald Trump meeting with far-right podcaster Laura Loomer.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's fired "some" White House National Security Council officials, a move that comes a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty.
Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who met with Trump this week, took credit for their removals in a social media post.
The NSC shake-up followed a White House visit by Laura Loomer, a far-right activist who urged Trump to purge staff with hawkish foreign policy views.
Several White House National Security Council officials were fired on Thursday in the first major purge of Trump's second term, Reuters reported.
Loomer met with Trump and other top White House officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the meeting told NBC News.
President Donald Trump confirmed that multiple employees within the National Security Council were fired Thursday, adding to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's recent political woes that have snowballed since Democrats first slammed him over March's Signal chat leak.
The news of the firings comes a day after an Oval Office meeting between Trump and right-wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who privately called on the president to fire some NSC staffers.