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Waltz: 'I Take Full Responsibility'
Waltz: 'I Take
Full Responsibility'
Mar 25, 2025 9:34 PM CDT

Waltz: 'I Take Full Responsibility'

But he suggests 'bottom scum' journalist may have caused Signal breach

(Newser) - National security adviser Mike Waltz, who inadvertently added Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a group chat discussing plans for strikes on Yemen, says he takes "full responsibility" for the Signal breach , but he's not sure exactly how it happened. "It's embarrassing. We're going to get...

4 Key Moments in the Leaked Signal Chat
4 Key Moments in
the Leaked Signal Chat
the rundown
Mar 25, 2025 11:32 AM CDT

4 Key Moments in the Leaked Signal Chat

JD Vance worried president's wish to attack the Houthis was a mistake

(Newser) - Much of the discussion around the bizarre national security texting breach has been focused on how it happened and what, if any, punishments are warranted. But some outlets also are assessing the text conversation itself among high-ranking White House officials discussing a pending military strike. Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic journalist...

Trump Stands By Top Official After Breach

National security adviser Michael Waltz is a 'good man,' says the president

(Newser) - It doesn't appear that any heads will roll on Tuesday after a major security breach came to light on Monday. In an interview with NBC News , President Trump defended national security adviser Michael Waltz, who has been taking flak from the left and right after a journalist was mistakenly...

Fallout Intensifies After Bizarre Text Breach

Question is whether Trump will fire Mike Waltz after a journalist was accidentally looped into war chat

(Newser) - After the extraordinary revelation that a journalist was accidentally looped into a group chat on US war plans, the big question in DC on Tuesday is whether national security adviser Mike Waltz will keep his job, reports Politico . So far, the White House is standing by him publicly after it...

Journalist Was Accidentally Included in War Plan Chat

Democrats call it an 'outrageous national security breach'

(Newser) - In what Democratic lawmakers say was an "outrageous national security breach," the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic was included in a group chat where high-ranking members of the Trump administration discussed plans for strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen . Jeffrey Goldberg says that on March 15, Defense Secretary Pete...

After Strikes, Iran Denies Helping Houthis
US Says Strikes
Killed Houthi Leaders
Mar 16, 2025 10:30 AM CDT

US Says Strikes Killed Houthi Leaders

Iran denies assisting the militants in Yemen

(Newser) - Iran on Sunday again denied aiding Yemen's Houthi rebels after the US launched a wave of airstrikes against them and President Trump warned that Tehran would be held "fully accountable" for their actions. The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the weekend strikes killed at least 31 people, including women...

After 7 Hours of Negotiations, Russia Now Holds 'the Key'

Whether a 30-day ceasefire will come to pass is up to Putin

(Newser) - Will a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine come to pass? "The key is in Moscow's hands," is how the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office put it, reports ABC News . Some seven hours of negotiations on Tuesday between Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National...

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