Signal scandal escalates as Pete Hegseth and other Trump officials SUED over war plans chat: Live updates

Vice President JD Vance weighed in on The Atlantic releasing all of the texts in Signal chat chain on the Yemen bombings.

He claimed editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg ‘oversold’ what he read in the chat.

‘It’s very clear Goldberg oversold what he had,’ Vance wrote on his personal X account.

He also berated Goldberg for writing in the article that CIA director John Ratcliffe blew the cover of CIA agent. The texts said Ratcliffe named his chief of staff.

Sarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter:

Democratic Congressman Jim Himes, who is ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, slammed the Trump administration officials for leaking the Yemen war plans on Signal.

‘It’s by the awesome grace of god that we are not mourning dead pilots right now,’ the Connecticut congressman said in his opening.

‘You apologize, you own it,’ Himes said.

The congressman slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz attacking The Atlantic journalist Jeff Goldberg in response, noting he didn’t even want to be included on the chat he was included in.

Sarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter:

The hearing is now underway with top Trump officials testifying before the House Intelligence Committee.

The hearing is supposed to be an annual assessment of global threats to U.S. national security, but the administration is facing intense criticism over leaking war plans detailing airstrikes in Yemen in a group chat on Signal.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and others appear before House members after going before the Senate committee yesterday.

The White House is doubling down on its argument there was no classified material in the Signal text chain on the Yemen bombings that included a reporter.

‘NO WAR PLANS,’ National Security Adviser Mike Waltz wrote on X after The Atlantic released the full text chain.

‘BOTTOM LINE: President Trump is protecting America and our interests,’ he added.

The full Yemen war plans texted in a group chat between top Trump administration officials over encrypted chat service Signal have been released by The Atlantic.

On Monday, the editor in chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg revealed he was added to an unclassified group chat involving several of Trump’s most important cabinet members discussing Yemen war plans.

Withheld from their previous report were any messages about specific timings, weapons or other plans.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Underscoring the whole-of-government approach to addressing the illegal immigration crisis, Housing and Urban Development will no longer fund housing for undocumented people.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced this week an end to publicly-funded housing for illegal immigrants.

Turner revealed there are currently 24,000 ‘ineligible’ people living in HUD housing, to include undocumented immigrants, who will soon be booted from their homes.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and FBI Director Kash Patel will testify before the House Intelligence Committee today.

It comes the day after the trio appeared by the Senate panel on Tuesday.

The timing of the public hearings meant to provide an update on the state of worldwide threats has turned into a display to grill Trump administration officials on the already-infamous Signal group chat discussing war plans.

Democrats berated Ratcliffe and Gabbard for their participation in discussing over the encrypted communications application plans to bomb Yemen.

Patel largely became a bystander in the Senate hearing.

Donald Trump signed an executive order making radical changes to ensure elections are ‘free, fair, and honest’ and possibly taking millions off the voter rolls.

‘Election fraud, you’ve heard the term,’ Trump said while signing the order, ‘ended, hopefully,’ he continued while he signed the paper with a black sharpie.

‘At least this will go a long way toward ending it,’ the president added, noting the administration is planning further actions regarding election integrity.