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Former US President Joe Biden will no longer have access to intelligence material or be able to attend briefings.

President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said during an interview that some of the proposed Department ...

A federal judge, ruling in lawsuits brought by two unions, has issued an order that temporarily blocks the firing many of the workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Trump ...

There’s a way to undertake reform, and there’s a way to cut off your own nose to spite your face,” Bolton said.

Former presidents are historically given intelligence briefings after leaving office. But Trump said he was following ...

Kash Patel, Trump’s selection as FBI director, has little experience with the 38,000-person agency and has vowed to use it to ...

There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information,' Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton criticized President Trump’s proposal to have the United States take over the ...

The president's former national security adviser warned that the plan could be a "prescription" for "another Oct. 7"-like ...

The United States "taking over" the Gaza Strip and rebuilding the region would be a "prescription for another October 7" ...

Longtime foreign policy hawk John Bolton panned President Donald Trump's proposal in which the United States would play an active role in postwar Gaza.