Trump Administration Deflects Blame for Leak at Every Turn

President Trump and other officials have given shifting, varied, implausible and sometimes conflicting explanations for how highly sensitive military information was shared in a group chat.

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Signal Leak Puts Mike Waltz, Trump’s National Security Adviser, in Hot Seat

The national security adviser, already embattled, is taking the brunt of the criticism. On Fox News, he said he took “full responsibility” for a journalist being included in a chat with sensitive information.

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What Is Signal, the App Involved in a War Plans Security Breach?

The app, which was introduced in 2014 and has hundreds of millions of users, is widely viewed as the safest messaging tool because of its encryption technology.

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Trump Downplays Signal Leak, Backing Waltz and Pointing Finger at Journalist

Democrats denounced the country’s top intelligence officials for “sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior” for discussing secret military plans in a group chat.

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After Signal Leak, Vance Focuses on Proving His Loyalty to Trump

After the revelation that he was part of a secret chat, Vice President JD Vance’s focus wasn’t on the security breach. Instead, it seemed to be concern that he had questioned his boss.

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White House Claims Signal Chat Did Not Include War Plans

An article in The Atlantic said the chat included “operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.”

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Trump Administration Deals With Signal Group Chat Leak Fallout: What to Know

President Trump is defending his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, after the extraordinary disclosure.

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Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in Group Chat With Atlantic Journalist

The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.

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The Atlantic Beefs Up Politics Coverage Under Trump

The magazine is recruiting from a crosstown rival, The Washington Post, to bolster its political staff.

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