White House will make sure Signal group chat incident never happens again, says top GOP lawmaker

House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined Meet the Press NOW to discuss the group chat in which members of the Trump administration discussed plans to launch airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen. Rep. Emmer says the White House acknowledged mistakes were made, and he’s confident that it won’t allow a similar incident to happen again.

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White House pushes back at war plans group chat story

The White House on Tuesday sought to downplay the significance of a journalist being added to a group chat of administration officials discussing plans for attacks against Houthi rebels in Yemen. ...
The Hill - 23h
House Republican calls for 'safeguards' after war plan text chat

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) called for “safeguards” to be implemented to ensure the leaking of war plans doesn’t happen again after a journalist was included in a Signal group chat discussing ...
The Hill - 1d
Trump administration has 'very little concern' with national security team after group chat leak

NBC News Correspondents Vaughn Hillyard and Courtney Kube join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the fallout after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was mistakenly added to a group chat with White ...
NBC News - 15h
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 ...
The Hill - 1d
'It shouldn't happen again' - Americans react to Signal group chat leak

The White House has confirmed a journalist was inadvertently added to a chat where national security officials discussed a military strike.
BBC News - 10h
Watch: House GOP leaders hold press conference amid group chat blowback

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his GOP leadership team held a press conference Tuesday morning, as the Trump administration faced a chorus of criticism over a war plans group chat that ...
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Trump downplays group chat where military plans were discussed

President Donald Trump is downplaying the Signal group chat where secret American airstrikes were discussed for days by top officials in the presence of The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey ...
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Trump downplays group chat where military plans were discussed

President Donald Trump is downplaying the Signal group chat where secret American airstrikes were discussed for days by top officials in the presence of The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey ...
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White House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to journalist

In extraordinary blunder top Trump cabinet members added Atlantic editor to chat discussing strikes on Houthis. Outrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge ...
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