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White House conducting massive overhaul of National Security Council, officials say​

By MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM
Updated 5:56 PM CDT, May 23, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering a massive overhaul of the National Security Council that will shrink its size and return many career appointees back to their home agencies, according to two U.S. officials and one person familiar with the reorganization.

The move is expected to significantly reduce the number of staff at the NSC, according to the officials, who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive personnel matter. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been serving as national security adviser since early this month following the ouster of Mike Waltz, who was nominated to serve as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations.

The NSC has been in a continual state of tumult for much of the early going of Trump’s second go-around in the White House.

Waltz was ousted weeks after Trump said that he’d fired several NSC officials, just a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty.

The White House days into the administration sidelined about 160 NSC aides, sending them home while the administration reviewed staffing and tried to align it with Trump’s agenda. The aides were career government employees, commonly referred to as detailees.

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Supreme Court pauses attempt to force DOGE to clarify its role | CNN Politics

Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday temporarily paused action in an emergency appeal over whether the Department of Government Efficiency must turn over public documents – like other government agencies – or whether it is shielded from such requests because it is part of the White House.
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Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies

President Donald Trump is threatening a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well as a 25% tariff on smartphones unless the products are made in America.
apnews.com

Analysis: Trump takes new pages out of strongman’s playbook with Harvard crackdown and crypto gala | CNN Politics

There are things almost all autocrats do.
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Judge strikes down Trump order targeting law firm Jenner & Block, calling parts of it a "screed"

President Trump's push to punish law firms faced another setback Friday, as a judge ruled his order targeting Jenner & Block is unconstitutional.
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Trump says of foreign students at U.S. universities, ‘we don’t want troublemakers here’

Asked if he was going to expand restrictions on foreign students at other universities after a Harvard ban, President Donald Trump said, “we’re taking a look at a lot of things.”
apnews.com

US and Iran clash over uranium enrichment as nuclear talks resume in Rome

U.S. and Iran resume nuclear talks in Rome amid publicized demands. Khamenei criticizes U.S. stance on uranium enrichment, complicating potential deal.
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Trump threatens tariffs on Apple iPhones and EU products

EU says threats should not guide trade talks as Trump says he wants tariffs of 50% on European goods as soon as 1 June.
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Trump says talks with E.U. are 'going nowhere,' threatens 50% tariff in June

Stocks fell while a top E.U. official responded by saying that trade "must be guided by mutual respect, not threats."
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Judge extends order preventing Trump administration from laying offs of thousands of federal workers

President Trump has overseen a wide-ranging effort to restructure the federal government.
www.cbsnews.com

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard

A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration decision to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students.
apnews.com

How Trump misrepresented images to support claims of "White genocide" in South Africa, including Congo video

President Trump has made allegations of persecution of White farmers in South Africa.
www.cbsnews.com

Boeing to pay $1.1 billion as part of deal to settle 737 Max crash cases with DOJ | CNN Politics

The US Department of Justice said Friday that it struck a deal with aircraft maker Boeing to avoid prosecution of the company over two fatal crashes of the 737 Max, a Friday court filing in the case said.
www.cnn.com

Trump relishes uttering the outlandish. Here's where some of his most showstopping comments stand

It may start as a casual aside, a wee-hours social media post or a much hyped announcement. Whatever the delivery mechanism, President Donald Trump loves to toss out startling ideas aimed at dropping jaws, commanding headlines and bolstering his political brand.
apnews.com

Illegal border crossings have plunged. DHS still says it needs billions to build a wall.

The Department of Homeland Security wants $45.6 billion to build more border wall.
www.usatoday.com

‘Killing for fun’: Israeli strikes kill 76, no aid yet for northern Gaza

UN secretary-general says Israel’s war on Gaza is intensifying ‘with atrocious levels of death and destruction’.
www.aljazeera.com

1-vote victory for Trump's big bill inflames Democratic clash over aging leaders

House vacancies caused by recent deaths, as well as angst over Joe Biden's decision to run again in 2024, are fueling the argument that older incumbents need to step aside.
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Trump administration plans to overhaul National Security Council, weeks after Waltz’s departure

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President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are spearheading plans to overhaul the National Security Council and shift its main functions to other agencies like the State and Defense departments.

