46 h. ago Mike Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal chats for national security work – report

National security adviser and team shared ‘sensitive information’ in group chats on app, sources tell PoliticoUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, and his team have created at least 20 different group chats on the encrypted messaging app Signal to coordinate sensitive national security work, sources tell Politico.The revelation, which cites four people with direct knowledge of the practice, follows heightened scrutiny of the administration’s handling of sensitive information after the Atlantic recently published messages from a chat that included the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, sharing operational details of deadly strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Continue reading...

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3 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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8 d. ago The Signal chat leak raises questions about accountability in Trump’s cabinet

High-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunityUS politics live – latest news updatesThe problem with the now infamous Signal chat read around the world is not just that sensitive military-operations details were broadcast, but that this reveals a pattern of what appears to be institutional dishonesty inside the Trump administration and the legal ramifications that presents.The leak exposes a system of broken accountability, where high-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunity. Despite potential violations of classification protocols, federal record-keeping laws and promises of operational security, the leaders look to face no meaningful legal consequences. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The real problem with the Signal chat leak is it shows systemic dishonesty

High-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunity and no accountabilityUS politics live – latest news updatesThe problem with the now infamous Signal chat read around the world is not just that sensitive military-operations details were broadcast, but that this reveals a pattern of what appears to be institutional dishonesty inside the Trump administration and the legal ramifications that presents.The leak exposes a system of broken accountability, where high-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunity. Despite potential violations of classification protocols, federal record-keeping laws and promises of operational security, the leaders look to face no meaningful legal consequences. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump blames ‘employee’ for Signalgate and ‘billionaires on left’ for Tesla attacks in Newsmax interview: Live

President suggests no punishment for security officials over blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal group chat by mistake

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9 d. ago Trump blames ‘employee’ for Signalgate and ‘billionaires on the left’ for Tesla attacks in Newsmax interview: Live

President suggests no punishment for security officials over blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal group chat by mistake

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9 d. ago Trump addresses Signalgate blunder in Newsmax interview after Waltz takes responsibility: Live

President suggests no punishment for security officials over blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal group chat by mistake

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9 d. ago Trump attacks The Atlantic editor and denies leaked chat contained classified war plans: Live updates

President facing suggests no punishment for security officials over blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal group chat by mistake

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1 week ago Trump intelligence team grilled in Senate hearing after war plans revealed to journalist in group chat: Live

President facing calls to remove senior security officials over blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal group chat by mistake

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1 week ago Donald Trump's war texts trolled by Brits on WhatsApp with bizarre STOP message

Americans are asking how it was possible for some of the most-powerful security officials in the White House to share sensitive information with a journalist in a Signal group chat

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1 week ago Outrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge screw

Security leak triggers bipartisan anger after Atlantic reveals officials inadvertently broadcast highly sensitive military plansWhite House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to journalistA catastrophic security leak is triggering bipartisan outrage after the Atlantic revealed that senior Trump administration officials accidentally broadcast highly sensitive military plans through a Signal group chat with a journalist reading along.On the Senate floor on Monday, the minority leader, Chuck Schumer, called it “one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time” and urged Republicans to seek a “full investigation into how this happened, the damage it created and how we can avoid it in the future”. Continue reading...

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