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National Security Adviser Michael Waltz said publicly he was responsible for Goldberg erroneously being added to group text.
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Several high-ranking White House National Security Council officials have been fired, according to three people familiar with the matter, in what appears to be the first significant purge of Donald T...
U.S. News & World Report |
Loomer presented her research to Trump in an Oval Office meeting, making her case for the firings, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.

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