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In an interview with Newsmax, Trump offered a new theory on how journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic ended up on a Signal group chat with senior officials discussing bombing plans in Yemen earlier this month

Yesterday, The Atlantic magazine revealed an extraordinary national security blunder in the United States. Top US government officials had discussed plans for a bombing campaign in Yemen against Houthi rebels in a Signal group chat which inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg.

The revelation that President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place has raised many questions

House Democrats took a jab at the national security team on Tuesday, mocking their leaked Signal group chat about bombing Houthi targets in Yemen.

Democrats have called the high-level discussions on the messaging app Signal ‘obviously reckless, obviously dangerous’.

National Security advisor Mike Waltz responded to reports that a journalist was added to a "war plans" group text between top government officials.

Analysis: Trump may have to pay a political price to move on from a shocking breach of security by his most senior officials, writes John Bowden

Trump and his aides are now describing accurate reporting on a national security breach as a ‘hoax’

Goldberg published vague information about the attacks in Yemen more than a week after they occurred

Trump called Waltz a ‘good man’ after news of the group chat snafu broke

Intelligence officials will testify before Congress after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat in which top leaders discussed military plans.