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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Trump names ‘first buddy’ and DOGE leader Elon Musk to investigate Signal blunder

Elon Musk and the team at the Department of Government Efficiency will assist the White House and National Security Council in investigating how a journalist was added to a Signal group chat with national security officials, the White House Press Secretary said Wednesday.

After the shocking news that the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was added to a group with cabinet members about a U.S. military operation in Yemen, lawmakers and the public have called for investigations into how the incident occurred.

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