Mike Waltz is one step closer to becoming President Donald Trump&#8217;s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations thanks to the help of a Senate Democrat.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-10 on Thursday to favorably report Waltz&#8217;s nomination to the full chamber. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), ranking member of the panel, joined with all but one Republican in voting &#8220;yes.&#8221; Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and the rest of the Democrats voted against Waltz.
In a <a href="https://x.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1948413228628742521" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, Shaheen said she disagrees with Waltz on some issues, &#8220;including his use of unclassified systems to coordinate sensitive documents.&#8221; However, the New Hampshire Democrat added that she views Waltz as representing a &#8220;moderating force with a distinguished record of military service and an extensive background in national security policymaking,&#8221; and she suggested the United States is &#8220;better off&#8221; with him as opposed to potential &#8220;alternatives.&#8221;
Shaheen also declared that she intends to hold Waltz &#8220;accountable&#8221; in the months and years ahead, and noted that she welcomes the Trump administration&#8217;s &#8220;commitment&#8221; to distribute $75 million of &#8220;lifesaving&#8221; foreign assistance.
Waltz, a former Florida congressman and Green Beret veteran, was ousted from his role as Trump&#8217;s national security adviser after he took responsibility for the &#8220;Signalgate&#8221; controversy earlier this year. Trump then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/curveball-amid-rumors-that-mike-waltz-was-fired-trump-gives-him-another-top-admin-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">picked</a> Waltz to become his envoy to the United Nations after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pulls-stefanik-nomination-united-nations-ambassador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pulling</a> Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) as his nominee for the role. Stefanik is now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elise-stefanik-reportedly-set-to-challenge-hochul-for-new-york-governor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to run for governor of New York against the Democrat incumbent, Kathy Hochul.
During Waltz&#8217;s confirmation hearing, Paul confronted the nominee on the issue of war powers. Paul was the sole Republican to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-rebuffs-dem-bid-to-limit-trumps-iran-war-powers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> with the majority of Democrats in June for a failed measure that sought to stop Trump from launching further attacks on Iran with the consent of Congress.
&#8220;I guess it just worries me that you come more from the Liz Cheney wing of the party than the Donald Trump wing of the party,&#8221; Paul <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1945157737844777039" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, to which Waltz contended in his reply: &#8220;I am squarely with the president &#8230; in terms of the limits on hard power.&#8221;
Paul <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/24/congress/waltz-nomination-overcomes-rand-paul-hurdle-00474459" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> told colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he was willing to vote in favor of Waltz, but without a favorable recommendation.

