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Trump is planning to move his national security advisor, Mike Walts, from the White House to the

United Nations. As NPR's Asma-Hollaholid reports, the president is nominating Waltz to serve as House to the United Nations. Zempera's Asma Hollid reports the president is

nominating Waltz to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

Waltz had come under pressure the last several weeks after he accidentally invited a journalist

to a private text chat among Trump administration officials about military strikes on the

Houthis in Yemen. In public, the president defended Waltz and downplayed the incident.

Even in making this announcement, the president praised Waltz for putting the nation's interests first.

This is the first major personnel shakeup of Trump's second term.

The president made the announcement on his social media site, saying that in the

interim, Marco Rubio will be national security advisor in addition to his existing job as the

Secretary of State. Asma Khalid and PR News, the White House. The Department of Veterans Affairs

says it is ending a mortgage rescue program that has saved more than 17,000 veterans' homes.

Thus, despite the fact, tens of thousands of other vets in their family still need help.

Many could get foreclosed on in the future.

Here's MPR's Chris Arnold.

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