Israeli officials furious that Signal group chat exposed intelligence, sources say
Sources tell CBS News the Signal chat involving senior Trump administration officials included sensitive intelligence Israel provided to the U.S.
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Sources tell CBS News the Signal chat involving senior Trump administration officials included sensitive intelligence Israel provided to the U.S.
CBS News has learned Israeli officials are furious over the leak of a Signal group chat discussing military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd has more.
President Trump has publicly backed national security adviser Mike Waltz and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, but sources say privately the president has expressed frustration about the Signal chat and how it accidentally included Jeffrey Goldberg, a journalist from The Atlantic. Meanwhile, overnight, new air strikes hit Houthi rebel positions in Yemen. CBS News' Willie James Inman has the latest.
The firestorm continues over top Trump officials' inadvertent inclusion of a journalist on a Signal group chat about plans to bomb Yemen. CBS News' Fin Gomez and Taurean Small report on the administration and Congressional response.
After initially withholding what he considered to be information too sensitive for publication, Atlantic Magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg shared it anyway. Ed O'Keefe spoke to Goldberg about what went into his decision.
Trump administration officials are defending their participation in a group chat on encrypted messaging app Signal about a highly sensitive operation to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd breaks it down.
President Trump imposed a 25% tariff on all cars imported into the U.S. on Wednesday. The announcement comes as his administration continues to deal with the aftermath of a leaked Signal group chat among top officials. Political strategists Liza Acevedo and Justin Sayfie join "America Decides" with analysis.
Many Republican lawmakers on Wednesday described the leaked Signal group chat with top Trump administration officials as a "mistake." Some also downplayed the sensitive details on the Houthi strikes shared in the chat. Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York joins "America Decides" with his perspective on the situation.
President Trump's national security adviser has denied knowing the editor of The Atlantic after accidentally adding him to a sensitive group chat.
The Atlantic Magazine released more Signal text messages on Wednesday, detailing what was sent from an account belonging to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, including specific operational details of then-upcoming strikes on Houthi forces in Yemen. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata and Jennifer Jacobs report.
The Atlantic's editor-in-chief released new details on Wednesday from the Trump administration's Signal group chat he was added to about strikes in Yemen. Retired U.S. Army Major and military analyst Mike Lyons joins "CBS News" with reaction.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the leak of a Signal group chat while visiting Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on Wednesday. Hegseth said the texts exchanged were not war plans. CBS News national security coordinating producer James LaPorta has more.
The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.
Several members of the Trump administration, Vice President JD Vance chief among them, have been highly critical of U.S. allies in Europe. This contempt was on full display in the leaked Signal group chat between top officials, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calling those countries "pathetic." Andrew Roth, global affairs correspondent for The Guardian, joins "America Decides" with more.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on President Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a letter Tuesday over the Yemen war plans text leak. Stephanie Lai, White House correspondent for Bloomberg, and Reese Gorman, politics reporter for NOTUS, join "America Decides" with analysis.
Several Democratic lawmakers are demanding investigations and possibly resignations in the wake of the Trump administration's military group chat leak. Andrew Bakaj, attorney and former CIA intelligence officer, joins "America Decides" to assess the potential legal ramifications from the debacle.
Top Trump officials included a journalist in a group chat about plans to attack Houthis in Yemen, The Atlantic reported Monday. But who are the Houthis, and why is the U.S. military targeting them? Sam Vinograd, CBS News national security contributor, and Josh Skule, former FBI executive assistant director for intelligence, join "America Decides" to discuss.
A journalist mistakenly received Trump administration war plans in advance of an attack on Houthis in Yemen via the commercial messaging application Signal. This came after a February 2025 National Security Agency bulletin warned employees of vulnerabilities in using the app. CBS News' Fin Gómez, James LaPorta and Nikole Killion report.
Monday's story about an Atlantic journalist being included in a group chat among Trump officials discussing war plans for Yemen is reverberating across Washington. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe and Nikole Killion report.
President Trump and national security adviser Mike Waltz spoke Tuesday about the inclusion of a journalist in a group chat where top administration officials were discussing the bombing of Yemen.
A prescheduled Senate intelligence hearing on Tuesday was dominated by questions from Democrats about the inclusion of the Atlantic's editor-in-chief on a group chat where top Trump officials were discussing plans to bomb Yemen.
The fallout has begun from Monday's revelation that top Trump officials discussed the bombing of Yemen on a group chat that included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg. CBS News' Nikole Killion, Charlie D'Agata, Olivia Rinaldi and Shanelle Kaul report.
The editor of The Atlantic reported that he was accidentally included in a Trump administration group chat about the U.S. plans to bomb Yemen.
Top U.S. officials accidentally leaked sensitive information in a group chat with an Atlantic reporter, according to the magazine. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more on lawmakers' reactions.
Top Trump officials including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance allegedly discussed the details of a highly sensitive operation to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen in a group chat on the Signal messaging app that inadvertently included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. Ed O'Keefe and Charlie D'Agata have more about the security breach.