The White House has sent more than 150 civil service experts home from key roles at the National Security Council while Trump administration officials decide whether they are sufficiently loyal to the president and supportive of his agenda.
Trump National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, a former Florida congressman who resigned from the House of Representatives to take up his White House post on Monday, ordered the 160 “detainees” — federal workers from agencies such as the State Department, CIA, and Defense Department — to work from home and be available for consultations with political appointees if needed while the new administration decides who, if anyone, will be asked to remain.
