Pentagon launches investigation into Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal app after sensitive information leak

3 avril 2025 à 22:06

Defense chief and others discussed US military operations on messaging app that included journalist

The inspector general of the Department of Defense (DoD) is launching an investigation into Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the encrypted messaging app Signal to discuss sensitive information about military operations in Yemen.

The investigation, announced on Thursday, follows a bipartisan request from the Senate armed services committee after allegations emerged that highly precise – and most likely classified – intelligence about impending US airstrikes in Yemen, including strike timing and aircraft models, had been shared in a Signal group chat that included a journalist.

Trump fires six national security staffers after meeting with far-right activist Laura Loomer

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Par :Hugo Lowell and Joseph Gedeon in Washington

3 avril 2025 à 23:51

Trump ally presented him with opposition research against a number of officials that she said showed their disloyalty

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Donald Trump fired six national security council staffers after an unusual meeting in the Oval Office where the far-right activist Laura Loomer presented opposition research against a number of staffers that she said showed they were disloyal to the US president, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The firings included three staffers who had been brought on by national security adviser Mike Waltz – an extraordinary situation where Loomer appeared to have more sway over NSC personnel than the official in charge of running the agency. It also undercut Waltz’s position to have his allies axed from under him.

Elon Musk reportedly to step down from lead Trump role as service limit nears

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Par :Joseph Gedeon in Washington

2 avril 2025 à 21:12

Insiders say Musk will leave soon, when 130-day cap on government service expires but ‘Doge’ team set to continue

Elon Musk’s polarizing stint slashing and bashing federal bureaucracy will probably soon end, with the world’s richest person’s government service hitting its legal limit in the coming weeks.

“He’s got a big company to run … at some point he’s going to be going back,” Donald Trump told reporters on Monday.

Mike Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal chats for national security work – report

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Par :Joseph Gedeon in Washington

2 avril 2025 à 22:25

National security adviser and team shared ‘sensitive information’ in group chats on app, sources tell Politico

Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, and his team have created at least 20 different group chats on the encrypted messaging app Signal to coordinate sensitive national security work, sources tell Politico.

The revelation, which cites four people with direct knowledge of the practice, follows heightened scrutiny of the administration’s handling of sensitive information after the Atlantic recently published messages from a chat that included the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, sharing operational details of deadly strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Thousands of US health agency workers laid off in overhaul led by RFK Jr

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Par :Joseph Gedeon in Washington

1 avril 2025 à 17:25

Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cuts

Thousands of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees across the country are being dismissed on Tuesday as the Trump administration begins implementing its workforce-reduction plan, which could ultimately remove 10,000 staff members from the department through forced layoffs.

The job cuts mark the first tangible impact of the health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s departmental overhaul announced last week, landing just days after Donald Trump moved to strip collective-bargaining rights from workers at HHS and other federal agencies.

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