Political fallout is mounting as some Republicans are breaking with the White House on the severity of the leak.

President Donald Trump again addressed the stunning Signal messaging app scandal from earlier this week, calling the Atlantic’s reporting on it “fake news” and suggesting he won’t be firing any of his Cabinet members who were part of the group chat.

Donald Trump has accused the media of waging a "witch hunt' in its calls for answers over the Signal group chat leak. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

As the day began, the Trump team rallied around a new message: The Signal chat, they said, had contained no classified information. By midday, the White House took the strategy a step farther ...

In a phone call with NBC News, President Donald Trump said National Security Adviser Mike Waltz “has learned a lesson” in reaction to a journalist from The Atlantic being accidentally added to a private chat about military plans.

President Trump suggested Wednesday that the encrypted Signal messaging platform his top national security brass used to plan out a mid-March strike against the Houthis may be

What the Leak Revealed: Our reporters discuss what the Signal chat leak revealed about the Trump administration and the state of politics in Washington. Angering U.S. Military Pilots ...

Five members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet were accused in a lawsuit of violating US laws meant to safeguard government records by using the encrypted messaging platform Signal to communicate about official business.