New report reveals top Trump admin. officials discussed classified information on messaging app

NBC News Senior National Security Correspondent Courtney Kube explains the alleged breach of protocol by top national security officials who discussed upcoming military strikes on the messaging app Signal that inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief.

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What top Trump officials have said about mishandling classified information

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Trump and his allies repeatedly went after Hillary Clinton for not using proper government channels to send messages containing classified material.
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Trump officials shared military plans on a private app — 10 years after Clinton email controversy

Trump and his allies repeatedly went after Hillary Clinton for not using proper government channels to send messages containing classified material.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) panned the Trump administration over Monday’s “stunning” report that top officials used an unauthorized messaging platform to discuss planned attacks ...
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GOP airs concerns — but treads lightly — over war plans Signal chat: 'It's just wrong'

Congressional Republicans on Monday aired concerns about the Trump administration’s handling of classified material after a report showed top officials used an unauthorized messaging platform to ...
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Gabbard, Ratcliffe contend Signal chat did not include classified information

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) clashed with Trump administration intelligence officials as they asserted that information on U.S. war plans for Yemen did not include intelligence information. Director of ...
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War plans group chat raises questions about Signal, cybersecurity

Top Trump administration national security officials' use of the messaging app Signal is raising new questions about the platform and how the administration is transmitting sensitive government ...
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What to know about Signal, app used by Trump officials for war plans

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Trump officials allegedly used Signal for a group chat to discuss a highly sensitive operation.
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What is Signal, app used in Yemen war plans chat?

High-level Trump officials used the digital messaging app Signal to communicate sensitive details about an impending military strike against Houthi terrorists in Yemen earlier this month, sparking ...
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Messages with Yemen war plans shared with reporter appears 'authentic': Official

Members of the Trump administration coordinated highly sensitive Yemen attack plans on an unsecure group chat, a White House official confirmed.
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Atlantic editor-in-chief mistakenly placed on Trump officials’ war plans group chat

The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, says he was mistakenly added to a group chat with Trump administration officials on the commercial encrypted messaging app Signal. ...
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John Bolton blasts Trump officials for using Signal to conduct government business

Former national security adviser John Bolton went after multiple Trump administration officials on Monday for reportedly using the messaging app Signal to conduct government business. “I couldn't ...
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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 ...
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3/24: The Daily Report

Lindsey Reiser reports on the fallout after a journalist ended up in a group chat discussing classified military plans, the Trump Administration's effort to revoke the legal status of hundreds of ...
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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 ...
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Top Trump official tasked with dismantling USAID is out

Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official tasked with dismantling USAID, told staff he is stepping away from his role, according to an email obtained by ABC News.
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Roger Stone criticizes Trump officials over war plans group chat

Roger Stone believes that high-level Trump administration officials were wrong to use a private app to communicate sensitive military plans, regardless of whether a reporter was added to the chain ...
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Top Trump officials included journalist in group chat about bombing Yemen

The National Security Council said the message thread "appears to be authentic" and the administration is "reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain."
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Top Trump officials included journalist in group chat about bombing Yemen

The National Security Council said the message thread "appears to be authentic" and the administration is "reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain."
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Atlantic journalist says Trump officials included him in war plans group chat

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, was apparently included in a Trump administration group chat on Signal in which top officials debated and then discussed details of attacks ...
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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 ...
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Top US officials shared classified details of military strikes with journalist

Vice-president and defence secretary debated charging Europe for American attack on Houthis
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Trump’s Team Calls Europe ‘Pathetic’ in Leaked Signal Group Chat Messages

Trump officials have demanded more European military spending and questioned the continent’s values. Leaked messages show the depth of the rift.
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Jeffries calls for investigation of top Trump officials after bombshell military breach

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is calling for Congress to investigate top Trump administration officials in the wake of a bombshell revelation that The Atlantic’s top editor was ...
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Final report on Trump's handling of classified docs should never be released: DOJ

Last month, the White House said the FBI returned the boxes of materials that were seized from Mar-a-Lago to President Donald Trump.
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Encrypted messaging apps promise privacy. Government transparency is often the price

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Encrypted messaging apps promise privacy. Government transparency is often the price

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Trump taps classified docs co-defendant Walt Nauta for Naval Academy Board

President Trump tapped Walt Nauta, a Navy veteran and his co-defendant in Special Counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case, for a seat on the Naval Academy’s Board of Visitors on Friday. “Our ...
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