Signal chat shows isolationist Vance as Trump flexes control abroad

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 - 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 - 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

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

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 - 1h

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

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 - 14h

JD Vance accuses Denmark of failing to keep Greenland secure as he slams European allies

Vance's visit comes as President Donald Trump hardens his rhetoric about taking control of Greenland.

CNBC - 4d

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

The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice-president should resign

His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House team. Not for the first time, JD Vance, America’s outspoken vice-president, has made a ...

The Guardian - 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 - 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 - 1d

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

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

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

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

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

Trump says 'we can't' do without Greenland as Vance tours territory

J.D. Vance doubled down on the administration's interest in acquiring Greenland while at the Pituffik Space Base as Donald Trump argued the U.S. "can't" do without it.

ABC News - 4d

Danish PM heads to Greenland as Trump seeks control of the Arctic territory

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is traveling to Greenland for a visit aimed at building the trust of Greenlandic officials as the Trump administration is seeking control of the Arctic ...

ABC News - 1h

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

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 - 6d

Trump steps up efforts to exert control over DC

President Trump is growing more aggressive in his posture towards Washington, D.C, threatening to exert more control over the local affairs of the nation's capital. The president signed an ...

The Hill - 1d

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

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

Fox analyst: Trump third-term talk makes Vance look like 'Mini-Me'

Fox News analyst Jonathan Turley said President Trump floating the idea of a third term is not fair to potential Republican successors like Vice President Vance. “There’s also a cost to this that ...

The Hill - 21h

Senate Democrats call for special counsel to investigate Signal leak

More than 30 Senate Democrats have called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Houthi Signal chat scandal, as the White House insists the case is closed on ...

The Hill - 20h

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 - 1d

Trump nominee says he would have stopped Signal breach

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump nominee says he would have stopped Signal breach President ...

The Hill - 12h

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

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 - 22h

JD Vance blasts Denmark in visit to Greenland with wife Usha

A recent poll shows 85% of Greenlanders do not want to be part of the United States.

CBS News - 4d

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad

China’s former top spy catcher is among six security enforcers targeted as the Trump administration turns its attention to human rights issues in the city.

The New York Times - 1d

House Democrat: Trump team has 'done nothing' to assure Signal leak won't be repeated

Rep. Seth Moulton has criticized the Trump administration for its response to the use of Signal by high-level officials to discuss military plans, saying they have done nothing to prevent a repeat ...

The Hill - 22h

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s tariffs: a spectacle of struggle and control | Editorial

The US president wields tariffs not as a policy tool but as an instrument of pressure, rewarding loyalty and punishing defiance – even among allies. Donald Trump has probably not read much ...

The Guardian - 18h

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