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House Democrat: Hegseth shared classified info to make up for 'personal inadequacies'
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) suggested Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared top secret information in a Signal group chat with national security officials to alleviate “personal ...The Hill - 3d -
Fox's Jennifer Griffin: Info Hegseth sent 'classified' and meant only for secure channels
Fox News’s Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin said she surveyed current and former defense officials on Wednesday who said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared “classified” ...The Hill - 2d -
House Democrat: Hegseth 'should be removed from office' over Signal breach
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), a former Air Force officer, said on Wednesday Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “should be removed from office” if he does not resign after he appeared to share ...The Hill - 2d -
House Democrat presses for training on handling of classified material after war plan
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), a moderate Democrat and former Air Force officer, pressed for all government personnel to receive training on how to handle classified material, following a news ...The Hill - 4d -
Democrats win Minnesota state House special election, setting up shared control of the chamber
Democrats won a Minnesota state House special election Tuesday night, The Associated Press projected, restoring a tie in the chamber and ending a monthslong power struggle in the Legislature.NBC News - Mar. 12 -
Top House Democrat calls for Hegseth to resign: ‘Endangered lives of American troops’
The fifth-ranking House Democrat called for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to resign Tuesday for sending sensitive military action plans over an unauthorized group chat that included a prominent ...The Hill - 3d -
Duckworth: 'Pete Hegseth is a 'f‑‑‑ing liar'
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) called Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth a “f‑‑‑ing liar” and demanded his resignation, after the top military official repeatedly insisted he did not share classified ...The Hill - 2d -
Hegseth: 'Jeff Goldberg has never seen a war plan'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday doubled down on his assertion that he did not share classified plans to strike Houthi targets in a Signal group chat of Trump administration officials ...The Hill - 2d -
Democrats call on defense secretary Pete Hegseth to resign over group chat scandal – live
Criticism of defense secretary grows as Democrats rejected assertions by Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe that no classified material was included in the chat. Newly released messages show Trump ...The Guardian - 2d -
Senate Democrats make their move in the shutdown fight: From the Politics Desk
The House’s passage of a Republican stopgap funding bill has put Senate Democrats in a bind: Either back a measure they disapprove of and give up some of the only leverage they will have on major ...NBC News - Mar. 12 -
Ratcliffe says Democrat's question about Hegseth's drinking was 'offensive'
CIA Dir. John Ratcliffe clashed with Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., at a House hearing after he was asked if Defense Secy. Pete Hegseth had been drinking when he messaged a Signal chat about military ...NBC News - 2d -
Democrat raising Hegseth's drinking sparks fury from Ratcliffe: 'An offensive line of questioning'
Rep. Jimmy Gomez’s (D-Calif.) questions about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s drinking habits sparked fury from intelligence leaders at a House hearing on Wednesday. The House Intelligence ...The Hill - 2d -
Former national security officials say plans shared with journalist should have been classified
Former national security officials and Democrats rejected the Trump administration’s assertion that no secrets were disclosed when detailed U.S. air strike plans were inadvertently shared with a ...NBC News - 2d -
Democrats react to Hegseth inadvertently sharing war plans via unsecure chat platform
After the Trump administration inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, to an unsecured chat about war plans, Democrats expressed outrage.ABC News - 4d -
Warren: Democrats ‘showing up’ while Republicans are ‘hiding’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday lauded her fellow Democrats for “showing up” while Republicans are “hiding” from the American people, referring to the GOP's avoidance of in-person town ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Democrats host town halls to fire up supporters -- but is their message resonating?
Town halls are among the strategies that Democrats are using to try to get their base fired up against the Trump White House.ABC News - 4d -
Gomez defends question about Hegseth's drinking: 'What happened doesn't make sense'
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) on Thursday defended asking at a congressional hearing whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was drinking before sharing military attack plans in a Signal group chat of ...The Hill - 1d -
Gomez defends question about Hegseth's drinking: 'What happened doesn't make sense'
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) on Thursday defended asking at a congressional hearing whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was drinking before sharing military attack plans in a Signal group chat of ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump says he would ask Hegseth to review if flight times should be classified
President Trump on Wednesday said he would ask Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to review what kinds of information should be classified, especially flight times, after they were included in the ...The Hill - 2d -
Stephen A. Smith to Democrats: Find deals Trump is willing to make
Media personality Stephen A. Smith is urging Democrats to find deals they can make with President Trump, criticizing their protests. “What we’ve been seeing from them, it doesn’t resonate," Smith ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
Top intel officials claim no classified information was shared in group chat with journalist
President Donald Trump’s top intelligence officials claimed on Tuesday that they did not share any classified materials in a group text about U.S. military plans that inadvertently included a ...NBC News - 3d -
Dozens of House Democrats push back on planned EPA research and development cuts
Dozens of House Democrats pushed back on planned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cuts in a Thursday letter to the agency. “We are particularly concerned by the proposal to eliminate up to 75 ...The Hill - 1d -
Did Trump’s Team Share Classified Information in the Leaked Signal Chat?
