War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday described a Pentagon inspector general report on the Signalgate scandal as a “total exoneration,” despite the watchdog finding his use of an encrypted messaging ...

The administration officials seemed to realize the importance of secrecy and operational security, but they were reckless and careless anyway. Roughly six months later, the Signal chat scandal appears ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s improper use of the Signal group chat to discuss sensitive military plans earlier this year could have endangered troops, the Pentagon inspector general determined, ...

An official Department of Defense watchdog reportedly determined that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked endangering U.S. troops by sharing operational details of an attack on Houthi militants in ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. After the White House argued, repeatedly, that there was no classified information in ...

James LaPorta is the national security coordinating producer for the CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine veteran infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. The report found ...

Investigators have revealed that J.D. Vance returned to the infamous Signal group chat, in which Pete Hegseth discussed confidential information about strikes on Yemen, after the attack. The ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s watchdog revealed Thursday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive ...

Ever since news broke on Monday that top Trump officials discussed US military attack plans in a group chat that inadvertently included a journalist, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has projected ...

War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday described a Pentagon inspector general report on the Signalgate scandal as a “total exoneration,” despite the watchdog finding his use of an encrypted messaging ...