The move is the latest effort to slim down a federal agency and comes weeks after Trump announced former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz would depart his post at the White House overseeing the agency.

Trump announced the same day that Waltz was nominated to serve as United Nations ambassador.

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Google chatbot slammed for ‘anti-American’ claims about ‘White Memorial Day’

  • News source: FOX News
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Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot is being slammed for "anti-American" claims about the supposed White supremacist origins of Memorial Day.

The Media Research Center (MRC) Free Speech America project, a conservative media watchdog, is calling out Google for alleged bias coded into its AI chatbot "Gemini" after the group found the bot said that Memorial Day is controversial for a range of reasons, including problems with "inclusivity and representation" from the Jim Crow era.

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Trump DOJ moves to dissolve Flores decree which governs detention of unaccompanied minors in the U.S.

  • News source: FOX News
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In a motion filed in federal court in Los Angeles, the Trump DOJ is moving to dissolve the ‘Flores Consent Decree.’ Attorney General Pam Bondi maintains the decree is incentivizing illegal immigration at the southern border.

The Flores decree has governed the detention and release of migrant children since 1997. The motion, filed by the DOJ and jointed by HHS and the Department of Homeland Security, asks a federal court in southern California to dissolve the decree.

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Rebuked by Trump but praised at home: How Ramaphosa might gain from US showdown

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The calm reaction of South Africa's president to the Oval Office ambush might boost his standing at home.
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Can Donald Trump build the 'Golden Dome' over the US?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Experts believe that it will take decades and hundreds of billions of dollars to build the 'Golden Dome'.
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King's big moment in Canada after Trump row

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Trump's National Security Council trimmed in restructuring, sources say

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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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 Secretary of State Marco Rubio the powerful post.

Some former NSC staff are moving elsewhere inside the administration, but not all, the sources said. Aides were informed of some of the changes in a meeting at the White House on Friday afternoon.

Vice President JD Vance's national security adviser Andy Baker is taking a top role in the restructured NSC, two sources...
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Syria granted sanctions waiver by Trump administration to encourage rebuilding

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration on Friday announced sanctions relief for Syria as part of a series of steps to end decades of penalties and to stabilize the country.

The Treasury Department said it will grant Syria a 180-day waiver, known as GL 25, to ease financial restrictions that target the country's former rulers in an effort to give its new leaders a chance to rebuild a nation still scarred by more than a decade of civil war.

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Trump sanctions are ‘full-frontal assault’ on organized crime at the border, expert says

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump Treasury Department's new sanctions are a "full-frontal assault" on one of the deadliest southern border cartels, a local border official told Fox News Digital.

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two high-ranking Cartel del Noreste (CDN) members, Mexican nationals Miguel Angel de Anda Ledezma and Ricardo Gonzalez Sauceda, Wednesday.

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Hectic two weeks leaves Russia confident - and peace in Ukraine feeling no closer

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She found her daughter after 44 years. Now she's suing Korea's government

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Robbery gang guilty of Kim Kardashian heist in Paris

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The robbers have been given jail time for stealing millions of dollars' worth of jewellery belonging to the US celebrity.
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Tensions rise as superpowers scrap for a piece of the Arctic

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As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.
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Harvard foreign students face uncertain future as Trump plan to block enrollment is halted for now

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It comes a day after the administration said it had revoked Harvard's access to student visa programmes.
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Bipartisan effort launched to onshore manufacturing of key supplies never before 'Made in USA'

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EXCLUSIVE: Senators from both sides of the aisle will put forward a resolution calling on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to seek out new sites and critical infrastructure for high-demand products that are currently not made in America, and analyze the viability of making such products here.

Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee chairwoman Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., came together Friday to launch the effort – citing the dual need for onshoring supply chains while bolstering the U.S. workforce.

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