What Trump did was to strip Milley of the security detail that has protected him for years from the threat of assassination ...

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has become the latest ex-official from President Trump’s first term to lose their ...

President Trump has revoked the security detail for former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, joining a slew of others who have ...

Elon Musk is now considered a “special government employee” by the White House. But exactly what kind of access that provides—and whether he has appropriate security clearance to access the nation’s ...

The specific security concerns were never detailed. At one point, his interim clearance was downgraded to “secret,” a far more restricted level than the access granted by Monday’s memorandum.

“The president has a lot of authority when it comes to security clearances. The problem the White House will run into is, if they depart from their existing procedures, they could set up a judicial ...

immediately giving high-level clearances called TS/SCI to incoming officials, including some who have never been vetted for potential security vulnerabilities. “It’s such a dangerous thing ...

President Donald Trump speaks as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, DC, January 20, 2025.

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday revoking the security clearances of 50 former intelligence officials, most of whom Republicans have accused of coordinating ...