Pentagon changed Musk visit after report about him viewing China war plans: Officials

Trump and Pentagon officials deny Elon Musk got China war plan briefing

Tech billionaire and Trump adviser Elon Musk is scheduled to visit the Pentagon on Friday for a briefing that will include a discussion on China, according to three defense officials.

NBC News - 5d

Elon Musk meets defence officials in Pentagon visit

The White House denied media reports that Musk would receive a briefing on classified reports about China.

BBC News - 5d

Trump Attacks Reporting on Musk War Plans Meeting

A planned Pentagon briefing, in which Elon Musk would learn military plans for any potential war with China, did not go forward after reports in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

The New York Times - 5d

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 - 5d

Trump: Report Musk will be briefed on China war plans 'completely untrue'

President Trump late Thursday brushed off claims that tech billionaire Elon Musk would be briefed on potential war plans related to China during an upcoming meeting at the Pentagon, calling the ...

The Hill - 5d

Trump makes rare admission of Musk’s conflicts of interest after Pentagon visit

President says plans for potential war with China would not be shared with billionaire due to his business interests. US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump said on Friday that plans ...

The Guardian - 5d

Why the Pentagon Scuttled Its Briefing of Elon Musk on China War Plans

“You wouldn’t show it to a businessman,” President Trump said in denying that Elon Musk was to be briefed on top-secret plans in the event of war with China.

The New York Times - 5d

Trump denies Elon Musk will be briefed on China at Pentagon

Elon Musk is set to make a high-profile visit to the Pentagon on Friday as U.S. defense officials tell NBC News he is expected to get an unclassified briefing that will include China. Trump denies ...

NBC News - 5d

Pentagon denies China was discussed in briefing with Elon Musk

Elon Musk's visit to the Pentagon is raising concerns about a potential conflict of interest since the tech mogul has business ties to both the Department of Defense and China. NBC News' Courtney ...

NBC News - 5d

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 - 5d

Trump sharply denies Musk China briefing, citing business conflicts

President Trump on Friday denied that his administration would show billionaire Elon Musk details of the Pentagon’s planning for a potential war with China, citing Musk’s various business dealings ...

The Hill - 5d

Hegseth says Musk did not see China war plan as Trump announces new jet fighter program – US politics live

Defense secretary says Musk was at Pentagon to talk about efficiencies; president says new F-47 jet has state-of-the-art stealth technology. Trump awards Boeing contract to build next-generation ...

The Guardian - 5d

Former Pentagon official on war plans group chat: ‘There’s going to be a fallout’

Former Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said late Monday that she believes there is going to be ‘a fallout” from revelations that top Trump administration officials created a group ...

The Hill - 1d

Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China

The access would be a major expansion of Elon Musk’s government role and highlight his conflicts of interest.

The New York Times - 5d

The Pentagon Draws Back the Curtains for Musk

The billionaire was set to be briefed on the military’s closely guarded playbooks on China, raising new questions about his power and access.

The New York Times - 5d

Hegseth says meeting with Musk was about "innovation, efficiencies"

A defense official said Elon Musk met with senior military officials at the Pentagon Friday.

CBS News - 5d

House Republican on war plans chat: ‘There’s no doubt that Russia and China saw this stuff’

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said there's “no doubt” that Russia and China were monitoring the U.S. officials’ devices used for a war plan text chat. “I will guarantee you, 99.99 percent with ...

The Hill - 1d

House Republican: White House ‘in denial’ about Signal war plans chat

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said the White House is “in denial” over The Atlantic’s explosive report about a text chain with senior-level administration officials — and, inadvertently, a reporter — ...

The Hill - 7h

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.

ABC News - 1d

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 ...

The Hill - 1d

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 - 2d

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.

CBS News - 23h

Former Obama DOJ official calls for FBI investigation into war plans text chat

Former Obama Justice Department official Matthew Miller called for an FBI investigation after The Atlantic’s bombshell report that its editor was included in a group chat of Trump administration ...

The Hill - 2d

Report: Pentagon warned employees about using Signal

According to a memo obtained by NPR, the Pentagon warned employees about a detected weakness in the messaging service Signal and that hackers could target it. NBC News' Brian Cheung talked to a ...

NBC News - 21h

Schumer blasts Trump officials for war plans Signal chat

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 ...

The Hill - 2d

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 - 1d

Fox anchor: Jeffrey Goldberg 'acted responsibly' with secret war plans report

Fox News anchor John Roberts praised journalist Jeffery Goldberg hours after the The Atlantic's top editor published a bombshell report revealing he had been accidentally sent secret war plans by ...

The Hill - 2d

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CBS News - 5d

Outrage in Washington after journalist included in war plans group chat

Presented by Boeing {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Outrage after journalist included in officials' war plans group chat All Washington could talk ...

The Hill - 2d

Report: Bengals hosting Saints starter on free agent visit

A bidding war is picking up for Lucas Patrick. After visiting the Seahawks, FOX Sports reports the Saints' left guard is meeting with the Bengals.

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Trump on plan for Department of Justice visit

President Trump spoke to reporters about his take on the Department of Justice a day before he is expected to speak to the branch about its work. CBS News' Scott MaFarlane reports.

CBS News - Mar. 14

Minkah Fitzpatrick's brother plans official visit to UGA

St. Thomas Aquinas cornerback Justice Fitzpatrick, who is the brother of Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, plans Georgia visits

Yahoo Sports - 4d

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 - 2d

Yemen war plans group chat: A timeline of the mishap

Officials inadvertently added a reporter to an unsecured group chat discussing plans for a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen. Here's a look at a timeline of the events.

ABC News - 3h

Outrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge screw-up’

Security leak triggers bipartisan anger after Atlantic reveals officials inadvertently broadcast highly sensitive military plans. White House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to ...

The Guardian - 1d

Hegseth says 'nobody was texting war plans' after group chat breach

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Monday that “nobody was texting war plans” following news breaking that Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, gained access to a ...

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

China says it’s willing to cooperate with the U.S. on fentanyl

China is willing to do more to address U.S. concerns about illicit fentanyl trade, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told reporters Wednesday.

CNBC - Mar. 12

U.S. and Ukrainian officials to hold peace talks about Ukraine-Russia war in Saudi Arabia

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to Saudi Arabia for talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials on ending the war in Ukraine. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports ...

CBS News - Mar. 10

Pentagon changed Musk visit after report about him viewing China war plans: Officials

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