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Mike Waltz, whom President Trump has nominated to become UN Ambassador, condemned the United Nations, saying it routinely displayed “pervasive antisemitism” as he testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing regarding his nomination.
“We must also challenge pervasive antisemitism. From 2015 to 2023, the General Assembly passed 154 resolutions against Israel versus 71 against all other nations combined,” he noted. “UNRWA, in Gaza, with its staff involved in the October 7 massacre, its schools teaching antisemitic hate, must be dismantled. The reappointment of special rapporteur Francesca Albanese —with her calls to boycott American companies doing business with Israel — highlights this bias. President Trump’s executive order, Chairman Risch, your Stand With Israel Act, require withholding funds from such bodies. I fully support Rep. Elise Stefanik’s proposal for an Abraham Accords caucus within the UN.”
Asked what specific actions he could take to “shut down the pervasive antisemitism at the UN,” Waltz replied, “It is pervasive, and I could probably spend the rest of this hearing highlighting the antisemitic activities, one aspect of which is Article VII of the Human Rights council; Israel is the only nation with a standing mandate to highlight its ‘human rights abuses’ every single meeting and it’s been going on for decades.”
More information about how the UN uses Article VII to unfairly target Israel can be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnRT8MXuMsk&amp;t=81s">here</a>.
Speaking of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call for sanctions on the virulently antisemitic UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, Waltz declared, “I support the Secretary’s call for sanctions on the UN Special Rapporteur. I think she is the poster child for antisemitism in the UN. I think we have to take a step back and address and work with both Israel and work with our allies on to why this continues to happen. I understand the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but I will say over and over again: If Hamas would lay down their arms, if they would surrender, if they would stop sacrificing their own people, the fighting would stop  today.”
Waltz also targeted the UN for its bias toward China, asserting, “It’s absurd that the world’s second largest economy is treated as a developing nation in most UN agencies. That gives China favorable status; China pushes its personnel at all levels; including bodies that set international standards in aviation, telecommunication, IP. U.S. leadership is essential there; America must have a strong voice. If confirmed, I will work with Secretary Rubio to challenge this influence.”
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“From 2015 to 2023, the U.N. General Assembly passed 154 resolutions against Israel, versus 71 against all other nations combined. UNRWA in Gaza, with its staff involved in the October 7th massacre, its schools teaching anti-Semitic hate, must be dismantled. 
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Former Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) challenged the United Nations over policy positions that coddle Communist China and unfairly attack Israel, saying that if he is confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the UN, he will work to change that and &#8220;make the UN great again.&#8221;
Waltz delivered his opening statement on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and he argued — among other things — that the United Nations should no longer treat China as a &#8220;developing nation&#8221; when it boasts the world&#8217;s second-largest economy.
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&#8220;I&#8217;m confident under <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>&#8216; leadership, we can continue to spread peace and prosperity — and I&#8217;m confident we can Make the U.N. Great Again.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Ao1uE8pQp9">pic.twitter.com/Ao1uE8pQp9</a>
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After offering thanks to his family and military colleagues for their support, Waltz jumped immediately to how his experience as a Green Beret veteran would inform his ability to work within the United Nations and advance President Donald Trump&#8217;s agenda and vision within the global body.
Referencing his prior field experience with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Waltz noted that often the money and resources were mismatched — and said that he would direct efforts toward correcting those imbalances wherever possible.
Waltz went on to say that many Americans had become disillusioned with the United Nations, arguing that it had &#8220;drifted from its core mission&#8221; — and that a refocusing was in order. &#8220;We must return to the UN&#8217;s charter and first principles &#8230; and focus on peacekeeping, not nation-building.&#8221;
&#8220;Countering China, absolutely &#8230; is critical,&#8221; he continued, promising to work alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio to &#8220;challenge&#8221; China&#8217;s influence. &#8220;It’s absurd that the world’s second-largest economy is treated as a developing nation in most UN agencies that gives China favorable status.&#8221;
Waltz concluded by saying that it was equally important to push back against the &#8220;pervasive&#8221; antisemitism in the United Nations, pointing out the fact that in just the last decade alone, the General Assembly had passed &#8220;154 resolutions against Israel versus 71 against all other nations combined.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m confident under [Trump&#8217;s] leadership, we can continue to spread peace and prosperity — and I&#8217;m confident we can Make the U.N. Great Again,&#8221; he said.

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‘Make The UN Great Again’: Waltz Challenges Antisemitism, China Favoritism At United Nations

'Make The UN Great Again': Waltz Challenges Antisemitism, China Favoritism At United Nations

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On Sunday, President Donald Trump criticized how journalists have framed Mike Waltz&#8217;s transition from national security adviser to nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Several media outlets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flurry-of-reports-claim-mike-waltz-out-as-national-security-adviser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last week that Waltz, a former Republican congressman from Florida and Green Beret veteran, was ousted from his White House role after he took responsibility for the &#8220;Signalgate&#8221; controversy. However, when <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX2TDnN5F4Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> by reporters aboard Air Force One during a flight from Florida to Washington, D.C., Trump rejected the notion that Waltz stepped down, let alone was forced out.
&#8220;I just moved him. There was no resignation,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;You people are so bad. You&#8217;re trying to make a big deal out of something that&#8217;s not.&#8221;
In fact, the president insisted moments earlier, Waltz had been promoted.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s an upgrade,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump dismissed the suggestion that appointing Waltz as his national security adviser was a mistake.
&#8220;He was fine and, where he is, he&#8217;ll do a good job,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump also shut down a reporter who asked what made him lose confidence in Waltz.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t lose confidence in him. Why did I lose confidence? He&#8217;s going to the United Nations — to me, I think it&#8217;s — personally, if I had to choose for myself &#8230; I&#8217;d rather have that job than the other,&#8221; Trump said.
The &#8220;Signalgate&#8221; controversy began after The Atlantic&#8217;s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported in late March that he had inadvertently gained access to a Signal group chat in which leading Trump administration officials discussed plans for airstrikes on Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
In the ensuing fallout, Waltz took responsibility for the breach, which has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-damn-dangerous-signal-chat-breach-linked-to-automated-suggestion-feature-on-iphone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">linked</a> to the “automated suggestion” feature on his iPhone. But the Trump administration denied there was classified information in the conversation, and the president had stood by Waltz.
On May 1, hours after a flurry of reports <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flurry-of-reports-claim-mike-waltz-out-as-national-security-adviser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Waltz was out as national security adviser, Trump delivered a surprise announcement in which he revealed that he was nominating Waltz to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a move that followed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pulls-stefanik-nomination-united-nations-ambassador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrawn</a> as the original nominee.
Unlike with his role as national security adviser, Waltz will have to go through a Senate confirmation process to be affirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Senate Democrats are predicting a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-democrats-predicting-brutal-un-ambassador-confirmation-hearing-mike-waltz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;brutal&#8221;</a> confirmation hearing, whenever one is scheduled.
As Waltz prepares for his new role, Trump is already looking ahead to fill the vacancy left by Waltz’s departure from the national security adviser position.
On Air Force One, the president <a href="https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1919217781846708651" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters that he aims to pick a new national security adviser in the next six months. When asked if he is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-trump-white-house-aide-in-running-to-take-post-vacated-by-mike-waltz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considering</a> White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Trump said Miller is &#8220;at the top of the totem pole&#8221; and &#8220;indirectly, already has that job.&#8221;
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‘You People Are So Bad’: Trump Shreds Media’s Portrayal Of Mike Waltz Switcheroo

