The Trump administration is scrambling to comprise the fallout from a bombshell Atlantic article revealing its editor-in-chief had been mistakenly included in a Sign group chat involving nationwide safety adviser Mike Waltz, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth and different Trump administration officers discussing plans for an assault in Yemen.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt argued in a publish on the social platform X that no “war plans” have been mentioned within the chat on the Sign app, echoing feedback Monday night time from Hegseth. She additionally asserted that no labeled materials was despatched to the thread.
President Trump has expressed confidence in his crew, whereas Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) stated no self-discipline was wanted for these concerned.
Amid the fallout, the Senate Intelligence Committee is convening for a beforehand scheduled worldwide threats listening to.
Democrats are certain to hammer Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who was additionally within the group chat, on the implications of the planning exterior safe channels.
In the meantime, Johnson and Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-S.D.) are set to fulfill to debate find out how to get the 2 chambers on the identical web page on passing Trump’s stalled legislative agenda. Home and Senate Republicans have every handed their very own variations of a funds blueprint, and disagreements over key points stay.
And Democrats in each chambers will meet for the primary time since passage of a authorities funding invoice earlier this month sharply divided the get together. They wish to get again in sync and venture an air of unity.
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