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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal — So, about that Signal chat. — On Monday, shortly after we published a story about a massive Trump-administration security breach, a reporter asked the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, why he had shared plans …
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Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasn't as smooth behind the scenes. — The fight over Waltz's survival shows the administration is obsessed with reporters more than NatSac protocols. — President Donald Trump was upset when he found out that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz …


Gabbard says Signal comes ‘pre-installed’ on government devices — The app has been largely banned on government-issued devices in the past. — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified to House Intelligence Committee members Wednesday that encrypted messaging app Signal comes …
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Full Exchange of Signal Texts on U.S. Strikes Is Published as Criticism Mounts Over Leak — Where Things Stand — Security leak: The full exchange of messages about U.S. strikes in Yemen among top Trump administration officials on the Signal app …
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Negligently disclosing national defense information is illegal — and it doesn't have to be classified — The Espionage Act, the law that often has been used in criminal cases involving leaks or mishandling of classified information, contains a provision making it crime to disclose national defense secrets “through gross negligence.”
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‘Own it, fire Waltz, move on’: White House allies fume as group chat scandal grows
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The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against Houthis

The Leaked Signal Chat, Annotated
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How the White House Uses Semantics to Downplay the Signal Leak
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The country's most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner.
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The Atlantic publishes more Signal messages after Trump admin denials
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Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages
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‘Reckless and dangerous’: Hegseth leaked sensitive attack details, officials say
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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz takes responsibility for ‘embarrassing’ Signal chat leak
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Exclusive: DOGE staffer, ‘Big Balls’, provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show — WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 26 (Reuters) - (This story contains strong language in paragraph 15) — The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support …
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‘A lot closer than people expected’: GOP worries, Dem cash dominate tense Florida special election — President Donald Trump handpicked state Sen. Randy Fine to replace Mike Waltz in the district. — Randy Fine has leaned into President Donald Trump's endorsement to try to win a congressional special election in Florida.
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Democrat wins special state Senate election in Pennsylvania in major upset — Democrat James Malone has won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November, Decision Desk HQ projects.


U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries — A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration's plans for thousands of foreign aid programs. — The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States' financial support for Gavi, the organization …
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DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why — Fewer than 50 people have access to Social Security Administration databases containing hundreds of millions of people's private financial and personal information. — But only one also has access …
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Top Republicans say they're out of the loop as DOGE downsizes Social Security Administration
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How the Social Security Administration is dodging a federal court order
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What the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mega-rallies are really about — The two progressives are bringing energy to a party that has been exhausted and furious in the second Trump era. — Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are striking a chord.
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Supreme Court upholds federal regulations on ghost gun kits — The 7-2 decision came from Justice Neil Gorsuch. — A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, July 19, 2024. — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld government regulation of self-assemble firearm kits that produce untraceable weapons known as “ghost guns.”
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Supreme Court allows Biden-era regulations for hard-to-trace ghost guns
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Inside DOGE's Plan to Invade the Treasury—and Throttle USAID — Court filings show that from the earliest days of the second Trump administration, Elon Musk's DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against USAID. — From the beginning of President Donald …


Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student — Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said. — The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, is student at the Tufts's doctoral program …
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DHS detains grad student who advocated for Palestine and the “humanity of all people”
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How Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Elon Musk's aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes …
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Denmark welcomes US decision to skip Greenland dog-sled race amid Trump spat — Denmark on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. decision to confine a planned visit to Greenland to a military base after the plans triggered a spat between Copenhagen and the White House amid President Donald Trump's interest in taking over the island.
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Rivals Pounce on Paul Weiss, a Top Law Firm, After Trump's Order — Fears that competitors could take its top rainmaking talent added to the law firm's worries about a Trump executive order that targeted it. — President Trump's executive order attacking Paul Weiss and severely restricting …
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Nation's Elite Lawyers Choose Money Over The Constitution
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Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy — Trump's people can be and are both — The amount of damage the second Trump administration has already done on many fronts, from foreign policy to public health to America's economic prospects, both for the months ahead and in the long run, is astonishing.


Republican moves to censure Rep. Jasmine Crockett over ‘Hot Wheels’ remark — A Texas Republican is proposing to censure Rep. Jasmine Crockett after she appeared to make light of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's use of a wheelchair. The Dallas-area Democrat has drawn backlash after referring to Abbott …
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Judge targeted by Trump is assigned to Signalgate lawsuit — Judge James Boasberg will preside over a case alleging that Trump administration officials violated federal record-keeping laws when they used Signal to discuss military plans. — U.S. District Judge James Boasberg …
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Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states — The cuts, if carried through, would politicize the federal funds that Congress and the Biden administration awarded to seven regional applicants as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law.


X Ad Sales Expected to Grow for First Time Since Musk Takeover — Elon Musk's X is on pace for its first year of advertising revenue growth since the billionaire acquired the company in 2022, according to research firm Emarketer — in part because advertisers are reacting to Musk's power in the Donald Trump administration.


Corporate America's Euphoria Over Trump's ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress — CEOs and investors are fretting over what they see as whipsaw policy changes and complacency about the risks of recession — Rapturous applause and a sea of phones in the air greeted President Trump …
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze dozens of teacher training grants — President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to allow it to freeze millions of dollars in grants to states for addressing teacher shortages over allegations that the money …
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‘Felt like a kidnapping’: Wrong turn leads to 5-day detention ordeal — It started off as a routine family trip to the supermarket. — On Saturday, March 8, a woman named Sarahi hopped into the car with her two kids and her 19-year old brother to drive from their home in Detroit …


Heart-shaped note found in socks sent to Luigi Mangione, prosecutors say — Officer intercepted message of encouragement slipped into socks going to accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO — Someone tucked a heart-shaped note of encouragement into socks packed for Luigi Mangione to wear …
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