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President Donald Trump may tap White House Deputy Chief of Staff <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-is-child-torture-stephen-miller-lays-out-trump-plan-to-end-barbaric-child-gender-transitions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Miller</a> to serve as his next National Security Adviser, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/stephen-miller-national-security-adviser-candidate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Friday.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ive-never-seen-anything-like-it-stephen-miller-blasts-jb-pritzker-for-inciting-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miller</a>, who currently serves as the Trump administration&#8217;s Homeland Security adviser, is one of the few key players who has been with the president through his entire first term in office and into the second — and Axios cited five sources who suggested Miller was a likely choice to move into the position vacated by former Congressman (R-FL) and Green Beret veteran Mike Waltz.
One obvious reason for the move would be the fact that Trump trusts Miller to advance his agenda — and Axios cited one source who noted that Miller was already known within the administration for his efficiency, having ensured that the White House Homeland Security Council runs &#8220;like clockwork.&#8221; The source also noted that despite having a smaller staff, Miller&#8217;s HSC is &#8220;infinitely more effective than the NSC [National Security Council].&#8221;
Other sources noted that Miller&#8217;s ability to work well with Secretary of State Marco Rubio — who currently is doing multiple jobs within the administration including taking up the National Security Adviser role until Waltz&#8217;s permanent replacement is found — could be a key factor as well.
&#8220;Marco and Stephen have worked really closely on immigration and it might be a perfect match,&#8221; one said.
Another added, &#8220;Given how well he&#8217;s worked with Marco, many see him as the perfect person to restore the role of the NSA to a staff-level policy role that reports to the chief of staff, instead of some inflated Cabinet position.&#8221;
The speculation regarding Miller comes after President Trump delivered a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/curveball-amid-rumors-that-mike-waltz-was-fired-trump-gives-him-another-top-admin-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surprise staffing shake-up</a> on Thursday, announcing after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flurry-of-reports-claim-mike-waltz-out-as-national-security-adviser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rumors swirled</a> all day that Waltz had been fired that he instead planned to appoint the former Florida Congressman to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

