The White House recently rejected the Pentagon's pick to head the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, Politico reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with the move.

The director and the No. 2 official at the National Security Agency were ousted from their positions Thursday, according to a defense official and three sources with knowledge of the matter.

The first move came quickly after Inauguration Day. On Jan. 22, two days after Donald Trump’s second term began, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz sidelined roughly 160 National ...

News broke late Thursday night that Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh, who had been dual-hatted as the National Security Agency director and head of U.S. Cyber Command, had been ousted, although it ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon ...