10 h. ago Trump’s Yemen bombing campaign could cost $1bn by next week, with little to show for it

Trump’s war in Yemen has come under greater scrutiny after his national security officials leaked details of the initial strikes in a group chat with a journalist

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15 h. ago I worked in Trump’s first administration. Here’s why his team is using Signal | Kevin Carroll

Using the platform was dangerous and wrong – but officials appeared to prioritize shielding themselves from litigationNo senior US government official in the now-infamous “Houthi PC Small Group” Signal chat seemed new to that kind of group, nor surprised by the sensitivity of the subject discussed in that insecure forum, not even when the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, chimed in with details of a coming airstrike. No one objected – not the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who was abroad and using her personal cellphone to discuss pending military operations; not even the presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, who was in Moscow at the time. Yet most of these officials enjoy the luxury of access to secure government communications systems 24/7/365.Reasonable conclusions may be drawn from these facts. First, Trump’s national security cabinet commonly discusses secret information on insecure personal devices. Second, sophisticated adversaries such as Russia and China inter...

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25 h. ago Knives out for Mike Waltz as Trump fires national security officials

Maga critics circle around hawkish foreign policy adviser who was at centre of ‘Signalgate’ fiasco

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30 h. ago US and Chinese military officials hold talks on maritime security in bid to lower risks

U.S. and Chinese military officials have met for their first working-level talks since President Donald Trump took office for the second time

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31 h. ago Trump fires six national security staffers after meeting with far

Trump ally presented him with opposition research against a number of officials that she said showed their disloyaltyFollow US politics liveDonald Trump fired six national security council staffers after an unusual meeting in the Oval Office where the far-right activist Laura Loomer presented opposition research against a number of staffers that she said showed they were disloyal to the US president, according to two people familiar with the matter.The firings included three staffers who had been brought on by national security adviser Mike Waltz – an extraordinary situation where Loomer appeared to have more sway over NSC personnel than the official in charge of running the agency. It also undercut Waltz’s position to have his allies axed from under him. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Trump fires national security officials after activist alleges ‘disloyalty’

Sackings come as top adviser Mike Waltz faces pressure for discussing military strikes in Signal chat

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36 h. ago Trump fires National Security Council staff after Laura Loomer urged him to cut people she saw as disloyal: report

Trump fired ‘several’ NSC members after his Oval Office meeting with Loomer, according to reports

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37 h. ago Trump fires three national security staffers after meeting with far

Loomer reportedly presented Trump with opposition research on national security council officials at Oval OfficeFollow US politics liveLaura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist and Islamophobic former Republican congressional candidate banned from Uber, Paypal and some social media platforms has apparently been successful in pushing the White House to fire national security staffers for disloyalty.The New York Times first reported that Loomer, famous for promoting racism and 9/11 conspiracy theories, was spotted in a meeting on Wednesday where she reportedly presented Trump with opposition research on national security council officials during a 30-minute Oval Office meeting. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Trump fires staff of 'idiot' adviser embroiled in Signal scandal after urging by controversial MAGA influencer

President Donald Trump has fired several members of his National Security Council team, Axios reported Thursday.

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3 d. ago National security adviser and staff used personal Gmail accounts for official communications: report

Report on use of Gmail for government communications comes after national security adviser accidentally added journalist to Signal chat on Yemen attack plans

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4 d. ago Trump's 'idiot' national security aide under fire for hosting other sensitive Signal group chats

National security advisor Michael Waltz, who took responsibility for setting up the Signal group chat on the attack on the Houthis, has formed other 'national security groups.'

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4 d. ago US imposes sanctions on six senior Chinese and Hong Kong security officials

State department says individuals used national security law ‘extraterritorially’ to pursue rights activists

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5 d. ago Trump wants to move on from the Signal security scandal. House Republicans aren’t making it easy

Some GOP members – including experts on national security – are breaking with the White House’s official line on whether leaked attack plan was classified

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5 d. ago Former SAS hero says Britain 'can't trust' the United States with top secret intelligence after 'moronic' war plan leak

Chris Ryan feared the lives of British and American spies could be at risk following the extraordinary security blunder by senior US officials - and warned similar failures would likely happen under Trump

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6 d. ago JD Vance and other officials told Trump to fire Waltz. There was just one reason he didn’t

President was counseled by senior administration officials about dismissing his national security adviser

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8 d. ago Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

A federal judge says he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen’s Houthis

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8 d. ago Bondi signals probe into Signal chat is unlikely, despite a long history of similar inquiries

FBI Director Kash Patel may not have been part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans

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8 d. ago German newspaper boasts it tracked down private data of top US security officials

A German newspaper is boasting it has accessed personal data and contact information online, even passwords, for some of America’s top security officials, including Defense Secretary and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth.

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9 d. ago Top Trump officials have private data and passwords leaked in stunning security breach following war plan debacle

Most of the numbers and email addresses were still in use and actively sending and receiving as recently as a few days ago.

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9 d. ago Trump names ‘first buddy’ and DOGE leader Elon Musk to investigate Signal blunder

Musk offered ‘his technical experts’ to help investigate how a journalist was added to a group chat with national security officials

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