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The Trump administration shakes up its National Security Council, Senate Majority Leader John Thune lays out his plan to advance Trump’s agenda, and a new report reveals the abortion pill is much more dangerous than the FDA admits.
It’s Friday, May 2, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2>Security Leadership Shakeup</h2>
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Topline: As the Trump administration works to secure trade deals with China and end the war in Ukraine, the president announced a leadership shakeup at the White House.
On Thursday morning, numerous outlets reported that the president was firing his national security adviser, Mike Waltz. But hours later, Trump threw a major curveball, announcing that Waltz would be leaving his role as NSA, but would be nominated to serve as ambassador to the United Nations.
“From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “I know he will do the same in his new role.”
Waltz’s nomination as UN Ambassador shocked many people, but his removal as National Security Adviser was widely expected. Waltz was responsible for accidentally adding Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to that now-infamous Signal group chat. Trump initially stood by him following the scandal, but the pressure campaign to relieve Waltz reportedly grew as some within Trump’s inner circle expressed concerns that his more hawkish views did not reflect the America First foreign policy. But the fact that he’s staying on as UN Ambassador shows the president still views him as a valuable asset.
In the short term, the president announced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will take over the role of National Security Adviser. A long-term replacement will likely be promoted from within the Trump administration. Some names that have been floated include Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, National Security Council Director of Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka, or Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
This week, the White House announced that after months of intense negotiations, they’d officially signed a long-awaited minerals deal with Ukraine. The agreement will create a new “reconstruction investment fund” managed fifty-fifty by the two countries. Moving forward, half of all revenues from new oil, gas and mineral projects in Ukraine will go into that fund, helping to pay the U.S. back for the billions we’ve sent towards their war effort.
<h2>Morning Wire Interviews Senate Majority Leader John Thune</h2>
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Topline: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), the most powerful member of the Senate, sits down with Morning Wire.
In order to implement his America First agenda, President Trump will be heavily relying on the new Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan sat down with Thune this week to discuss the president’s first 100 days and how the Senate is backing Trump’s agenda.
Thune highlighted the importance of getting Trump’s cabinet nominations through the Senate quickly to enact the America First agenda, while also acknowledging the need for the legislature to pass several of the president’s proposed reforms into law.
“We confirmed his cabinet at the fastest rate in 20 years,” Thune said. “We’ve gotta start delivering on the legislative agenda, and that’s where you get into energy independence, where you get into rebuilding the military, securing the border, providing tax relief for the American people, and reducing spending and getting our country on a more sustainable fiscal path. Those are the things that we, the president campaigned on, and we need to deliver on for the American people.”
Thune also told The Daily Wire a few of his priorities for the next 100 days.
“There wasn&#8217;t a single year in the Biden administration where their commitment to the military kept up even with the rate of inflation. So we’ve fallen behind in a lot of areas. And President Trump recognizes that, recognizes that we live in a dangerous world and we’ve gotta be able to defend America and American interests. And so that’s a priority. And the border security, I would argue, is right up there with that, because that’s also, in my view, a national security issue. … On the economy, it’s getting rid of burdensome Biden regulations, extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts, and then creating an energy policy that makes America energy dominant. I think those are all issues that feed into a strong economy that creates better paying jobs and, and makes the lives of Americans more prosperous.”
<h2>Study: Abortion Pill Complications Much More Common Than The FDA Claims</h2>
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Topline: The abortion pill is much more dangerous than the FDA claimed, with more than one in 10 women suffering serious complications.
In 2023, about 11.2% of women experienced a “serious adverse event” after taking the mifepristone abortion pill, according to new <a href="https://www.ffroa.com/chemical-abortion-research/">research</a> commissioned by the Foundation for the Restoration of America. That works out to about 17,310 women in 2023 alone. “Serious adverse events” can include hemorrhaging, requiring a blood transfusion, an emergency room visit, and even deadly conditions like sepsis.
Context: This is about 22x higher than what the FDA claimed on its label for Mifeprex (a brand name for mifepristone) in 2023 — the FDA <a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/020687Orig1s025Lbl.pdf">cited</a> clinical studies saying less than 0.5% of women suffered “serious adverse reactions.”
“If you had any other drug that was kind of similar in terms of the magnitude of what this thing does, anywhere north of 2% and they’d shut it down,” Doug Truax, founder of Foundation for the Restoration of America, told The Daily Wire. “They’re just hell bent on just increasing the amount of abortions.”
Mifepristone was originally approved by the FDA in 2000. For many years, women had to see a doctor in person to obtain the abortion pill, but a few months before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, the FDA scrapped that requirement – now women can get it through the mail. This came as abortion advocates argued that the abortion pill should be more available to order online because some Republican-led states were looking to ban abortion. Medication abortions made up 63% of all abortions in 2023, up from 31% in 2014, <a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020">according</a> to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute.

