The White House has fired several top National Security Council officials as internal fights among factions of the Trump team escalate, according to three people familiar with the matter. The firings came a day after Laura Loomer,

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Donald Trump fired multiple NSC officials, including Brian Walsh, Thomas Boodry, and David Feith, after activist Laura Loomer urged their removal. The decision followed a Wednesday Oval Office meeting with top officials.

One source said the firings come after Laura Loomer presented President Trump with opposition research on NSC staffers she views as neoconservatives or not sufficiently loyal to him.

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.

The National Security Council (NSC) has provided clarification on reports about Mike Waltz and his staff using personal Gmail accounts for government communications.

The latest drama surrounding President DONALD TRUMP ’s National Security Council is exposing fissures between different flanks of the MAGA foreign policy world, according to multiple Trump administration insiders and former Trump officials from his first term.