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Signal Chat Disclosure Poses Early Test for F.B.I. and Justice Dept.
In years past, the move by senior members of President Trump’s administration to share defense secrets over the Signal messaging app would have represented a serious breach that would have likely prompted investigations by the F.B.I. and the Justice Department’s national security division. Yet so far, neither the attorney general, Pam Bondi, nor the F.B.I. […]
Karoline Leavitt reveals Trump’s first reaction after war plans text leak while tearing into ‘sensationalist’ coverage
By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 10:31 EDT, 25 March 2025 | Updated: 12:51 EDT, 25 March 2025 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that no ‘war plans’ were discussed in the stunning text chain among top national security officials that included a magazine editor before an attack on the Houthis. Leavitt […]
Tesla threats task force launched by FBI to target ‘domestic terrorism’
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WH Spox Accused of Lying About Information in Signal Chat
C-SPAN White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was called out Tuesday after she claimed there was no classified material sent in the now-infamous Signal group chat in which senior Trump administration officials discussed plans to bomb Houthi rebels in Yemen. The day before, The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed in a bombshell report that Mike […]
Pam Bondi Now Wants Jasmine Crockett To Apologize For Promoting Peaceful Protest
Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) to apologize Monday after accusing the congresswoman of promoting violence against Elon Musk and Tesla. (Watch the video below.) Bondi’s demand came a day after she warned Crockett to “tread very carefully.” Crockett has been encouraging peaceful protest against Musk and his electric car company as […]
Pam Bondi warns Democrat Jasmine Crockett over Elon Musk, Ted Cruz rhetoric
Attorney General Pam Bondi said Monday that Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is “threatening lives” with her rhetoric against DOGE head Elon Musk after left-wing activists targeted Tesla dealerships. Bondi told host Sean Hannity that the Texas Democrat should apologize or face censure by the House. MEDIA, DEMS CELEBRATE TESLA WOES AS ANGER OVER ELON MUSK’S […]
Trump intelligence team grilled in Senate hearing after war plans revealed to journalist in group chat: Live updates
Waltz says he has never met journalist he added to Signal group chatNational Security Adviser Mike Waltz has made his first public comments regarding the stunning security breach that occurred when he inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, to a group chat concerning strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. Speaking at a […]