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Just hours after multiple outlets reported that Mike Waltz was preparing to leave his position in President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration — as National Security Adviser — Trump announced that the former Florida Congressman and Green Beret veteran was being appointed to represent the United States at the United Nations.
&#8220;I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations. From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first,&#8221; Trump posted via his Truth Social platform early Thursday afternoon.
&#8220;I know he will do the same in his new role. In the interim, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as National Security Advisor, while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department. Together, we will continue to fight tirelessly to Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN. Thank you for your attention to this matter!&#8221; he concluded.
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Waltz responded to the announcement on X:
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I’m deeply honored to continue my service to President Trump and our great nation. <a href="https://t.co/FFTPjnIYkI">pic.twitter.com/FFTPjnIYkI</a>
— Mike Waltz (@MikeWaltz47) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeWaltz47/status/1918015951410237608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Democratic Party spent much of Thursday crowing over what they believed was Waltz&#8217;s ouster and clamoring for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to be &#8220;next.&#8221;
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Good. <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteHegseth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PeteHegseth</a> next. <a href="https://t.co/OqhFhLdbk7">https://t.co/OqhFhLdbk7</a>
— Democrats (@TheDemocrats) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats/status/1917960032181760494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin fired off his assessment within minutes of Trump&#8217;s announcement appointing Waltz to serve at the United Nations.
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Trump&#8217;s hand-picked national security team has put millions of Americans at risk. It was past time for Mike Waltz to go. <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteHegseth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PeteHegseth</a> should be next. <a href="https://t.co/LO2Z4QDBxQ">https://t.co/LO2Z4QDBxQ</a>
— Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenmartin73/status/1918004017579413834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump had initially selected Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pulls-stefanik-nomination-united-nations-ambassador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elise Stefanik</a> (R-NY) to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. — a role filled during the first Trump administration by former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) — but despite reportedly having enough votes to confirm her with bipartisan support, her nomination was withdrawn in an effort to protect Republicans&#8217; very slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Stefanik has since signaled that she may be considering a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-must-fire-kathy-hochul-rising-republican-star-signals-run-for-ny-governor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">run for governor</a> in her home state of New York.

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CURVEBALL: Amid Rumors That Mike Waltz Was Fired, Trump Gives Him Another Top Admin Post

Mike Waltz is reportedly leaving his post as National Security Adviser on Thursday, according to <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/national-security-advisor-mike-waltz-resigns?utm_source=mux&amp;utm_medium=social-media&amp;utm_campaign=social-media-autopost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> from multiple <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-waltz-other-national-security-council-staffers-out-latest-trump-purge-following-signal-chat-leak?intcmp=tw_fnc&amp;taid=68138d4d0a593f0001991728&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outlets</a> citing sources close to the matter. Waltz&#8217;s top deputy, Alex Wong, is also expected to step down.
Reports began circulating early Thursday morning that the former Florida congressman and Green Beret veteran was just one of several members of the National Security Council who were going to be replaced.
Waltz has been a target for Democrats and media outlets critical of the administration, particularly since The Atlantic&#8217;s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he&#8217;d been included in a Signal chat group with numerous Trump administration officials — and had been privy to conversations about imminent strikes on Houthi terrorists.
While Waltz took full responsibility for the breach, conceding that Goldberg had been inadvertently added to the chat from his phone, a full investigation revealed that Goldberg&#8217;s number had likely been picked up by the iPhone&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-damn-dangerous-signal-chat-breach-linked-to-automated-suggestion-feature-on-iphone">automated suggestion</a>&#8221; algorithm rather than any intentional move by Waltz or his staff. The administration and others who were in the chat group have maintained that no classified information was ever discussed there.
&#8220;I take full responsibility. I built the group. … It&#8217;s embarrassing. We&#8217;re going to get to the bottom of it,&#8221; Waltz told Fox News host Laura Ingraham at the time.
President Donald Trump said at the time that he did not plan to fire members of his team based on &#8220;fake news&#8221; — and thus far, there has been no confirmation from the White House of Waltz&#8217;s exit.
Journalist Mark Halperin was the first to report that Waltz was on the way out, saying early Thursday morning that Waltz&#8217;s removal could occur within 24 hours.
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National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, are being replaced, reports <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHalperin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarkHalperin</a>, citing three good sources. Nothing is final in Trump world until it’s formally announced, says Mark. But the decision has been made. <a href="https://t.co/65wjIlh1IJ">pic.twitter.com/65wjIlh1IJ</a>
— 2WAY (@2waytvapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/2waytvapp/status/1917933048311501266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Flurry Of Reports Claim Mike Waltz Out As National Security Adviser

