Latest in NBC News Exclusive: Trump defends Hegseth, Waltz amid Signal group chat controversy
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Waltz may struggle to walk away from Signal group chat controversy
The White House has declared the controversy around a Signal chat for a military strike that inadvertently included a journalist to be “closed,” but the episode has left some in President Trump’s ...The Hill - 6h -
NBC News Exclusive: Trump says he's 'very angry' at Russia's Putin
In an exclusive interview with NBC News, President Trump said he's 'pissed off' at Russia's president amid ongoing talks to end the war in Ukraine, and raised the possibility of new sanctions ...NBC News - 2d -
Israeli officials furious that Signal group chat exposed intelligence, sources say
Sources tell CBS News the Signal chat involving senior Trump administration officials included sensitive intelligence Israel provided to the U.S.CBS News - 4d -
Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public
WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.Wired - 5d -
White House says Signal controversy is 'closed'
The White House said Monday that its probe into how a journalist was added to a group chat of officials discussing military strikes is closed, as the administration seeks to move past the ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House in an exclusive interview with NBC News.NBC News - 3d -
Trump discusses tariff impact on car prices, Signal group chat leak
Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist to discuss her phone conversation with President Donald Trump about his tariff’s impact on the price of cars, his stance on ...NBC News - 3d -
3/25: America Decides
NSA warned about using Signal ahead of leaked group chat; Pete Hegseth called Europe “Pathetic” in leaked group chatCBS News - 22h -
Warner: 'No question' information shared in Signal chat was 'classified'
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said there is “no question” that the information shared on the Signal group chat with high-level defense officials was ...The Hill - 2d -
Timeline: The Trump administration's shifting stance on the Signal chat debacle
The Trump administration is still grappling with the revelation from Monday that several senior officials discussed plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen in a Signal chat that inadvertently ...NBC News - 5d -
Goldberg says it’s ‘not true’ that he and Waltz never spoke prior to Signal leak: Full interview
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, disputes the idea he had never met national security adviser Mike Waltz before being added to a ...NBC News - 3d -
Trump knocks NBC's Welker after Signal leak questions on 'Meet the Press'
President Trump tore into Kristen Welker, moderator of NBC's "Meet The Press," over her questioning of a Republican lawmaker about a Signal leak of Pentagon attack plans that has consumed headlines ...The Hill - 2d -
SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever
Scandal surrounding the Trump administration’s Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”Wired - 5d -
Klobuchar: ‘Israel was incredibly angry’ about Signal leak
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Israel was “incredibly angry” about the plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen leaked in a Signal group chat with Trump administration officials and a journalist. ...The Hill - 2d -
Trump calls 'never ending' Signal leak story 'old and boring,' blasts media
President Trump slammed the media for its “never-ending” coverage of the Signal group chat leak, calling it “old and boring.” In a post Sunday on Truth Social, Trump praised Sen. Markwayne Mullin ...The Hill - 2d -
Mar 26: CBS News 24/7, 1pm ET
The Atlantic releases new texts from the Signal group chat that included top Trump administration officials and an Atlantic journalist; Connecticut woman accused of imprisoning stepson appears in ...CBS News - 2d -
Former Trump intel official says 'risk of loss' from Signal could have been 'profound'
Sue Gordon, the former deputy director of national intelligence in the first Trump administration, said the “risk of loss” from the Signal group chat could have been “profound.” Gordon joined CBS ...The Hill - 2d -
Gabbard, Ratcliffe 'lied repeatedly' about Signal chat messages, Bennet says
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said on Sunday that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe “lied repeatedly” about messages in a Signal group chat in which ...The Hill - 2d -
Goldberg dismisses Waltz’s Signal leak defense: ‘Numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’
Atlantic editor says Trump adviser’s defense for accidentally adding him to war plans chat was implausible. Atlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg has dismissed the explanation offered by ...The Guardian - 2d -
Trump's joint chiefs nominee says he would have stopped Signal chat
President Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officer on Tuesday asserted that he would have stopped a Signal chat among high-ranking officials last month had he been in the ...The Hill - 18h -
After the Signal Leak, How Well Do You Know Your Own Group Chats?