The often bureaucratic nature of classified information is complicated, with different levels of secrecy and different potential punishments for its disclosure.The New York Times - 2d -
Democrats slam Hegseth over texted war plan
Democrats are sharply criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after it was revealed The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief was added to a text group chat about the administration’s plans to attack ...The Hill - 4d -
Schumer ‘missed the moment’ to stand up to GOP, says House Democrat
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) says Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “miss the moment” to use the leverage he had to stand up to the Trump administration. Rep. Ivey also wouldn’t rule out the ...NBC News - Mar. 21 -
Democratic leaders amp up pressure on Senate colleagues to oppose GOP spending bill: ‘Stand with us’
The leading Democrats in the House are ramping up the pressure on Senate Democrats to oppose the GOP’s spending bill, warning that the proposal would slash crucial public services to vulnerable ...The Hill - Mar. 12 -
Hegseth denies war plans shared in group text
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke for the first time since the story broke that a national security team accidentally included a magazine editor in a group text where they discussed plans to ...NBC News - 4d -
Shares in Japan's largest trading houses rally after Buffett’s Berkshire hikes stake
Shares in Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo were up at least 4% shortly after the open.CNBC - Mar. 18 -
The Atlantic publishes full Signal thread with Hegseth, Waltz after Trump says texts not classified
The Signal thread included President Donald Trump's national security advisor Michael Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and others.CNBC - 2d -
House Dem demands hearing on how Trump admin shared war plans with journalist
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), a military veteran, on Monday called for a congressional hearing following a news report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted The Atlantic’s top editor key details of ...The Hill - 4d -
GOP lawmakers turn up the pressure on Hegseth
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under close scrutiny as Republican lawmakers criticize his handling of sensitive military information in a group chat with other administration officials that ...The Hill - 2d -
Rep. Golden: Democrats had no 'leverage' in shutdown fight
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss his choice to diverge from House Democrats and vote in favor of the Trump-backed stopgap funding bill as it makes its way through the ...NBC News - Mar. 14 -
Trump delivers remarks with Defense Secy. Hegseth
Watch live coverage as President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deliver remarks at the White House.NBC News - Mar. 21 -
Top Intel Democrat calls for Hegseth and Waltz to resign
Sen. Mark Warner (Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, criticized the Trump administration for using a Signal group to discuss plans for carrying out bombing in Yemen, ...The Hill - 4d -
Democrats Call for Hegseth and Waltz to Resign
Some Republican lawmakers have called for an investigation, but most have shied away from criticizing the Trump administration.The New York Times - 3d -
Military plans shared in Signal chat and 23andMe bankruptcy concerns: Morning Rundown
Pete Hegseth denies “texting war plans” to a group text that included a journalist. Second woman strangled during prison visit. 23andme DNA data up for sale.NBC News - 4d -
Are Men Hitting on Me on LinkedIn, or Are They Making Legitimate Business Contacts?
I don’t want to give up networking, but they get awfully personal.Inc. - 5d -
Trump to make rare, in-person speech at Justice Department
President Trump will deliver a rare, in-person speech at the Department of Justice Friday afternoon where he's expected to discuss his vision for the agency. CBS News Department of Justice ...CBS News - Mar. 14 -
Hegseth moves to center of Signal chat firestorm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has moved to the center of the storm over a Signal group chat scandal, seeking to beat back questions about whether he shared confidential military plans and put ...The Hill - 2d -
Senate Republican: Calls for Hegseth resignation ‘ridiculous’
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) said late Wednesday that calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign after he shared attack plans in a Signal group chat that included a journalist are ...The Hill - 2d