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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday said he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen’s Houthis. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said ...
The Atlantic published the full message exchange among the president’s national security aides right before the launch of a military campaign in Yemen. The messages were written on the non-secure, commercial app Signal and the issue dominated a hearing on Capitol Hill. Nick Schifrin reports.
... Who are they? Well, it apparently included a journalist." The text chain, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen, also included Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, who were scheduled to testify in the hearing before the Senate ...
... National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and reported on the texts — as “peddling garbage.” WATCH: Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg on being included in a group chat on Yemen strike plans The National Security Council has said the text chain in Signal “appears to be authentic.” Hegseth is facing questions from members of ...
... TheAtlantic.com, you will see that they are having a live debate, including the vice president of the United States, about the utility of attacking Yemen and the European component of this and various other things. There's interesting discourse going on. But, according to everything I understand, they're ...
Military leaders say the U.S. airstrikes in Yemen against Houthi targets have struck more than 30 targets since Saturday, including headquarters locations, drone launch sites and weapons storage facilities. Watch in the player above. Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated those ...
... at sea or on land beyond American warships. The rebels previously targeted oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, two countries deeply involved in Yemen's war since 2015. “Although the U.S. has been striking at Houthi targets for over a year, the scope and scale of this ...
... made missile parts and other weaponry it said was bound for the Houthis.The United States, Israel and Britain previously hit Houthi-held areas in Yemen, but the new operation was conducted solely by the U.S. It was the first strike on the Houthis under the second Trump administration ...
The attacks greatly raised the Houthis’ profile as they faced economic problems and launched a crackdown targeting any dissent and aid workers at home amid Yemen’s decade-long stalemated war that’s torn apart the Arab world’s poorest nation. The United States, Israel and Britain have previously hit ...
... in need in Yemen,” he warned in a statement. “The Houthis must deliver on their previous commitments and act in the best interests of the Yemeni people and the overall efforts to achieve peace in Yemen.” The U.N. has halted work in Yemen, which provides food, medicine and other ...
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