Fox News Politics Newsletter: Hoax Signal

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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

Here's what's happening…

-Hunter Biden atty Lowell drops from LA case; replaced by Alex Murdaugh's lawyer Harpootlian

-Trump administration asks SCOTUS to approve DEI-related education cuts

-How Mike Johnson and Jim Jordan could hit back at judges blocking Trump's agenda

Trump administration officials say the Atlantic "conceded" that its article providing a firsthand account of a Signal group chat involving the nation's top national security leaders discussing an attack on terrorists in Yemen did not contain "war plans."

"The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT 'war plans,'" White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted to X Wednesday morning. "This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin."

National security advisor Mike Waltz posted to X Wednesday, "No locations. No sources & methods. NO WAR PLANS. Foreign partners had already been notified that strikes were imminent. BOTTOM LINE: President Trump is protecting America and our interests."…Read more

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-TX, is claiming her recent comment seeming to mock a disabled Republican leader as "Governor Hot Wheels" was misinterpreted. Her previous comments about the governor, however, indicate otherwise. (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins/(Photo by ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images))

OFFENSIVE LINE OF QUESTIONING': CIA director blasts Democrat's 'offensive line of questioning' about Hegseth's 'drinking habits'

ELMO COMMUNIST SPY?: Democrats invoke children’s shows in bizarre defense of PBS, NPR: ‘Fire Elon, Save Elmo’

'WITH REGARD TO THAT ARTICLE': Ratcliffe says new Signal texts show he 'did not transmit classified information'

'APPALLING': Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene scolds NPR CEO over personal views during fiery DOGE subcommittee hearing

'MASSIVE ERROR': Veteran Dem senator demands Hegseth resign over Signal chat leak

Background: Cases of Pepsi soda; Left: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Right Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah (Background: Kevin Carter/Getty Images; Left: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right:  Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

TUFTS LUCK: ICE detains Tufts University student amid Trump admin's campus crackdown

DEATH'S DOOR: Florida Republicans open door to firing squads, lethal gas as they push death penalty expansion

UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS: Former NFL player LeShon Johnson charged in FBI's largest dog fighting bust, 190 animals seized: indictment

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