A &#8220;really important week&#8221; in peace talks is coming up after President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-meets-with-zelensky-at-vatican-ahead-of-popes-funeral-very-productive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met</a> with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican over the weekend amid the funeral for Pope Francis, according to the Trump administration&#8217;s top diplomat.
Russia and Ukraine are &#8220;closer in general than they&#8217;ve been any time in the last three years&#8221; to reaching an end to their war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/marco-rubio-says-russia-and-ukraine-both-have-to-give-something-up-for-peace-full-interview-238424645879" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meet The Press,</a>&#8221; although he conceded the two sides have not yet reached a resolution.
This past week, Rubio told moderator Kristen Welker, &#8220;has really been about figuring out how close are these sides really, and are they close enough that this merits a continued investment of our time as a mediator in this regard.&#8221;
Rubio said he thinks it would be &#8220;silly&#8221; to set a specific date for a peace agreement. &#8220;I can just tell you that almost 100 days into this presidency, the president has dedicated a tremendous amount of time and energy to this, and we think we brought the sides closer than they&#8217;ve been in a very long time,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;But we&#8217;re not there yet, and it needs to start happening,&#8221; Rubio continued. &#8220;We need to start — I think this is going to be a very critical week. This week is going to be a really important week in which we have to make a determination about whether this is an endeavor that we want to continue to be involved in, or if it&#8217;s time to sort of focus on some other issues that are equally, if not more, important in some cases, but we want to see it happen. There are reasons to be optimistic, but there are reasons to be realistic, of course, as well. We&#8217;re close, but we&#8217;re not close enough.&#8221;
The White House said the meeting at the Vatican was &#8220;very productive,&#8221; a sign of progress after an explosive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-explodes-on-zelensky-for-making-the-worst-statement-on-the-ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confrontation</a> between Trump and Zelensky at the White House earlier this year. Trump also criticized Russia for continuing to attack Ukraine. He <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-putin-might-have-to-be-dealt-with-differently" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> that Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to be “dealt with differently” moving forward. All that happened after Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/25/steve-witkoff-moscow-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-russia-ukraine-peace-plan-talks-europe-latest-updates-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">traveled</a> to Moscow on Friday to meet with Putin and discuss ending the war.
One major point of contention has been territory. While Zelensky <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/world/europe/ukraine-cease-fire-talks.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> that Ukraine will not &#8220;legally recognize&#8221; Russia&#8217;s occupation of Crimea, Trump <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-crimea-stay-with-russia-ukraine-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that Crimea will &#8220;stay with Russia.&#8221;
In an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371995251112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures,&#8221; National Security Advisor Mike Waltz emphasized both Russia and Ukraine need a desire to end the war for the years-long conflict to come to a close when anchor Maria Bartiromo asked him if Zelensky understands that he&#8217;s likely not going to get more land back.
&#8220;There&#8217;s been a number of discussions of territory, of what they need to make sure that this war never continues, that it is permanent,&#8221; Waltz said. &#8220;We have talked to our European partners, who you saw the images of both Starmer from the United Kingdom and Macron from France, that Europe has to step up. I know that you have ambassador Whitaker, our new NATO ambassador, who&#8217;s fantastic coming on, on talking about how the Europeans need to take the lead in the future.&#8221;
He added: &#8220;All of those things are key parts of the discussion with both Zelensky and with Putin. And next is to drive both sides to the table, but they both have to want it. And the president has expressed his frustrations in whether both sides genuinely want to end this war. But he is determined to have the United States of America and him — I will just say this: the current leader of NATO, who was here this week, said only President Trump could break the deadlock that we saw 100 days ago under the Biden administration. And he&#8217;s done just that, starting with his call with both Putin and Zelensky just a few months ago.&#8221;
Uncertainty also rests with a rare earth minerals deal between the United States and Ukraine that has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stop-the-bloodshed-trump-says-russia-and-ukraine-are-very-close-to-peace-deal">discussed</a> for months but has yet to be finalized.
The agreement is &#8220;going to get done,&#8221; Waltz said. &#8220;The negotiators were working hard over the weekend. That is first and foremost on both [Treasury] Secretary Bessent and the president&#8217;s mind. It&#8217;s going to get done, Maria. The president is determined to make it so.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump&#8217;s counter-terrorism operation has been humming in the first three months of his second administration, taking out 74 terrorist leaders who were planning attacks on United States soil, according to National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.
Among those neutralized in Trump&#8217;s airstrikes were terrorists from al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, and ISIS. None of the 74 terrorists taken out by Trump-approved strikes were being pursued by the Biden administration, Waltz told <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/security/wedtrump-has-killed-74-leaders-terror-groups-hoping-strike-us-homeland-mike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Just The News</a>. Waltz said the Biden administration&#8217;s failure to find these terrorist leaders and its lack of border security created an &#8220;incredibly dangerous&#8221; situation that the Trump administration is seeking to fix.
“I can tell you, from ISIS to al-Qaeda, to groups like Al-Shabab, all have plots and plans to hit the homeland once again, And if you look under the Biden administration, with a wide-open border, that was incredibly dangerous,” he said. “President Trump has eliminated 74 named terrorist leaders that the Biden administration wasn&#8217;t going after. You add to that 45 Americans who are being held hostage by various regimes and groups around the world that he&#8217;s brought home and that is just an incredible achievement in just a couple of months.”
In March, a top ISIS leader was killed in a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. A senior military leader of a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda was taken out in a separate strike in Syria in February, and on February 1, a U.S. Africa Command operation took out 13 high-ranking Islamic State operatives, along with an attack planner.
&#8220;Americans should sleep better at night,&#8221; Waltz added. &#8220;We&#8217;re only three months in, and look at the results President Trump is getting. The mainstream media doesn&#8217;t want to talk about those.&#8221;
Trump has also ramped up strikes against Houthi terrorists in the Middle East, vowing to protect U.S. military and commercial ships. On Tuesday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-troops-to-middle-east-to-counter-houthi-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that he was ordering more U.S. forces &#8220;equipped for combat into the Middle East to enhance the defensive capabilities available to United States forces and facilitate necessary military actions.&#8221;
The continued pressure on the Houthis — and other radical Islamic terrorists in the Middle East — comes as the Trump administration is also seeking to negotiate a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-saturdays-nuclear-talks-between-the-u-s-and-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nuclear deal</a> with Iran, which funds the Houthis. The president is hoping to bring more stability to the Middle East after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing more than 1,200 people and taking hundreds hostage.

