The Pentagon’s inspector general will conduct an investigation of the Signal group chat where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Trump administration officials discussed details of an impending attack on Houthi militants in Yemen.
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Congressional Republicans are grappling with how to respond to senior Trump administration officials’ use of a Signal group chat to discuss a military strike, with a key Senate committee requesting a watchdog probe of the matter as some in the GOP say there’s no need for further investigation.
The White House is saying the case of the Signal group chat is 'closed' as more lawmakers are calling for an investigation. The Morning Joe panel discusses.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal group chat with other national security officials to discuss plans for airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen will be investigated, the Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that national security adviser Mike Waltz continues to have President Donald Trump’s confidence and that it was done discussing the embarrassing matter of senior officials communicating about plans for an airstrike on a commercial messaging app.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday said that Elon Musk will help lead the investigation into the Signal chat leak.
National security officials inadvertently added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat discussing military operations against Houthis in Yemen. Officials maintain the chat contained no classified information or war plans, with Elon Musk offering technical experts to investigate how Goldberg was added.
Oklahoma Senator James Lankford is the latest senior Republican to endorse an independent probe into how President Donald Trump 's national security officials ended up discussing military plans with a journalist on the messaging app Signal.
The Defense Department inspector general's office said Thursday it will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging apps like Signal to discuss sensitive details on planned U.S.