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News Articles: National Security

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., (right), joined by Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, points to a chart displaying a text message by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a group chat that revealed U.S. military plans in Yemen to a journalist, at a House Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday in Washington.

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  • Politics

U.S. intel leaders are grilled again about the leaked Signal chat as more details emerge

The use of civilian software to discuss sensitive military and government matters came to light after a journalist from The Atlantic magazine said he was mistakenly added to a group chat on Signal.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Pituffik Space Base, formerly known as Thule Air Base, is pictured in northern Greenland on Oct. 4, 2023.

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  • National Security

What to know about Pituffik, the only U.S. military base in Greenland

Vice President JD Vance will travel to Greenland this week, including a stop at Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. Defense Department's northernmost installation and its only outpost on the island.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
President Trump takes questions from reporters during an Ambassador Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Tuesday, where he addressed the news that Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally added to a Signal group chat of top administration officials, where highly sensitive national security information was discussed.

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  • Politics

Federal judge who drew Trump's anger picks up new case against administration

James Boasberg, chief judge of the D.C. District Court, will preside over a case about the Trump administration's use of a Signal group chat to discuss military information.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Elena Moore
President Trump, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, Vice President Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office on March 13.

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  • World

How Europeans are reacting to the Yemen war plans group chat

In Europe, there's now a sense of a "broken relationship" in discovering "the extent of American hostility," one French analyst said. "But like in love, there is life after a breakup."

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx
President Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on March 21. Days earlier, Hegseth shared details about overseas war plans in a group chat on Signal, an encrypted, open-source messaging app, according to <em>The Atlantic</em>.

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  • National Security

'Heads are exploding': How security experts see the Signal war-plan breach

The breach left military and intelligence experts asking the same questions as the public: Why would top U.S. officials use a free messaging app to discuss classified military plans?

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Tulsi Gabbard

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  • News

Dems want to investigate Signal blunder. And, federal return-to-office complications

Top Democrats call for an investigation into how war plans were shared with a journalist on Signal. And, federal employees face complications and shortages when returning to the office.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) addresses the nation's top intelligence officials as they appear during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday.

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  • National Security

'Plain sloppiness': Sen. Mark Warner says on Signal chat fiasco

During a heated Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Mark Warner described the actions of the nation's top intelligence officials as "sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Christopher Intagliata,
  • and 1 more
CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Tulsi Gabbard

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  • Politics

Intelligence leaders: We didn't share classified information in Signal chat group

The CIA Director and the Director of National Intelligence testified that they did not share classified information in a messaging group chat that discussed the U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman,
  • Greg Myre,
  • and 2 more
U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz (L) and Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller (R) look on as U.S. Pres. Donald Trump speaks with reporters after signing two executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 04, 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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  • News

How a journalist was sent the U.S. war plans. And, challenging the Alien Enemies Act

A journalist at The Atlantic was unintentionally added to a group chat with top U.S. national security officials discussing war plans. And, the legal battle over the Alien Enemies Act continues.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
President Trump speaks as an image of an F-47 fighter jet is displayed in the Oval Office in Washington on Friday.

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  • National Security

Trump says Boeing will build the new generation of fighter jets, the F-47

Trump said Boeing had won the contract to build the U.S. Air Force's next generation of fighter jets. Little is known about the jet's specifications, appearance or capabilities.

March 22, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand before sending off former President Joe Biden and Jill Biden to board a Marine helicopter en route to Joint Base Andrews after the inauguration on Jan. 20, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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  • National

Trump revokes classified access for Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and others

While mostly symbolic, the move to revoke security clearances for over a dozen former officials has been seen as a warning to President Trump's adversaries.

March 22, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
The Pentagon's push to cleanse online materials of DEI-related content could alienate potential recruits from important demographics, experts tell NPR. Here, a 2016 photo shows cadets at their graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

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  • National

Military's DEI purge seen putting its future — and its history — at risk

Many Pentagon materials now labeled as "DEI" were a bit more like advertisements — aimed at recruits who have shown a willingness to serve, military experts tell NPR.

March 21, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
President Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. The two men spoke Tuesday on matters including a ceasefire in the Ukraine war.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Kremlin says it will halt strikes on Ukraine energy sector after Trump and Putin talk

President Trump has said he wants to broker an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. This was his second call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the issue.

March 18, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Charles Maynes
President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act against alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang and called for their immediate detention and removal from the United States. The deportation of more than 250 people over the weekend has been challenged in court.

Tagged as: 

  • Law

Judge seeks sworn declaration from Justice Department in deportation case

At issue was whether planeloads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • NPR Washington Desk
Smoke rises from a location reportedly struck by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday.

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  • World

Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and issues new warning

Trump said the U.S. would use "overwhelming lethal force" until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping. The Houthis said nine civilians were killed.

March 15, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
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