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Janet Yellen, who served as Treasury Secretary in the Biden administration, faced a reality check on Monday after saying that she thought the idea of bringing manufacturing back to the United States was a &#8220;pipe dream,&#8221; dismissing one of the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-national-emergency-to-increase-our-competitive-edge-protect-our-sovereignty-and-strengthen-our-national-and-economic-security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">goals</a> of President Donald Trump&#8217;s tariff agenda.
Within hours of Yellen making the comment on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_rMsHQtDjM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNBC</a>, top semiconductor company Nvidia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tech-giant-commits-500-billion-to-make-ai-supercomputers-entirely-in-the-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> plans to fully build AI supercomputers in the United States and invest half a trillion dollars of AI infrastructure through partnerships on American soil.
The &#8220;Trump War Room&#8221; account on X took note of the series of events.
&#8220;Just before [Nvidia]’s groundbreaking announcement to manufacture AI supercomputers in America, Janet Yellen went on CNBC to dismiss the American manufacturing renaissance as a &#8216;pipe dream,'&#8221; the account <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1911788523100815772" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Yet, as Nvidia showed, more companies are choosing to BUILD IN THE USA — and this is just the beginning.&#8221;
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Just before <a href="https://twitter.com/nvidia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NVIDIA</a>’s groundbreaking announcement to manufacture AI supercomputers in America, Janet Yellen went on CNBC to dismiss the American manufacturing renaissance as a &quot;pipe dream.&quot;
Yet, as Nvidia showed, more companies are choosing to BUILD IN THE USA—and this is just… <a href="https://t.co/mYfPpGeuJ9">https://t.co/mYfPpGeuJ9</a> <a href="https://t.co/c77474zjFz">pic.twitter.com/c77474zjFz</a>
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The account continued, &#8220;Ironically, [Trump] posted on Truth today: &#8216;THE BEST DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE IS THE ABILITY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE!!!&#8217;, and clearly, Yellen lacks that ability. Welcome to America’s Manufacturing Renaissance, [Yellen]!&#8221;
Yellen&#8217;s &#8220;pipe dream&#8221; assessment did not come in a vacuum.
Over the past week, media reports have featured &#8220;economic experts&#8221; <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-tariffs-entice-companies-expand-us-manufacturing-economic/story?id=120635951" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warning</a> Trump&#8217;s tariffs would not entice companies to expand U.S. manufacturing, and survey results <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/14/tariffs-wont-bring-manufacturing-back-to-us-supply-chain-survey.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showing</a> most businesses say high costs would keep them from re-shoring.
However, in her interview, Yellen went further than simply stating that restoring manufacturing to the United States was unlikely. She also posited, &#8220;We could even raise questions about whether or not, in a broad-based way, that&#8217;s a desirable goal.&#8221;
On X, the &#8220;Rapid Response&#8221; account for Trump&#8217;s White House <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1911758681907077131" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fired back</a>.
&#8220;The same politicians who sold American workers out to foreign countries for decades now say an American manufacturing renaissance is a &#8216;pipe dream&#8217; that isn&#8217;t even a &#8216;desirable goal,'&#8221; the account said. &#8220;1) [Trump] doesn&#8217;t accept that. 2) That attitude is how we got here. 3) They hate you.&#8221;
Mike Waltz, who serves as Trump&#8217;s national security adviser, took a swipe at the Biden administration.
&#8220;The previous administration accepted defeat and raced to off shore jobs and U.S. investment,&#8221; Waltz <a href="https://x.com/MikeWaltz47/status/1911821500530704750" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;President Trump has brought in Trillions and Trillions of dollars of foreign investment in record time!&#8221;

