Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz had signaled before Inauguration Day that he would look to move holdover civil servants that served in the NSC during President Joe Biden’s administration back to their home agencies. The move is meant to ensure the council is staffed by those who support Trump’s agenda.

White House benches career National Security Council staff who served during Biden administration - A National Security Council spokesperson has denied that NSC staffers are being vetted for political

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz has ordered a “full review” of personnel at the National Security Council (NSC), starting a process to weed out detailees at the agency who are not

Texans have been tapped to run the CIA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture.

The White House is sidelining around 160 detailees from the National Security Council to align with President Trump's agenda.

The Trump administration is screening the loyalty of approximately 160 career civil servants assigned to the National Security Council. Why it matters: The screenings are part of a larger push by President Trump to reshape the federal workforce that includes staffing the administration with loyalists and making it easier to fire civil servants.