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Boasberg will later decide whether the disappearing messages in the Signal chat violated federal records retention laws. Here’s your roundup of key US politics stories from 27 March 2025

A U.S. judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s order banning transgender people from serving in the military

The defense secretary, who shared information about imminent U.S. air strikes in a manifestly insecure group chat, thought Clinton should be prosecuted for her careless handling of sensitive information.

A federal judge says he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen’s Houthis

‘Where they are just covering up as quick as they can,’ Whopi Goldberg declaared on Thursday while pantomiming a cat in a little box

The U.S. has a real problem with overclassification. But the assertion that details about impending air strikes would not be classified strains credulity.

Shining a bright spotlight on this mess was a public service. One can only imagine what other information has been as recklessly handled

Depending on what you think of Donald Trump, his administration could fit either of the following two descriptions. Chaotic, vindictive and accident-prone, marked by mendacity, driven by impulse and bent on securing the will of the leader, rather than – as in the US constitution – the will of the…

A federal judge in Washington ordered Trump administration officials Thursday to temporarily preserve records of a leaked Signal group chat.