MORNING HEADLINES | Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, texted war plans for military strikes in Yemen in a group chat in the secure messaging app Signal, according to editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, who was a part of the group chat.
“The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m,” Goldberg said in the article. “The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets and timing.”
In addition to Hegseth and Goldberg, the group chat included Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s director of national intelligence.
The National Security Council said in a statement that it was looking into how a journalist’s number was added to the chain in the Signal group chat. Goldberg said he was invited by Mike Waltz, Trump’s national security adviser, who was also in the group chat.
Meanwhile, the major security breach of classified plans is causing sharp criticism of the Trump administration, including demands for Hegseth to resign. Democratic lawmakers swiftly condemned the administration’s chaotic handling of the sensitive information, calling for a full investigation.
“This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time,” said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer in a floor speech Monday afternoon.
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