Trump Administration Reviews Loyalty of National Security Council Staff

Approximately 160 career civil servants have been sidelined as the White House reshapes the NSC to align with the president’s agenda.

The Trump administration has initiated loyalty screenings for 160 career civil servants assigned to the National Security Council (NSC).
Staffers have been instructed to work from home temporarily while their roles and alignments are reviewed by senior officials.
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is overseeing the restructuring, moving holdover detailees from the Biden administration back to their home agencies.
The administration is bringing in new detailees, including some who served during Trump’s first term, to support the president’s policy priorities.
This effort is part of broader executive actions by Trump to reshape the federal workforce, including reinstating Schedule F to ease the removal of civil servants deemed disloyal.