48 h. ago Putin mouthpieces mock Trump's team over leak – and 'want to get in' another chat

The Trump administration was plunged into crisis after Signal chat messages discussing war plans were accidentally shared with a journalist - and now Putin's propagandists have weighed in

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52 h. ago The White House security breach raises concerns among some military spouses and veterans

Some military spouses and veterans are questioning the White House’s handling of security after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat about military strikes in Yemen

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57 h. 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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57 h. 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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57 h. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. ago 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

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3 d. ago Trump backs top security adviser who added journalist to secret Yemen war group chat in blunder

The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg was invited to the app Signal group which included National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Vice-President JD Vance

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3 d. ago Desperate Fox News goes into furious spin mode to downplay Yemen war plans leak

‘I think you will come away proud that these are the leaders making these decisions in America,’ Fox News host Will Cain said about the Trump officials who accidentally invited a journalist into an unclassified group chat discussing war plans

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3 d. ago Trump reveals fate of 'f***ing idiot' who leaked top secret war messages

President Donald Trump defended his National Security Adviser Mike Waltz in the wake of the Signal app scandal, calling him a 'good man' who 'learned a lesson.'

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3 d. ago Exploitable flaws: what US adversaries could learn from White House security failure

Hostile intelligence agencies are likely to pore over details revealed in chat group planning for Yemen strikesUS politics live – latest updatesThe leak of top US officials’ deliberations over planning for this month’s strikes on the Houthis in Yemen – revealed by a journalist who was accidentally invited to a chat group on the Signal messaging app – will be highly useful for hostile intelligence agencies. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago White House security failure prompts calls for resignations – US politics live

Democratic national committee chair Ken Martin calls on defense secretary to resign; House speaker Mike Johnson signals support for Pete Hegseth and national security adviser Mike WaltzSignal leak reveals depths of Trump administration’s loathing of EuropeHierarchies and the human factor: key takeaways from US security leakThe leak of top US officials’ deliberations over planning for this month’s strikes on the Houthis in Yemen – revealed by a journalist who was accidentally invited to a chat group on the Signal messaging app – will be highly useful for hostile intelligence agencies.Read more on what the security blunder means for the Trump administration: Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Hierarchies and the human factor: key takeaways from US security leak

Hostile intelligence agencies are likely to pore over details revealed in chat group planning for Yemen strikesUS politics live – latest updatesThe leak of top US officials’ deliberations over planning for this month’s strikes on the Houthis in Yemen – revealed by a journalist who was accidentally invited to a chat group on the Signal messaging app – will be highly useful for hostile intelligence agencies. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump live updates: Hillary Clinton responds to secret war group chat leak – ‘You have got to be kidding me’

President facing calls to fire senior security officials over app blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal conversation by mistake

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3 d. ago Trump's clown show cabinet's recklessness puts US security and European alliances in jeopardy

Trump’s clueless cabinet complained about defending “free-loading Europe” in a secret group chat accidentally shared with a reporter - creating grave implications for America and its relationship with its allies

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3 d. ago Staggering security breach after journalist included in Trump admin chat outlining plans to bomb Houthis in Yemen

President’s national security team used an encrypted messaging app to talk about a planned strike on Houthi militants — and accidentally included a prominent journalist in their group chat

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3 d. ago Social media goes ballistic over Hegseth chat accidentally sharing secret Houthi bomb plans with journalist

Social media critics could scarcely believe their eyes when they read that Donald Trump’s inexperienced Defense Secretary and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth discussed secret airstrke plans against Houthis in Yemen earlier this month in a group chat that accidentally included a prominent journalist.

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3 d. ago Pete Hegseth torched as journalist mistakenly added to top secret group text revealing Trump's war plans makes stunning claim

The journalist added to a group chat that involving several of Donald Trump's most important cabinet members discussing war plans was stunned to see JD Vance questioning the president.

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3 d. ago Pete Hegseth's blistering response to Atlantic journalist after accidental war plan text

Pete Hegseth appeared to deny that he was 'texting war plans' to a group chat about military strikes in Yemen that a journalist was accidentally added on to.

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3 d. 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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