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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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