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Trump Downplays Firestorm Over Leaked Yemen Air Strike Chat

Trump said he would "look into" the use of the Signal app as he put on a united front at a meeting with US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who inadvertently included The Atlantic magazine's Jeffrey Goldberg in the conversation of top national security officials.

International Business Times

The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) know

The revelation that President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place has raised many questions

The Independent UK

‘Sloppy’: Trump downplays shock over leaked Signal chat about Yemen attack

Democrats have called the high-level discussions on the messaging app Signal ‘obviously reckless, obviously dangerous’.

Al Jazeera

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Waltz denial reveals Yemen leak strategy

Waltz's combative answer showed how Trump figures plan to ride out this scandal: denying it ever happened

Salon

Pentagon Was Aware Russian Hackers Use Signal App to Spy Days Before SignalGate: Report

The Pentagon warned that Russian hackers were using Signal to spy—just days after a journalist was accidentally included in a Signal chat for top officials.

Latin Times

Pentagon warned of Russian Signal hacker infiltration after massive war plans bungle

Trump administration officials — including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth — included journalist in group chat on app discussing secret military plans

The Independent UK

Mike Waltz Called Out After Declaring He's 'Never Met' SignalGate Journalist: 'How the Heck Did You Have His Number?'

National Security advisor Mike Waltz responded to reports that a journalist was added to a "war plans" group text between top government officials.

Latin Times

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Why the Signal chat leak might have exposed a big legal problem for Trump administration

Lawmakers and legal experts claim the Yemen Signal group chat ‘blatantly violated security regulations designed to prevent exactly this kind of leak’

The Independent UK

Trump wants to move on after the text-chain disaster. Pete Hegseth could end up being his scapegoat

Analysis: Trump may have to pay a political price to move on from a shocking breach of security by his most senior officials, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

We should not underestimate the historic threat Donald Trump represents – to his country, to the West and to a free press

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The US president is behaving more and more as though he is not only above the law – but is the law

The Independent UK

The Signal chat blunder has shaken Washington. Except in the White House where it’s brushed off

Trump and his aides are now describing accurate reporting on a national security breach as a ‘hoax’

The Independent UK

Ratcliffe, the CIA director, defends group chat that inadvertently included a journalist

The former Texas congressman says his communication in the chat was lawful and did not include classified information.

The Texas Tribune

Atlantic editor may share Yemen texts

Jeffrey Goldberg told the Bulwark he was working out a plan to vet and share the material

Salon

The Guardian view on the Signal war plans leak: a US security breach speaks volumes

Editorial: A staggering blunder points to the wider failings of the careless and amateurish Trump administration

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Latin Times

Top Trump Official Was In Russia While War Plans Were Being Discussed On Signal

Special envoy Steve Witkoff was in Russia while top officials were discussing war plans on Signal, according to flight records

The Independent UK

Elon Musk-owned X loses Community Notes correcting the Pentagon’s claims about the Yemen text leaks

The Pentagon’s official Rapid Response X account was called out in a Community Note for branding The Atlantic journalist ‘deceitful’

Latin Times

Senator Rips John Ratcliffe For Not Knowing How Journalist Ended Up in Signal Chat: 'You're The CIA Director!'

The tense exchange took place at Senate Intelligence Committee public hearing on global threats facing the United States

Latin Times

Senate Intelligence Hearing Couldn't Come At Worst Time For GOP Leaders As War Texts Leak Dominates News

Intelligence officials will testify before Congress after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat in which top leaders discussed military plans.

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Latin Times

Tulsi Gabbard Dodges Democrat's Questions on Alleged Involvement in War Plans Texts: 'I Don't Want to Get Into This'

Tulsi Gabbard repeatedly refused to confirm or deny participation in a group text where senior Trump officials reportedly discussed US war plans for Yemen.

The Independent UK

Trump’s top team slammed for ‘unbelievably stupid’ security breach after Signal group chat leak

Gordon Brown’s former security adviser slammed Trump’s administration for the ‘extraordinary’ breach

The Independent UK

Jesse Watters says security breach is no worse than adding your aunt to a group about ‘raunchy plans for the bachelor party’

Fox News host downplayed the potential security breach of a journalist accidentally being added to a group chat with national security cabinet members

Fortune

Trump administration's use of disappearing Signal messages to discuss military strikes not allowed under record law, experts say

Senior officials in the Trump administration are under fire after inadvertently sharing secret war plans with a reporter via a Signal group chat.

Latin Times

Mike Johnson Calls Hegseth Text Thread Leak 'Serious' Mistake As Trump Admin Insists No 'War Plans' Were Sent

The House Speaker added that he "didn't think anyone should lose their job because an errant number found its way on to a dialogue between leaders"

The Independent UK

Top Democrat calls for Hegseth and Waltz to resign and shreds Gabbard over Signal war talk leak

Mark Warner says Trump administration officials failed ‘security hygiene 101’

The Guardian - US

Jon Stewart on GOP’s obsession with free speech: ‘It’s such blatant hypocrisy’

Late-night hosts discuss Republicans’ hypocrisy and Trump administration accidentally texting war plans to a journalist

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