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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 - 4d -
Eric Adams corruption case dismissed by federal judge
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) with prejudice, ensuring the charges cannot be refiled. The ruling dropping the charges comes after the ...The Hill - 1d -
Mayor Eric Adams' case dismissed with prejudice in opposition to Trump's DOJ
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday dismissed corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.ABC News - 1d -
Pentagon watchdog to evaluate Hegseth's use of Signal
The Pentagon inspector general's office said it would evaluate Hegseth's use of Signal to discuss strikes against the Houthis.CBS News - 10h -
Bondi dismisses Biden-era lawsuit against Georgia election law
Attorney General Pam Bondi has dismissed a federal lawsuit challenging a controversial Georgia election law that limits voting practices and was accused of suppressing Black voters, despite record ...The Hill - 3d -
Democrats decry reported dismissal of NSA director Tim Haugh
Dismissing Haugh, who headed the US Cyber Command, puts the country at risk at a time of ‘unprecedented cyber threats’, congressional Democrats say. Top congressional Democrats on Thursday ...The Guardian - 3h -
Pentagon watchdog investigating Hegseth's use of Signal
The Defense Department's internal watchdog is investigating Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the messaging app Signal to discuss highly sensitive military information, according to a newly ...The Hill - 13h -
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 - Mar. 27 -
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 - 4d -
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 - 3d -
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 - Mar. 27 -
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 - 6d -
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 - 3d -
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 - 1d -
Pentagon inspector general to investigate Pete Hegseth's role in Signal chat leak
The Pentagon's internal watchdog notified the defense secretary of a probe into whether he shared classified information last month in a Signal group chat that included a journalist.NBC News - 12h -
Judge finds ICE agent in contempt and dismisses a case that was midtrial when the defendant was detained
A state judge in Boston cited prosecutorial misconduct in dismissing a case against a man after he was taken into federal custody in the middle of his criminal trial last week.NBC News - 3d -
Eric Adams corruption case dismissed, judge says Trump can no longer use charges as 'leverage'
A judge ruled to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams after the Trump administration argued the case distracted from his ability to enforce immigration policy.NBC News - 1d -
Watch: NYC Mayor Eric Adams gives remarks after corruption case dismissed
New York City Mayor Eric Adams briefed reporters Wednesday afternoon — the same day a federal judge dismissed his criminal corruption case. The decision, citing prejudice, ensures the charges ...The Hill - 1d -
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 - 4d -
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 - 3d -
Majority of voters say it was wrong to hold Signal app discussion: Poll
A majority of voters say holding a discussion of plans to attack the Houthis in Yemen on the messaging app Signal was wrong, according to a new poll. The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found that 60 ...The Hill - 3d -
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 - 2d -
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 - 2d -
DOD watchdog launches probe into Hegseth use of Signal chat ahead of Houthi airstrike
The Pentagon's inspector general launched a probe into the Trump administration's use of Signal to discuss a planned strike on the Houthis in Yemen.ABC News - 12h -
National Security Agency chief and deputy director dismissed
Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh was both the head of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the NSA since February 2024.NBC News - 5h -
Pentagon watchdog launches probe of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over use of Signal app
The use of the Signal messaging app by top Trump officials came to light after The Atlantic's editor was added to a group chat about planned Houthi strikes.CNBC - 11h -
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 - Mar. 27 -
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 - 4d -
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 - 4d -
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 - 4d -
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 - 4d -
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 - 4d -
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 - 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 - 2d -
Democrats Fired from F.T.C. Sue President Trump Over Dismissals
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, who were fired from the agency this month, accused President Trump in a lawsuit of executive overreach.The New York Times - Mar. 27 -
Eric Adams pushes judge to dismiss charges before ballot deadline
New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge on Monday to drop criminal corruption charges before a political deadline this week.ABC News - 3d -
Adams calls on judge to ‘promptly’ dismiss bribery case, citing campaign
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Monday called on the federal judge mulling whether to toss his criminal bribery charges to act with urgency as a deadline approaches later this week for ...The Hill - 3d -
Judge dismisses criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams
The DOJ argued that charges against Adams should be tossed to avoid hurting the mayor's ability to cooperate with immigration policies of President Trump.CNBC - 1d