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The Trump administration accidentally texted military plans to a journalist. The White House says it's fine.

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The Atlantic 's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat with U.S. officials.

The group chat included Vice President JD Vance , Secretary of State Marco Rubio , and Fox News host turned Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth .

Signal is a secure messaging app with end-to-end encryption, popular among journalists, activists, whistleblowers, and others for whom privacy is a primary concern.

National Security Council has confirmed the chat's authenticity and downplayed the serious implications.

Vice President JD Vance expressed disagreement with President Donald Trump in a Signal group chat.

Vance expressed dissent about the planned airstrikes on Yemen , saying bombing the Houthis in Yemen would be "bailing Europe out" The vice president's private opinions recently came to attention via AI -generated audio of Vance criticising Musk going viral.

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