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Senior officials including Defense Secretary Hegseth, VP Vance, and NSA Waltz accidentally included a journalist in a Signal group discussing Yemen war plans. Hegseth was later found to have shared classified details in a second chat with family members. The breaches led to Waltz's reassignment and calls for Hegseth's resignation.

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March 2025
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Day 65 · 25 Mar 2025Legal

A catastrophic security breach occurred when White House officials inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to an Atlantic editor through a Signal group chat. The group included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who took responsibility for adding the journalist.

Day 65 · 25 Mar 2025Foreign Policy

Leaked Signal messages revealed Trump administration officials calling European allies 'pathetic' and expressing deep contempt for Europe, exposing significant rifts in transatlantic relations regarding military spending and security commitments.

Day 66 · 26 Mar 2025Legal

A Signal group chat containing Trump administration officials accidentally included an Atlantic magazine editor, exposing discussions of Yemen military attack plans. Intelligence officials later denied classified information was shared, but new revelations contradicted their claims.

Day 66 · 26 Mar 2025Domestic

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz claimed 'full responsibility' for adding Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal group chat but could not explain how it occurred. Republican senators called for an investigation into the security breach.

Day 66 · 26 Mar 2025Domestic

A poll found the majority of Americans unhappy with Trump appointees, with some facing scrutiny over their involvement in the Signal group chat containing military planning discussions.

Day 67 · 27 Mar 2025Legal

A security breach revealed that sensitive military and government information was discussed in an unencrypted Signal group chat that inadvertently included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic. Private data of Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard was found accessible online through hacked data dumps.

Day 67 · 27 Mar 2025Legal

A federal judge ordered participants in the Signal chat group to preserve all messages related to the Yemen attack discussion, and bipartisan senators demanded the Pentagon investigate the security breach. Two Democratic commissioners fired from the FTC sued Trump over their dismissals, accusing him of executive overreach.

Day 68 · 28 Mar 2025Legal

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to preserve all Signal group chat messages from March 11-15, related to a leaked conversation about military operations. The judge reminded the court that case assignments are made randomly after Trump attacked the judge presiding over the case.

Day 69 · 29 Mar 2025Domestic

A Secret Service protection leak involving a Signal messaging group chat between Trump administration officials revealed discussions of attack plans in Yemen on a commercial messaging app, raising national security concerns. The administration has sought to characterize the breach as a media lapse rather than a serious security failure.

Day 70 · 30 Mar 2025Domestic

National security adviser Mike Waltz defended his accidental disclosure of classified Ukraine war plans to journalist Jeffrey Goldberg through a Signal chat group, with the Atlantic editor rejecting his explanation as implausible.

April 2025
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Day 77 · 6 Apr 2025Domestic

An exclusive investigation revealed how Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a White House Signal group chat, with an internal investigation clearing National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, though the mistake was described as months in the making.

Day 91 · 20 Apr 2025Legal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified Yemen attack details in a private Signal group chat with his family, according to reporting by the New York Times. Hegseth texted strike information to family members in a group chat he created.

Day 92 · 21 Apr 2025Legal

Reports emerged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared sensitive military information about Yemen strikes in a second Signal group chat with his wife, brother, and others. Trump dismissed concerns as a 'waste of time,' while Pentagon officials expressed alarm about the security breach.

Day 93 · 22 Apr 2025Domestic

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied texting war plans in a second Signal chat scandal involving military operations, blaming ousted officials for leaks. Trump backed Hegseth despite the reports of the encrypted messaging group discussion.

Day 94 · 23 Apr 2025Economy

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has endangered US defense department secrets through Signal message leaks, according to cybersecurity experts, who warn he has made himself a top espionage target and given assistance to foreign spies. The Pentagon chief's leaked communications have raised significant national security concerns.

August 2025
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Day 210 · 17 Aug 2025Domestic

Documents containing details about the Trump-Putin summit, including the sequence of events and phone numbers of officials, were left at a hotel in Alaska and discovered by a guest, who sent them to NPR. The Trump administration downplayed the significance of the papers.

November 2025
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Day 306 · 21 Nov 2025Legal

The FBI accessed private Signal group chat conversations of New York immigration activists who were observing public hearings, according to newly revealed records.

December 2025
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Day 319 · 4 Dec 2025Legal

An investigation found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated security rules by sharing classified details about a Yemen strike on the Signal messaging app, putting U.S. forces at risk and prompting fresh demands for his resignation.

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