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Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details about an imminent attack on Houthis in Yemen in March in a second group chat using the messaging app Signal that included his wife, his brother and his personal lawyer two sources familiar with the contents of the chat told ABC News. Those details shared in the second chat included the flight schedules for the F/ A-18 Hornets involved in the pending attack on Houthi positions, according to the officials.... The New York Times was first

A Pentagon Inspector-General’s probe into that leak is ongoing. Hegseth is facing increasing criticism from within his own camp, with three former staffers penning a statement decrying their dismissals and his own former Pentagon spokesman all but calling for him to be fired on Sunday. The Times reported that Hegseth had shared information in the second Signal group chat on the same March 15 strikes that were discussed in the accidental leak. The information shared “ included the flight schedule

And as Trump weighed the biggest decision of his presidency, it was the qualities Caine demonstrated Sunday that he valued behind closed doors. Caine was among a small group of aides Trump came to rely on as he was presented with military options to target Iran’s nuclear program. Gen.... The defense secretary was pictured in an official photo from the Situation Room released by the White House.... When this president speaks, the world should listen.” CNN’s Kevin Liptak and Haley Britzky contri

The statement does not specify what conduct Hegseth believes would warrant a review of Milley’s rank. CNN has reached out to Milley for comment.... Fox News first reported that Milley’s detail had been pulled. Only hours after Trump was inaugurated last week, administration officials had Milley’s portrait as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff removed from where it was displayed in the Pentagon.... As of Tuesday afternoon, a second portrait of Milley from his time as the Army’s chief of staf

“ Where in your limited budget, sir, are you going to find in the remainder of this fiscal year, are you going to pull the money to cover these deployments, what holes are being created?... The ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen.... “ Pete is doing a fantastic job leading the Pentagon, and the President has full confidence in him.” Most recently, Hegseth was particularly angry about critical reporting on the anti-Houthi campaign, people familiar with the matter said....

Trump had threatened to permanently cut off United States funding of the W.H.O. unless it committed to “ major, substantive improvements ” within 30 days.... Trump over his heated threats even as they acknowledged the need for a review of how the W.H.O. performed as the virus spread from China to the rest of the world. Public health experts noted that Mr.... Trump’s concerns about the origins of the virus. But the document, which was sponsored by scores of American allies but not the United St