President Trump and embattled national security adviser Michael Waltz dismissed new reporting from The Atlantic detailing messages from a Signal group chat that inadvertently included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg and featured administration officials discussing the timing of an attack on Houthi rebels.
As Washington was roiled by the news that one of President Donald Trump's top aides added a journalist to a group chat discussing military plans, many Republicans going to the polls to replace that White House aide's old U.S. House seat have brushed off the story.
Vice President J.D. Vance criticized The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg Wednesday for allegedly embellishing the content of a private text chat of high-ranking senior administration officials.
White House counselor Alina Habba on Tuesday said President Trump is standing by embattled National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and dismissed concerns about how a reporter was inadvertently included on a group chat to discuss airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen as "a distraction."
The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling - the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills- as early as August without a deal between lawmakers and the White House, according to a Congressional Budget Office report Wednesday.
The Atlantic published more messages Wednesday from a Signal group chat with top Trump officials about the administration's plans for missile strikes on March 15 in Yemen, showing that officials inadvertently shared military operational details with the outlet's editor.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday is headed south of the border to visit the high-security El Salvador prison holding the alleged illegal immigrant gang members the Trump administration deported there this month.
Denmark's foreign minister said Wednesday he is happy that Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife will visit the U.S. air base in Greenland in place of second lady Usha Vance's planned attendance at a national dogsled race.