national security

President-elect Joe Biden announced a slate of aides for his National Security Council. At the same time, more current Trump aides resigned, citing the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The president-elect's history-making picks include the first Latino nominated to head the Department of Homeland Security and the first woman to lead the intelligence community.

National security experts argue for a smooth transition, which some administrations have accomplished, but any transition between President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden may be rocky.

William Evanina, who leads the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, also said Iran is trying to undermine the November election.

#NatSecGirlSquad is focused on placing and promoting women in national security, a field that's overwhelmingly white and male. "We don't want anything special. We just want equal footing."

National Security Council officials from prior administrations say a top-secret system reserved for highly sensitive government secrets should not be used for transcripts of foreign leader calls.

The House intelligence committee met behind closed doors with the inspector general of the intelligence community amid reports the president's communications with a foreign leader raised concerns.

O'Brien has been working in the State Department as the administration's hostage negotiator. He'll replace former Ambassador John Bolton, who parted company with Trump.

DOJ lawyers want all of Snowden's profits and royalties from Permanent Record,and all of the publisher's assets related to the memoir, to be placed in a special fund benefiting the U.S. government.

The national security adviser caught the president's attention for his aggressive stance as a Fox News commentator but strayed from favor after pushing too hard against Trump's wishes.