U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council Wednesday, after deciding he was no longer needed to change the role of the NSC, according to a senior White House official. National security adviser H.R. McMaster will remain on the NSC, and the removal of Bannon is seen as a boost to McMaster and other generals on the NSC. The order puts the Homeland Security Council under General McMaster. Officials have said McMaster struggled to work with Bannon. A senior White House official, speaking anonymously, said Bannon was no longer needed on the NSC after … Continue reading Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council