A messaging app called Signal was recently the preferred communications platform for top officials in the Trump administration to discuss war plans.| USA TODAY
Here's how the incident played out earlier this month, based on reporting from The Atlantic and from the wire service Reuters.| USA TODAY
The Atlantic's editor Jeffrey Goldberg was included in a group chat about U.S. plans to conduct airstrikes on Yemen. Who is DoD Sec. Pete Hegseth?| USA TODAY
Top Trump administration officials accidentally leaked secret plans for a strike in Yemen when Jeffrey Goldberg was added to an encrypted Signal chat.| USA TODAY
Former combat veteran and Fox News host, Pete Hegseth is the 29th Secretary of Defense, sworn in on Jan. 25, 2025.| USA TODAY