Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) should quickly hold a full Senate confirmation vote for Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump‘s nominee to serve as United States ambassador to the United Nations ...

President Donald Trump has been using diplomatic appointments as a soft landing for officials leaving his administration.

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz defended his use of the encrypted Signal app during a Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday on his nomination as President Trump's ambassador to the U.N.

(CNN) — Former national security adviser Mike Waltz defended his use of the messaging app Signal during a Tuesday confirmation hearing where lawmakers largely avoided the topic.

The Signal episode — in which Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other high-level officials faced intense criticism — didn’t come up at the hearing for more than an hour.

Waltz was removed from his job as national security adviser after he accidentally added a journalist to his Signal chat about an attack on Houthis.

How Did This Signalgate Official Keep Getting Paid After He Was Fired? Mike Waltz had quite an interesting reaction when asked about his paycheck from the White House.