Leaked War Plans and the Trouble with Offchannel Messaging
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Democrats react to Hegseth inadvertently sharing war plans via unsecure chat platform
After the Trump administration inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, to an unsecured chat about war plans, Democrats expressed outrage.ABC News - 1d -
Stunning Signal leak reveals depths of Trump administration’s loathing of Europe
Messages inadvertently shared with Atlantic journalist lay bare the unvarnished truth about how Vance and Hegseth feel about European allies. If Europe wasn’t already on notice, the extraordinary ...The Guardian - 1d -
Morning Report — Signal leak roils Washington
In today’s issue: Administration officials scrambled to provide answers Tuesday to explain how high-ranking Cabinet officials ended up discussing plans for military strikes in a text thread on an ...The Hill - 3h -
Trump stands by national security adviser despite leaked military plans: He 'learned a lesson'
Trump stood by his national security adviser Michael Waltz after The Atlantic's editor-in-chief was accidentally added to a private, high-level chat where military plans were being discussed, ...NBC News - 1d -
Signal Leak Is Latest Mistake in Pete Hegseth’s Rocky Time as Defense Secretary
The disclosure of battle plans on a chat app created a new predicament for the defense secretary.The New York Times - 14h -
Fox’s Brit Hume on Hegseth’s response to war plans texts: ‘Oh for God’s sake’
Fox News political commentator Brit Hume on Monday afternoon pushed back on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claim that "nobody was texting war plans" after news broke that Hegseth and other Trump ...The Hill - 1d -
John Bolton: ‘Stunning’ no one on war plans group chat said ‘we ought to get off Signal’
Former national security adviser John Bolton said it was “stunning” that none of the Trump administration officials on a war planning group chat suggested they not use Signal. Bolton joined ...The Hill - 1d -
Clinton World takes victory lap after Trump war plans group chat
When the news broke on Monday that a group of top Trump administration officials had convened a text chat to discuss classified information including war plans, those who worked for Hillary Clinton ...The Hill - 15h -
Lawmakers demand probe into group chat on Trump team's war plans
The editor of The Atlantic reported that he was accidentally included in a Trump administration group chat about the U.S. plans to bomb Yemen.CBS News - 1d -
Trump Downplays Signal Leak, Backing Waltz and Pointing Finger at Journalist
Democrats denounced the country’s top intelligence officials for “sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior” for discussing secret military plans in a group chat.The New York Times - 10h -
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 - 1d -
Buttigieg assails leak as 'highest level of f‑‑‑up imaginable'
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slammed Trump administration officials for reportedly discussing plans for an attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen on a text chain that inadvertently ...The Hill - 1d -
National security council investigating after Trump officials accidentally text journalist top-secret Yemen war plans – as it happened
This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage here . Outrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge screw-up’ White House inadvertently ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump denies report that Musk got briefing on China war plans
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Elon Musk’s visit to the Pentagon was focused on DOGE cost cutting, denying a New York Times report that said he was to be briefed on plans ...NBC News - 4d -
Cornyn calls war plan group chat 'a huge screwup'
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) criticized the reported inclusion of an editor for The Atlantic in a group chat of Trump administration officials talking about a U.S. plan to bomb targets in Yemen. ...The Hill - 1d -
Hegseth says ‘nobody was texting war plans’ after chat emerges
Top officials reportedly discussed secret U.S. military plans in a group chat with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic who was inadvertently added. Secretary of State Pete Hegseth says ...NBC News - 1d -
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 ...The Hill - 22h -
WATCH: Sen. Ted Cruz on leaked military operations text: ‘It was clearly a screw up’
ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas about deportation efforts by President Donald Trump's administration — and highly sensitive text messages being sent via Signal.ABC News - 1d -
Senate Armed Services chair confirms plans to investigate war plan group chat
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) confirmed Tuesday that the committee plans to investigate The Atlantic’s reports of a Signal group chat where a journalist was apparently ...The Hill - 18h -
Atlantic editor on war plans group chat: 'It's unbelievable'