A journalist’s inclusion in a national security discussion served as a reminder that you might not know every number in the chat — and that could be a big problem.The New York Times - Mar. 26 -
House Intel Democrats call for damage assessment on Signal chat
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Monday requested an independent assessment into Trump administration officials' use of Signal to discuss an airstrike, asking that Director of ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump tells NBC News he's 'not joking' about 3rd presidential term
President Donald Trump is not ruling out the possibility of seeking a third term even though it is prohibited by the U.S. constitution, telling NBC News there are "methods" for doing so, and ...NBC News - 2d -
3/25: CBS Evening News
Trump defends security team after Yemen chat leak; This week in nature: a new Yellowstone vent, a star is born and the rescue of a dozen chicksCBS News - 4d -
Goldberg on risk of legal action from Trump administration: 'I don’t get bullied'
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor in chief, brushed off the risk of a legal threat from the Trump administration after he reported on a Signal group chat featuring top Trump administration ...The Hill - 2d -
Mar 24: CBS News 24/7, 4pm ET
Journalist included in government group chat about attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen; Mexican businesses brace for price hikes amid tariff uncertaintyCBS News - 18h -
The influencers who want the world to have more babies - and say the White House is on their side
Pronatalists have long courted controversy - but since Trump was sworn in for the second time, the evangelising of some members of this controversial fringe group has reached new levels.BBC News - 16h -
US anti-abortion group expands campaign in UK
Exclusive: Alliance Defending Freedom, which is funding case of activist Livia Tossici-Bolt, is lobbying against buffer zones around clinics. A rightwing US group backing an anti-abortion ...The Guardian - 1h -
Mar 26: CBS News 24/7, 4pm ET
The Trump administration reacts to the leaked war plans on the Signal chat; The Supreme Court upholds Biden-era regulations aimed at cracking down on ghost guns.CBS News - 2d -
Republicans' calls for probe of Trump officials' Signal chat grow
Republican Oklahoma Senator James Lankford said on Sunday that a probe is "entirely appropriate".BBC News - 2d -
Vance Signal messages suggest he doesn’t think Trump knows what he’s doing, Goldberg says
Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg says messages from JD Vance exchanged in a Signal chat with top officials indicate that the vice president thinks President Trump does not ...NBC News - 3d -
JD Vance's role in Signal chat angers senior Republican lawmakers
Some think Vance tried to block an order from Trump. Others feel he is on the wrong side of a rift between MAGA and GOP internationalists.NBC News - 3d -
3 reasons ‘Signalgate’ is not going away
The Trump administration's use of Signal for a group chat to discuss plans for a U.S. military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen has been widely criticized for being a breach of national ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump tells NBC News he’s ‘angry’ and ‘pissed off’ at Putin
During a phone interview with Kristen Welker, President Donald Trump said, “if Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault — ...NBC News - 3d -
National security adviser Michael Waltz reportedly conducted business via Gmail
Latest security flap again focuses scrutiny on Waltz after he earlier added journalist to Yemen war-planning chat. US politics live – latest updates Michael Waltz, the embattled national ...The Guardian - 56m -
Democratic senator said Signal chat could have led to lost US lives
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner said had information been leaked from national security officials' Signal chat on plans to bomb the Houthis, lives could have been lost.ABC News - 2d -
Hegseth says U.S. is making Japan a 'war-fighting' base to deter China
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Japan an “indispensable partner” in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the region and announced upgrading the U.S. military command in Japan to a new ...NBC News - 2d -
Kornacki moves from MSNBC to NBC
National political correspondent and data guru Steve Kornacki is leaving MSNBC to join NBC News as an on-air analyst full time, according to multiple reports. Kornacki will pop up regularly on "NBC ...The Hill - 21h -
Betsy Riley Will Lead NBC’s Primetime Olympics Show
Looks like NBC’s new pop-culture primetime Olympics show is becoming permanent. NBC Sports said Monday that it had lured Betsy Riley, a one-time NBC Sports veteran, to return to the company from ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Democratic group to track state impacts of Trump agenda
A major Democratic super PAC on Monday launched a new database to track the state-by-state impacts of the Trump administration’s agenda. American Bridge 21st Century, which is the Democratic ...The Hill - 2d
