49 m. ago What the accidentally leaked war group chat reveals about the Trump administration | Moira Donegan

Thanks to the Signal leaks, we can see how the administration acts when they think they are in private. It’s not a pretty sightPerhaps one of the greatest lessons of the Donald Trump era, for me, has been in learning the difference between being shocked and being surprised. And indeed it was a bit shocking to learn, via an essay published by the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, that a high-profile journalist had been included on a chat on the commercial messaging app in which a military strike on the Houthi rebels in Yemen was coordinated – including discussions of the timing of the attack, debates about political messaging, personnel coordination and weapons to be used – seemingly without anyone noticing that he was there.It was shocking that their incompetence was so fortuitous – that the person they included, seemingly accidentally, in their unsecured group chat about war plans was someone so uniquely equipped to broadcast their idiocy to a large audience. But it was ...

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67 m. ago Trump officials pause some green card applications in immigration crackdown

Approved refugees reportedly affected by freeze on processing after Trump demands more aggressive vettingUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has paused the processing of certain green card applications as the US government continues to implement a hardline immigration agenda.CBS News reported that approved refugees are part of the processing freeze, as the White House enacts an effort to more aggressively vet immigrants to the US. Continue reading...

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75 m. ago Newly shared Signal messages show Trump advisers discussed Yemen attack plans

The Atlantic releases more text from chat after Trump officials claimed none of it was ‘classified information’US politics live – latest updatesThe Atlantic magazine has published fresh messages from a group chat including top US officials where they discuss operational details of plans to bomb Yemen.The initial revelations by the magazine and its editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was accidentally added to the chat on the messaging app Signal, have sparked a huge outcry in the US, with the Trump administration facing withering attacks over the disastrous leak of sensitive information. Continue reading...

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90 m. ago Atlantic publishes numerous messages from Signal chat discussing plans to bomb Yemen

Magazine releases more text from chat after Trump officials claimed none of it was ‘classified information’US politics live – latest updatesThe Atlantic magazine has published fresh messages from the Signal chat group including from top US officials discussing operational details of plans to bomb Yemen.The initial revelations by the magazine and its editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was accidentally added to the chat, have created a huge scandal in the US, and the Trump administration has faced withering attacks over the disastrous leak of sensitive information. However, the magazine did not include specific details of the attack, saying it did not want to jeoparsise national security. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘A warning for students of color’: Ice agents are targeting certain protesters, say experts

Despite the diversity of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, officials go after non-white visa and scholarship holders ‘to create a wedge in solidarity’For more than a year, students at US colleges and universities have participated in protests in support of Palestine, as Israel’s war has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023. Students have faced suspensions and expulsions over encampment demonstrations and other actions, as schools crack down on participation.Now, at least five students and academics of color at US universities have been targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), as a part of the Trump administration’s ongoing punishment on Palestinian support. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Urgent warning to Pentagon staff to stop using Signal over fears Russian hackers can infiltrate encrypted chats

The OpSec (Operational Security) Special Bulletin, reportedly issued on March 18, came just days after the Trump administration mistakenly leaked war plans to a journalist

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4 h. ago Rep. Lauren Boebert hints Trump administration is working to rename DC the ‘District of America’

‘Next up, you know it may end up being the ‘District of America’ that we’re working on’, Boebert scolded at opposition lawmakers

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4 h. ago Caribbean leaders deny Cuban health workers are victims of ‘forced labor’

As White House takes aim at medical missions, SVG says it gave US proof that workers aren’t human-trafficking victimsThe prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) said his government has provided evidence to the US that Cuban health workers in the country are not victims of human trafficking, as the Trump administration takes aim at the medical missions.Speaking in advance of US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s visit to the Caribbean on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said he was confident that the information he provided would settle US concerns about the deal under which Cuban medical professionals work in SVG. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Trump administration ‘got a case’ telling Europe to do more on defence – Healey

John Healey suggested that the US has laid down a challenge which the UK is responding to in its work to put together a ‘coalition of the willing’.

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6 h. ago UK minister responds to Donald Trump sidekicks' claim Europe is 'pathetic freeloader'

Defence Secretary John Healey said Donald Trump's US administration has 'got a case' after a leaked group chat showed revealed criticism of European nations on defence spending

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6 h. ago Europe and London are angry that they are being assessed by the Trump administration as a "pathetic sight"

Europe and London are angry that they are being assessed by the Trump administration as a "pathetic sight"  Eurasia Daily

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10 h. ago Researchers in limbo as Columbia bows to Trump’s demands in bid to restore $400M federal funding cut

Researchers at Columbia University remain in limbo after the Ivy League institution bowed to the Trump administration’s demands for unprecedented changes in a bid to restore some $400 million in federal funds cut

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10 h. ago Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U_S_ Noem’s Wednesday trip to the prison where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.”

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11 h. ago Trump news at a glance: Waltz takes fall for Signal blunder as president dismisses security threat

Signal chat including the top editor of the Atlantic causes White House chaos. Here’s your roundup of key US politics stories from 25 March 2025Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said he took full responsibility for a stunning leak of military plans in a Signal chat, while Trump intervened to defend him, saying it was “the only glitch in two months”.“I take full responsibility. I built the group. My job is to make sure everything is coordinated,” Waltz said in an interview with Fox News, in which he conceded: “it’s embarrassing”. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for leaked Trump administration Signal chat about Yemen strike

Defense Secretary accused reporter who received chats of ‘peddling hoaxes’ earlier in day

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14 h. ago Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments

Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation

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15 h. ago Judge rules Columbia protester can’t be detained as she fights deportation

White House blocked from deporting Yunseo Chung, green card holder and student who sued Trump administrationA federal judge in Manhattan blocked immigration officials from detaining Yunseo Chung, a Columbia University student and legal permanent resident the Trump administration is trying to deport for taking part in Gaza solidarity protests.The 21-year-old green card holder, who has lived in the US since she was seven years old, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, arguing the government is “attempting to use immigration enforcement as a bludgeon to suppress speech that they dislike”. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago 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

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17 h. ago Donald Trump's war text scandal is 'stuff of nightmares' and 'frankly terrifying'

The content of the Trump administration's leaked Signal messages discussing strikes against the Houthis was the 'stuff of nightmares' and 'frankly terrifying', according to an expert

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17 h. ago US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must ‘look out for ourselves’, says Mark Carney

Signal blunder likely to put strain on Five Eyes as it weighs how Trump administration handles classified informationCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has said the inadvertent leak of classified military plans by senior US officials means that allied nations must increasingly “look out for ourselves” as trust frays with a once-close ally.Speaking a day after it was revealed that a journalist was accidentally included in a group chat discussing airstrikes against Yemeni rebels, Carney said the intelligence blunder was a “serious, serious issue and all lessons must be taken”. He said it would be critical to see “how people react to those mistakes and how they tighten them up”. Continue reading...

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