26 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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9 d. ago The Trump team group chat news is obscuring an essential question | Mohamad Bazzi

Amid outrage over sharing military details, we’re forgetting to scrutinize why the US is bombing Yemen in the first placeThe revelation that top members of Donald Trump’s administration disclosed top-secret US military plans against the Houthi militia in Yemen in a private group chat that included a prominent journalist has generated predictable outrage in Washington. Democrats are calling for a congressional investigation and the resignation of some of the officials involved in the breach, including the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and the national security adviser, Mike Waltz.In an article published on Monday, the Atlantic magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, outlined how he was able to follow the conversation among members of Trump’s cabinet over two days leading up to a series of US airstrikes on 15 March. But in the widespread outrage over the sharing of military information on a Signal chat, one essential question is getting lost: why is Trump bombing Yemen in the...

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9 d. ago Judge clashing with Trump over deportations is assigned new lawsuit over Signal chat

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who has blocked the president’s deportation of Venezuelan immigrants under the Aliens Exile Act, has been handed a new lawsuit to hear challenging the Trump administration over the leaked Signal chat on bombings in Yemen.

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1 week ago The Atlantic publishes full bombshell exchange between Trump's top team about Yemen strike plans

The Atlantic magazine has published the full exchange of messages from a Signal group chat set up by senior US Government officials to organise a strike on Yemen earlier this month.

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1 week ago Full Yemen war plans in bombshell Signal chat between Trump officials released

War plans texted in a group chat over an encrypted chat service are now public.

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1 week 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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1 week ago Staggering security breach after journalist is included in Trump admin group 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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