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The now infamous Signal chat breach — which gave Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg access to a private chat with top officials in President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration — has been linked to the &#8220;automated suggestion&#8221; feature on the iPhone used by National Security Adviser Michael Waltz.
According to a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happened" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published Sunday by The Guardian, Waltz had intended to include his communications chief Brian Hughes — a former spokesman for Trump — but thanks to an iPhone algorithm that imports potentially &#8220;related&#8221; phone numbers into existing contacts, he also added Goldberg.
To find the connection between Goldberg and Hughes, the investigation had to go back nearly six months to October of 2024 — when Goldberg had sent an email to the Trump campaign about a story The Atlantic planned to publish attacking the president over his behavior toward wounded service members. According to The Guardian&#8217;s report, Hughes had texted then Rep. Waltz (R-FL) — who was serving as the campaign&#8217;s national security surrogate — and had included Goldberg&#8217;s contact information along with the content of his email. Waltz&#8217;s iPhone then associated the included number — Goldberg&#8217;s — with Hughes, adding it to an already saved contact.
Waltz did not contact Goldberg with regard to that story, but instead waited until after it was published and delivered a rebuttal on CNN: &#8220;Don’t take it from me, take it from the 13 Abbey Gate Gold Star families, some of whom stood on a stage in front of a 30,000 person crowd and said how he helped them heal.&#8221;
It was not until March, when Goldberg was included in the Trump &#8220;principals&#8221; group chat — where an imminent strike on Houthi terrorists was discussed in some detail — and then went public with the information, that Waltz was made aware of the mishap. At the time, he told FoxNews that the number had somehow been &#8220;sucked&#8221; into his phone.
&#8220;An iPhone suggestion to update a contact with a phone number seen inside the conversation is what led to Mike Waltz inadvertently saving an Atlantic reporter’s phone number under the name of the person he was chatting with, which was Brian Hughes,&#8221; Marina Medvin posted in reaction to the new report. &#8220;Automated suggestion on tech can be so damn dangerous.&#8221;
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An iPhone suggestion to update a contact with a phone number seen inside the conversation is what led to Mike Waltz inadvertently saving an Atlantic reporter’s phone number under the name of the person he was chatting with, which was Brian Hughes.
Automated suggestion on tech… <a href="https://t.co/pRZPLPqMRk">pic.twitter.com/pRZPLPqMRk</a>
&mdash; Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1908904288778060076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Referencing Waltz&#8217;s initial claim — that Goldberg&#8217;s number had been inadvertently saved under someone else&#8217;s name — The Daily Wire&#8217;s Brent Scher weighed in as well. &#8220;So it really did get sucked into Mike Waltz phone… According to @guardian, the WH forensic report says Brian Hughes, who runs Waltz comms, sent Goldberg’s contact last Oct to push back on a campaign story. Apple added the number under Hughes as a &#8216;contact suggestion update.'&#8221;
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So it really did get sucked into Mike Waltz phone…
According to <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@guardian</a>, the WH forensic report says Brian Hughes, who runs Waltz comms, sent Goldberg’s contact last Oct to push back on a campaign story. Apple added the number under Hughes as a “contact suggestion update.” <a href="https://t.co/688DXYiEZl">pic.twitter.com/688DXYiEZl</a>
&mdash; Brent Scher (@BrentScher) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentScher/status/1908895526977667549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Throughout, Goldberg has stated that he knows Waltz and has spoken with him — a claim that Waltz has repeatedly denied, and that the Guardian reported was neither confirmed nor ruled out by the investigation into how his number got into the Signal chat.

‘So Damn Dangerous’: Signal Chat Breach Linked To ‘Automated Suggestion’ Feature On iPhone

'So Damn Dangerous': Signal Chat Breach Linked To 'Automated Suggestion' Feature On iPhone

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