The Latest Breaking News from National Security

Former defense secretary says somebody ‘needs to get fired’ over Trump admin’s shocking war plans leak to journalist

‘This is just a serious blunder,’ Leon Panetta stated, adding that it ‘could violate espionage laws’ and ‘undermine our national security’

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2025

Staggering security breach after journalist included in Trump admin chat outlining plans to bomb Houthis in Yemen

President’s national security team used an encrypted messaging app to talk about a planned strike on Houthi militants — and accidentally included a prominent journalist in their group chat

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2025

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

The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2025

‘Chilling effect on free speech’: Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media profiles

USCIS said the vetting of social media accounts is necessary for “the enhanced identity verification, vetting and national security screening.” Critics say it crushes free speech

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2025

Gabbard's hysteria hides a dark truth

The Trump administration crosses the Rubicon into politically-motivated prosecutions

Salon · Mar 23, 2025

Pentagon is the latest agency to announce a leak investigation that could include polygraphs

The Pentagon’s intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2025

The obscure Jimmy Lai ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law

The moves that barred the media mogul’s choice of lawyer are immune from legal challenge, giving the national security committee what one expert called ‘the powers of a police state’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2025

Andrew aide statement in alleged Chinese spy case can be made public – tribunal

Yang Tengbo was excluded from the UK on national security grounds in March 2023.

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025

Democrats plead with Trump to reconsider ‘reckless’ proposed travel ban targeting 43 countries

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Nationality is simply not correlated with threats to our security,’ reads a letter by Arizona Rep. Yassamin Ansari to the president, signed by 33 House Democrats

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

Far-right leader rejoins Israeli government after hundreds killed in Gaza

THE leader of a far-right party has returned to Israel’s government as national security minister after a wave of strikes that killed more than…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 19, 2025