Who leads, how agencies implement policy, and the role of the National Security Council process draw less attention than strategy and policies, but they shape the impact of a presidency. Habits set ...

In addition to the core decision team of Trump, Vance, Rubio, and Wiles, Stephen Miller plays a key role on issues related to ...

When Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed a visa-waiver accord with Argentinian officials last month, Marco Rubio — ...

Waltz himself began the streamlining process in January, when, in one of his first moves as Trump's national security adviser, he ordered 160 NSC staffers off the job pending a comprehensive ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revoked the security clearances of 37 current and former intelligence ...

The White House is trimming and restructuring the National Security Council, sources told CBS News on Friday — weeks after President Trump replaced his national security adviser and gave ...

The intention to concentrate national security policymaking within a self-contained NSC staff further risks a policymaking process producing recommendations deemed politically viable for the ...

OPINION Robert O’Brien: National Security Council reforms – President Trump has made people safer, nation stronger The NSC has been restored to its historic and intended role.

Germany does not have a national security council, unlike many other countries, but that is about to change. What are the ...

Rather than treating the NSC as a superagency for national security matters, presidents and their staffs should see the NSC for what it is: a powerful tool to help presidents make decisions.

The secretary of state and national security adviser will meet with European counterparts on Thursday in an effort to advance ...

The president made significant changes to the council’s most influential committees, but the real concern is whether he will incorporate it into his decision-making process at all.