U.S. Defense & Military Politics - Page 351

March 26, 2025

Vance celebrates 'no more quotas' in the military as he fires guns and visits with Marines

Vice President JD Vance boasted of "no more quotas" as he fired guns and served lunch at Quantico Marine base, his first public remarks since a high-level Signal chat leaked.

March 26, 2025

Tesla robots featured at Capitol Hill robotics event

The House select committee on combatting China held an event highlighting American tech and robotics manufacturers on Capitol Hill.

March 26, 2025

Hegseth says no classified information was shared in Signal group chat: 'Nobody's texting war plans'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth push backed amid questions about possible classified information being share during a group chat earlier this month.

March 26, 2025

Magazine releases Yemen strike plans from leaked text chat

Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on the published Yemen attack plans accidentally leaked from a Trump administration Signal text chat.

March 26, 2025

Defense secretary says he didn’t text war plans, was sending updates to keep Trump's national security team informed

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday he did not share classified plans to strike Houthi targets in a Signal group chat.

March 26, 2025

CIA director blasts Democrat's 'offensive line of questioning' about Hegseth's 'drinking habits'

CIA Director John Ratcliffe blasted a House Democrat for asking him "whether Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had been drinking" while chatting in a Signal text group.

March 26, 2025

CIA Director blasts California House Dem asking him about Hegseth's 'drinking habits'

CIA Director John Ratcliffe blasted Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., for asking him “whether Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had been drinking before he leaked classified information” in a Signal chat group.

March 26, 2025

Trump admin declares the Atlantic's Signal article a 'hoax' after it drops 'war plans' rhetoric

Trump administration officials say the Atlantic debunked its own story that senior security officials shared "war plans" in a Signal group chat that included its editor-in-chief.

March 26, 2025

Ratcliffe says new Signal texts show he 'did not transmit classified information'

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the Signal texts revealing the so-called "attack plans" targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels prove he didn't transmit classified information.

March 26, 2025

Atlantic reporter publishes more texts about attack on Houthi targets

The Atlantic on Wednesday published what it described as the "attack plans" at the center of a Signal text chain leak involving senior officials in the Trump administration.