A nonprofit watchdog group, American Oversight, expanded a lawsuit on Monday aimed at several senior national security officials in the Trump administration, requesting a federal judge to mandate the preservation of all messages sent via the encrypted communications app Signal. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Washington, DC, and focuses on messages […]
The South Lawn of the White House was a hubbub of activity on Monday morning as a crowd of revelers dressed in spring colors gathered for the annual Easter egg roll. A brown-eared Easter Bunny greeted the crowd, the first lady read a children’s story — and the president and his defense secretary lashed out […]
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly shared sensitive information about American military operations in Yemen in a second private Signal group, this time with close personal contacts including his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, The New York Times reported Sunday.The group chat, reportedly created by Hegseth in January before his confirmation as defense secretary, included […]
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic (Pic credit: AP) A simple phone contact error by US national security adviser Mike Waltz led to a journalist being accidentally added to a private Signal group chat discussing potential US military strikes in Yemen, according to people familiar with the matter.The group chat, created last month […]
Hilary Clinton bashes Donald Trump Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued a sharp critique of the Trump administration’s handling of national security, with reference to Yemen war chat leaks involving the chief editor of the Atlantic, in an opinion piece published by The New York Times.Clinton specifically condemns the reported use of […]
File photo of senator Mark Warner (Pic credit: AP) Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., has raised concerns over a reported leak of sensitive discussions among top US President Donald Trump‘s national security officials regarding plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen, warning that such disclosures could have endangered American lives.Speaking on ABC News’ “This Week” on […]
Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz (File Image) It seems that US President Donald Trump‘s national security advisor Mike Waltz’s job is in danger after the Yemen war plan leak on a Signal group chat scandal. “Should I fire him?” he inquired of his staff and associates, as controversy mounted over Waltz’s accidental inclusion of […]
US President Donald Trump Israeli authorities are angry over the Signal chat leak as it contained sensitive intelligence that Israel had shared with the US from a human source in Yemen, CBS News reported. The Atlantic editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, had shared the chat with senior Trump administration officials where he was “accidentally” added. While not […]
US President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth US President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected the allegations regarding the leaked Yemen war plans, terming it a “witch hunt” while supporting his defence secretary Pete Hegseth amidst Democratic demands for resignation.Trump responded after The Atlantic Magazine revealed transcripts of messages which was accidentally shared with […]
From left, FBI director Kash Patel, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA director John Ratcliffe, and defense intelligence agency director Jeffrey Kruse, appear as the House Intelligence Committee holds a hearing on worldwide threats, at the Capitol, in Washington. (Pic credit: AP) The shocking national security breach within US President Donald Trump’s administration has […]
