Umair‘Should I Fire Him?’ Inside Trump’s Deliberations Over the Fate of Michael Waltz
For much of this week, President Trump was consumed by a single question. What should he do about his national security adviser, Michael Waltz? “Should I fire him?” he asked…
Trump Administration Deflects Blame for Leak at Every Turn
It was a hoax. The information wasn’t classified. Somehow the journalist got “sucked into” the Signal chat, either deliberately or through some kind of technical glitch. In the days since…
Marco Rubio Says Someone in Signal Chat Made ‘Big Mistake’ in Adding Journalist
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed on Wednesday that he took part in the group chat on the Signal app earlier this month among top United States officials ahead of…
How the White House Uses Semantics to Downplay the Signal Leak
The White House effort to defend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday leaned heavily into a semantic argument. What he posted on the now-infamous Signal chat with his national security…
Senate Democrats Press Trump for Answers on Security Breach
Top Senate Democrats are pressing the White House for detailed information about the high-level group text chat in which leaders in the Trump administration discussed sensitive planning information about a…
After the Signal Leak, How Well Do You Know Your Own Group Chats?
Hey, are you sure you want to send that to your group chat? Like, one thousand percent sure? Just checking. Because it’s been a strange week in the history of…
Inside Pete Hegseth’s Rocky First Months at the Pentagon
Even before he disclosed secret battle plans for Yemen in a group chat, information that could have endangered American fighter pilots, it had been a rocky two months for Defense…
Signal Leak Puts Mike Waltz, Trump’s National Security Adviser, in Hot Seat
Despite President Trump’s insistence on Tuesday morning that his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, “has learned a lesson” after inadvertently including the editor of The Atlantic in a cabinet-level chat…
Who Was in the Signal Group Chat?
The editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, was skeptical when he received a connection request on Signal from someone named Michael Waltz. Could it really be Michael Waltz,…
After Signal Leak, Vance Focuses on Proving His Loyalty to Trump
Vice President JD Vance’s team sought to immediately contain the fallout over a report showing that Mr. Vance and several top national security officials had inadvertently discussed details of a…
