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Hegseth and other senior administration officials have repeatedly denied that he shared classified info in the group chat.
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Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle called for an investigation into the use of Signal and the inclusion of Goldberg in the chat but Trump stood by Waltz.
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The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
A spokesperson for Denver Mayor Mike Johnston admitted this week that the office has been operating an internal group on the encrypted messaging app Signal that was monitoring news stories and had been auto-deleting the group's messages,
President Donald Trump confirmed that multiple employees within the National Security Council were fired Thursday, adding to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's recent political woes that have snowballed since Democrats first slammed him over March's Signal chat leak.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff for assurances about steps being taken to protect national security after sensitive plans were shared on Signal.
Key oil indicators are signaling looser balances ahead, after OPEC and its allies shocked the market with a dramatic early supply increase just as concerns over global demand become more acute.
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Jeffrey Goldberg joins Ashley Parker to discuss breaking the Signal story, the fallout, and more. Don’t miss this subscriber-only event on Thursday, April 3, at 11:30 a.m. ET.
The White House is clapping back against media reports claiming intel officials have been using the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal to send classified information.