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said in a Monday interview he had a hard time believing the group chat he was included in with top Trump Cabinet appointees was authentic because ...The Hill - 1d -
‘We Don’t Want an AI Demo, We Want Answers’: Federal Workers Grill Trump Appointee During All-Hands
Leaked chats obtained by WIRED detail plans for the General Services Administration—and the staff’s angry response.Wired - 5d -
Late Night Is Still Reeling Over the Government’s ‘War by Emoji’
“Signal might be a good app for you and me and our local drug dealer, but it’s not for the Pentagon to plan wars on,” Ronny Chieng said on Tuesday’s “Daily Show.”The New York Times - 6h -
Rodrigo Duterte says he will accept responsibility after ICC arrest over ‘war on drugs’
Former Philippines president filmed a video message en route to the Hague, saying ‘I will be responsible for everything’. Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has said he will accept ...The Guardian - Mar. 13 -
Trade wars hit an American favorite and a baby theft sparks outrage: The news quiz
Trump’s trade war heated up, NASA astronauts faced another setback, and a soccer team revealed its ambitious plans.NBC News - Mar. 15 -
Trump Rejects Idea That Musk Should Have Access to Top-Secret China War Plans
The president also denied a report that such a briefing had been planned to be held at the Pentagon on Friday.The New York Times - 4d -
Atlantic editor suggests he's open to sharing Hegseth's full war plans texts publicly
Jeffery Goldberg, the top editor of The Atlantic, said he could be open to sharing more details from a Signal group chat he was mistakenly added to by top U.S. officials that contained secret war ...The Hill - 21h -
After hitting Ukraine hard on peace talks, how far will Trump go to pressure Putin?
"I've gotten some positive messages, but a positive message means nothing," Trump said as he faced questions on what happens next with the Ukraine war ceasefire.ABC News - Mar. 12 -
Dybala’s message after surgery announcement: “I’ll come back stronger.”
Paulo Dybala has addressed the worried fanbase following the announcement of his planned surgery.His latest injury has forced Roma to opt for surgery rather than conservative therapy, which will ...Yahoo Sports - 6d -
Waltz: 'We made a mistake. We're moving forward'
National security adviser Mike Waltz acknowledged Tuesday evening that messages discussing an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen that were reportedly leaked in a Signal chat with The Atlantic's ...The Hill - 1h -
Rwanda planning to attack Burundi, president tells BBC
The two countries are on opposite sides in the war in their giant neighbour, DR Congo.BBC News - 1d -
Watch: Jeffries holds press conference as Congress grapples with war plans chat news
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is holding a press conference as lawmakers contend with reporting that Trump administration officials discussed sensitive attack plans against the ...The Hill - 1d -
Jon Stewart: Waltz was distracted by 'White Lotus' while setting up war plans chat
Jon Stewart is knocking national security adviser Mike Waltz for reportedly adding a journalist to a text chain of Trump administration officials discussing military attack plans against Houthi ...The Hill - 1d -
Ukraine agrees to Trump’s 30-day ceasefire plan
During talks in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine agreed to President Trump’s plan for a 30-day ceasefire for the war in Ukraine. Trump said that he will now speak to Russia’s president Putin. The U.S. will ...NBC News - Mar. 11 -
Military plans shared in Signal chat and 23andMe bankruptcy concerns: Morning Rundown
Pete Hegseth denies “texting war plans” to a group text that included a journalist. Second woman strangled during prison visit. 23andme DNA data up for sale.NBC News - 1d -
Trump plans Tuesday talks with Putin on Russia-Ukraine war
US president says ‘a lot of work’ has been done over weekend towards ceasefire dealFinancial Times - Mar. 17 -
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 ...The Hill - 1d -
5 takeaways from Trump officials war planning group chat breach
Washington was rocked Monday by a truly extraordinary story. The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, recounted how he had — apparently inadvertently — been added to a group chat ...The Hill - 1d -
Atlantic journalist pushes back on Hegseth comments: ‘He was texting war plans’
Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, pushed back on comments from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the journalist's access to a group chat with information about an attack on ...The Hill - 1d -
Buttigieg pushes for accountability after war plans chat breach
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pushed for accountability in the wake of the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, getting access to a group chat in which top ...The Hill - 1d -
Secret War Plans Shared in Group Chat, and U.S. Food Banks Scramble
Plus, why you might develop allergies as an adult.The New York Times - 1d