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Senior Trump administration officials have triggered bipartisan outrage after broadcasting classified military plans through a Signal group chat to which they had inadvertently added a prominent journalist.
According to reporting in the Atlantic, the editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally invited into a Signal chat group with more than a dozen senior Trump administration officials including Vice-President JD Vance, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, national security adviser, Mike Waltz, secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, and others.
“It has made us look weak to our adversaries,” the California congressman Ro Khanna told the Guardian. “We need to take cybersecurity far more seriously and I look forward to leading on that.”
White House inadvertently texts secret Yemen war plans to journalist
Senior members of Donald Trump’s cabinet have been involved in a serious security breach while discussing secret military plans for recent US attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen.
In an extraordinary blunder, key figures – including vice-president JD Vance, defense secretary Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard – used the commercial chat app Signal to convene and discuss plans – while also including a prominent journalist in the group. Signal is not approved by the US government for sharing sensitive information.
The catastrophic leak has triggered bipartisan outrage, sparking calls for a congressional investigation and stinging condemnation of government officials.
Trump portrait removed in Colorado after presidential tirade
Donald Trump critics variously said the president was “the most fragile, sensitive snowflake in history” and a “a petty, insecure baby” after he publicly demanded the removal of his portrait at Colorado’s state capitol building, calling it “truly the worst”.
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, Trump shared an image of the portrait and complained about the painting, saying it was bad and blaming it on Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis – whom the president insulted as being “radically left”. A Republican admirer of Trump actually commissioned the portrait, which is now set to be taken down.
Foreign workers at US government-backed media outlets being cut by the Trump administration say they face deportation to their home countries, where some risk imprisonment or death at the hands of authoritarian governments.
Judge says Nazis had more rights in US than deported Venezuelans
An appeals court judge claimed on Monday that Nazis were given more rights to contest their removal from the United States during the second world war than Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration.
US circuit judge Patricia Millett questioned whether Venezuelans targeted for removal under the Alien Enemies Act had time to contest claims they were Tren de Aragua gang members before they were put on planes and deported to El Salvador. “Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act than has happened here,” Millett said.
The Trump administration is seeking sponsors for the White House Easter Egg Roll, in a break with tradition that is likely to draw further scrutiny over its relationship with corporate backers. A pitch document obtained by CNN and the New York Times shows individuals or companies can pay up to $200,000 to have their brand or name attached to the event, promising investors will gain “valuable brand visibility and national recognition”.
Trump goes after George Clooney
Donald Trump has taken aim at the actor and prominent Democrat activist George Clooney, dismissing his interview on US TV news programme 60 Minutes as a “total puff piece”.
The Oscar-winning star was the subject of Sunday’s show to promote his Broadway version of Good Night, and Good Luck, which deals with McCarthyism. Clooney drew parallels between that time and today’s politics, prompting Trump to call him a “second-rate movie ‘star’ and failed political pundit”.
Greenland calls for backup after announcement of Mike Waltz, Usha Vance visit
Greenland’s prime minister, Múte B Egede, has called for the international community to step in after it was announced that Donald Trump’s national security adviser and the US second lady will visit the Arctic island, accusing Washington of “foreign interference”.
Mike Waltz and Usha Vance are scheduled to arrive in Greenland this week as part of a delegation that will also include the US energy secretary, Chris Wright.
Columbia student sues Trump administration for trying to deport her
A Columbia University student who took part in pro-Palestinian protests at the university is suing Donald Trump’s administration for attempting to deport her.
Attorneys for Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old who has legally resided in the US since childhood, filed a complaint on Monday describing the government’s actions as “shocking overreach” and an “unprecedented and unjustifiable assault” on her rights.
US and Russian officials begin Ukraine ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia
US and Russian officials have begun talks in Saudi Arabia as Donald Trump pushes to broker a limited ceasefire that Washington hopes will mark the first step toward lasting peace in Ukraine.
Ukraine and Russia have agreed in principle to a one-month halt on strikes on energy infrastructure after Trump spoke with the countries’ leaders last week. But uncertainty remains over how and when the partial ceasefire would take effect – and whether its scope would extend beyond energy infrastructure to include other critical sites, such as hospitals, bridges, and vital utilities.
Catching up? Here’s what happened on 23 March.
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