Vice President JD Vance (r), Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (c) and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz|Gage Skidmore; US Secretary of Defense|CC BY-SA 2.0
The magazine published a chain of text messages exchanged between top officials of the Trump administration in a Signal chat in which the publication’s Editor-in-Chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally included.
The entire text chain reveals that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared US military attack plans in Yemen. The news comes after President Donald Trump and others in his administration claimed no classified information was shared.
The messages detailed the timing of airstrikes and aircraft types but didn’t specify targets.
Democratic lawmakers criticized the leak and called on Hegseth to resign, while Republicans demanded an investigation. The White House denied any wrongdoing.
The controversy continues to spark debate over security and transparency.