President Donald Trump announced a slew of appointments in the White House Offices of Communications, Public Liaison, and Cabinet Affairs. Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich will manage these offices. Key appointments include Steven Cheung as Communications Director and Karoline Leavitt as Press Secretary.

Susie Wiles, who was named Donald Trump’s new White House chief of staff, would become the first woman to ever hold the prominent role as the president's closest adviser and counsel.

The team is the largest to cover the White House in Washington Post history. Matt Viser will serve as White House Bureau Chief and Isaac Arnsdorf will be Senior White House Reporter.

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on Wednesday sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides, sending them home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda.

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz has ordered a “full review” of personnel at the National Security Council (NSC), starting a process to weed out detailees at the agency who are not aligned with President Trump’s agenda.

The Trump administration is screening the loyalty of approximately 160 career civil servants assigned to the National Security Council. Why it matters: The screenings are part of a larger push by President Trump to reshape the federal workforce that includes staffing the administration with loyalists and making it easier to fire civil servants.