U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, who called the executive order an attack on the American judicial system, said Trump’s directive “violates the Constitution and is thus null and void.”
There is a very real possibility that Trump keeps Rubio as both secretary of state and national security adviser, according to three people familiar with the matter.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said Chris Krebs is “under active investigation by law enforcement agencies” but declined to say why.
An appeals court this week decided that the Department of Government Efficiency did not need access to sensitive Social Security data to carry out its functions.
More than a month after he drew criticism for using Signal to discuss an impending military attack, Waltz was seen using what appears to be a different messaging app to message others in the Trump administration.
Waltz was at the center of the Signal chat controversy, in which a journalist was accidentally included in a discussion of sensitive military information.