Republican Florida Rep. Mike Waltz plans to step down from Congress on Jan. 20  to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) will resign from the House on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Trump takes office, to become the national security adviser for Trump’s second term, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill.

Mr Waltz, a Republican congressman tapped by Trump to serve as his national security adviser after taking office on Jan 20, said he is in discussions with his Biden administration counterpart, Mr Jake Sullivan, as the US confronts an escalating war in Ukraine and ongoing hostilities in the Middle East.