Mike Waltz

Iran-born Ellie Cohanim joins US UN Mission as senior policy advisor, UN ambassador announces

Cohanim has been a longtime anti-regime advocate, and has also used her platforms to spread awareness about the global rise in antisemitism.

Newly appointed  Senior Policy Advisor at the US Mission to the United Nations Ellie Cohanim with US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz.
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote during at a United Nations Security Council meeting on a Hormuz resolution at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 7, 2026.

US-proposed Iran resolution at UN faces likely vetoes from China, Russia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends her final news conference before the end of her mandate at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, August 25, 2022.

US envoy Waltz raises doubts over electing Chile's Bachelet as next UN leader

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing titled "US Policy Towards Venezuela", on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2026.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio bans senior Iranian officials, families from being in US


US strikes in Yemen took out key Houthi leaders, Mike Waltz says

US strikes in Yemen take out key Houthi leaders as the group escalates threats, including a blockade on Ben-Gurion Airport and missile attacks on Israel.

 Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, looks on during a rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon's Hezbollah, in Sanaa, Yemen September 27, 2024.

Trump 'horrified' by return of Bibas children, Security Advisor Mike Waltz says

Waltz said that Hamas's return of the Bibas children's bodies, without their mother Shiri, shows what despicable people Hamas are and why they can never be allowed to run Gaza.

 US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, US. February 5, 2025.

Trump's security advisor touts hostage release, plan for 'hellhole' Gaza

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz highlights hostage returns, tells press briefing former approach led to 'better deals for perpetrators'

 US REP. Mike Waltz speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, in July. He has been appointed by president-elect Donald Trump as national security advisor, and has vowed ‘a strong response’ to the ICC’s arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the writer notes.

Trump envoy secures release of American Marc Fogel from Russia

Fogel was sentenced to 14 years in prison for drug smuggling after he was detained in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport in August 2021 with 17 grams of marijuana in his luggage.

 A banner on the Facebook page 'Freedom for Mark Fogel', July 29, 2023.

Waltz, Witkoff discuss Gaza ceasefire, reconstruction with Netanyahu

Witkoff said the White House is trying to be transparent with negotiators and pushed back on the characterization of Trump calling for the clearing out of Gaza, saying Trump views it as humanitarian.

 MICHAEL WALTZ, Donald Trump’s national security adviser, gestures during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, last summer.

Trump national security adviser: Hamas will never govern Gaza

He added in an interview with CBS's "Face the Nation," "Hamas will never govern Gaza. That is completely unacceptable."

 MICHAEL WALTZ, Donald Trump’s national security adviser, gestures during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, last summer.

Biden's, Trump's national security advisors discuss Israel-Hamas War, hostages

The first meeting between Sullivan and his intended successor, who will inherit a long series of crises around the world.

Illustrative image of White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Mike Waltz, who President-elect Trump has appointed as his national security adviser.

'Expect strong response,' Trump's national security advisor pick tells ICC

In a post on X, Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton decried the ICC as a "kangaroo court" and called Karim Khan a "deranged fanatic."

 Congressman Mike Waltz speaks on Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, July 15, 2024.

Donald Trump picks Mike Waltz as new national security adviser, WSJ reports

Waltz has criticized Chinese activity in the Asia-Pacific and has voiced the need for the United States to be ready for a potential conflict in the region.

 US Rep. Michael Waltz (left) questions the panel while Rep. Mike Johnson holds a map of the Middle East during a House Armed Services Committee hearing, in Washington, US, September 29, 2021