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Signal was a 'risky' choice for sharing classified plans. Which is the most secure messaging app?

In light of the controversy around US attack plans being shared on Signal, the security of messaging apps is firmly in the spotlight.

Euronews

Trump wants to move on from the Signal security scandal. House Republicans aren’t making it easy

Some GOP members – including experts on national security – are breaking with the White House’s official line on whether leaked attack plan was classified

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer on the Brink: Trump Timebomb Could Blow Up His Leadership

An eyebrow-raising leak from a private Signal group chat involving Donald Trump’s inner circle is now raising serious questions closer to home.

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The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice-president should resign

His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House team

The Guardian - UK

Trump has managed to spin Signalgate as a media lapse, not a major security breach

The US administration believes it can divide public attention until there is a new scandal. It may be a winning strategy, writes Andrew Roth

The Guardian - UK

The Signal chat exposes the administration’s incompetence – and its pecking order

The discussion revealed unserious people who don’t know when to keep quiet, with Stephen Miller as the real boss

The Guardian - US

JD Vance repeatedly attacks media during Signalgate questioning during Greenland trip

Vice President JD Vance attacked the media’s ‘obsession’ with Signalgate after being asked about an internal investigation into the security leak.

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Hillary Clinton Pens Heated Op-Ed on Signalgate: 'It's Not the Hypocrisy That Bothers Me; It's the Stupidity'

Former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has sharply criticized the Trump administration in a scathing New York Times op-ed

Latin Times

Kimmel on ‘Signalgate’: ‘A perfect storm of incompetence, inexperience, dishonesty and hypocrisy’

Late-night hosts discuss JD Vance’s trip Greenland and official efforts to downplay sending war plans to a journalist

The Guardian - US

DHS staffer facing ‘serious punishment’ for including journalist in email thread

This reprimand was made public as the fallout from Signalgate continues with many officials involved in that scandal appearing to escape serious consequences

The Independent UK

What is Signal, the messaging app at the heart of a US security leak?

A closer look at the app used by top officials to discuss a Yemen bombing mission despite it not being approved for such purposes

The Guardian - UK

New York Times reporter reveals reason Trump won’t fire Mike Waltz

White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman tells CNN that Trump ‘does not want to fire’ officials involved in the Signal group chat leak

The Independent UK

Signal Chat Controversy Is an Endorsement of Encryption Software

Reason

The Signal fiasco is a political gift to Democrats but their power is limited

The ball now appears to be in the Republicans’ court, where there have been some signs of diverging from Trump

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The Guardian - US

Judge blocks Trump’s move to dismantle consumer protection watchdog – as it happened

President had targeted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for mass terminations. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: judge orders now-infamous Signal chat be retained as tariff fallout deepens

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

The Independent UK

White House tells DOGE to save its Signal chats after leak and legal questions over its use

Staffers in the newly formed government organization were reminded to preserve all work-related communications – including those on Signal

The Independent UK

Previous administrations were wary of the messaging app Signal. Trumpworld has embraced it

Amid the furor over the use of a commercial messaging app to discuss a military strike, the Trump administration has insisted that using Signal is routine and authorized. But former and current officials disagree. Andrew Feinberg reports

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Al Jazeera

Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Signal texts on Houthi attack

Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order against deleting any messages in the controversial chat.

The Independent UK

Even Tomi Lahren is blasting the White House for trying to parse words to shift blame on Signal blunder

‘I’m honestly getting sick of the whatabout isms from my own side ... Admit the F up and move on,’ said right-wing pundit

The Independent UK

What is 'classified' information? What are 'secure' communications? Here's a primer

The Trump administration's use of a popular app to discuss sensitive military plans — with a journalist on the text chain — is raising questions about security and the importance of safeguarding the nation's secrets

Reason

Pete Hegseth's Carelessness and Dishonesty Mirror Hillary Clinton's

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.

The Independent UK

Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

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

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: election call expected, Dutton promises more gas, US senators demand Signal inquiry

With Albanese set to call poll for early May, Dutton pledges cheaper gas and petrol; bipartisan call for investigation into group chat fiasco

Reason

Pete Hegseth Says the Signal Chat Had 'No Classified Information.' How Is That Possible?

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

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