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Pentagon Watchdog To Probe Defense Chief Over Signal Chat Row

The Pentagon inspector general's office will investigate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss air strikes on Yemen, the watchdog said Thursday.

International Business Times

Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth's use of Signal to convey Yemen strike plans

The use of the app came to light when a journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to a Signal text chain by national security adviser Mike Waltz.

Euronews

Pentagon’s watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strike

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen

The Independent UK

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Senator criticises Pentagon officials on alleged US troop drawdown in Europe

While there has been no official announcement about any reduction in US military numbers in Europe, President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants NATO to do more to defend its own region.

Euronews

Hill wants $15 billion for weapons Pentagon didn't seek: report - Roll Call

A new report from Taxpayers for Common Sense found that lawmakers pushed to add $15 billion the Pentagon didn't request to defense prorams.

Roll Call

New photos show Pentagon continuing mysterious buildup in the wake of Trump’s latest threats against Iran

Almost a third of the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of B-2 Spirit bombers have been sighted at a strategic Chagos Islands outpost as tensions rise in the Middle East

The Independent UK

US attacks kill 4 in Yemen as second aircraft carrier sent to Middle East

The Houthi Health Ministry says the latest US attack struck a water management building in the Hodeidah region.

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Defense Department to offer new round of voluntary resignations, retirements. There are few details

The Defense Department is going to offer a new round of voluntary resignations and retirements to the civilian workforce, but details are slim

The Independent UK

Hegseth orders fitness standards to be gender neutral for combat jobs. Many already are

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to make fitness standards for all combat jobs gender neutral, formalizing a process that largely exists for many of those jobs already

The Independent UK

Pentagon Chief Says US Will Ensure 'Deterrence' Across Taiwan Strait

The United States will ensure "robust, ready and credible deterrence" across the Taiwan Strait, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday, calling China "aggressive and coercive".

International Business Times

Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials

Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings

The Guardian - US

The Signal chat exposes the administration’s incompetence – and its pecking order

The discussion revealed unserious people who don’t know when to keep quiet, with Stephen Miller as the real boss

The Guardian - US

Pentagon nepotism fears as Defense Secretary’s younger brother given key adviser role

Phil Hegseth's past experience includes founding his own podcast production company

The Independent UK

Another federal judge strikes down Trump’s ban on trans people in the military: ‘Plainly discriminates’

Second nationwide injunction blocks administration’s sweeping Pentagon policy backed by ‘no evidence,’ judge says

The Independent UK

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What is 'classified' information? What are 'secure' communications? Here's a primer

The Trump administration's use of a popular app to discuss sensitive military plans — with a journalist on the text chain — is raising questions about security and the importance of safeguarding the nation's secrets

International Business Times

Top US Senators Demand Probe Into Chat Scandal

Senior Republican and Democratic US senators issued a bipartisan call Thursday for a probe into a scandal over an accidentally leaked chat between top officials on Yemen air strikes that has engulfed Donald Trump's White House.

Latin Times

Trump's Troop Buildup at The Border Now Around 9,000 as Pentagon Authorizes New Troops in Arizona

The Pentagon has authorized a significant expansion of military support at the U.S.-Mexico border, with 9,000 U.S. troops now stationed there

The Guardian - US

Senators demand Pentagon investigates Signal leak scandal in bipartisan letter

Top Republican and Democrat on Senate armed services committee urge inspector general to launch inquiry

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The Independent UK

Marco Rubio admits ‘someone made a big mistake adding a journalist’ to the Signal bomb chat

Secretary of State Marco Rubio flatly admitted Wednesday that “someone made a big mistake” when a journalist was added to the encrypted Signal chat about bomb plans in Yemen earlier this month.

The Independent UK

Team Trump picks a fight over the Signal chat. Republicans play ignorant

ANALYSIS: Analysis: Republicans who risked their credibility to get Fox News host Pete Hegseth over the finish line now have to deal with the fallout from the Signal scandal, Eric Garcia writes

Fortune

Top Trump aide in Signal chat was in Russia while the text stream was active—but denies he had personal or government-issued phone with him

Special envoy Steve Witkoff was scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 13, at the same time he was in an active Signal group of about a dozen U.S. officials.

The Independent UK

Fox News immediately downplays full damaging texts from Atlantic group chat story

‘Looks like Goldberg overpromised,’ Lawrence Jones asserted shortly after The Atlantic published the latest texts. ‘There’s not war plans here’

Roll Call

Bipartisan chorus seeks probes after Signal group chat incident - Roll Call

Senators from both parties were poised to formally request probes into senior officials’ use of Signal to discuss a military operation.

The Guardian - UK

Latest Signal leak revelations expose US officials’ lies about what was shared

Trump officials had claimed nothing classified or risking harm to members of the military was shared in the chat

International Business Times

Pentagon Issues Urgent Warning About Signal App Amid Russian Hacking Threat—Beware of Phishing Links

Pentagon warns Signal app users after Russian hacking incident to spy on encrypted chats, but what's with the recent controversy with the Trump administration?

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