Overview

• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, stating no classified materials were shared in the Signal group chat discussing Yemen airstrikes.
• CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed that Signal is a permissible platform for official use, a policy established during the Biden administration.
• The Signal group chat, which included senior Trump administration officials, inadvertently added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, raising concerns about procedural lapses.
• President Trump downplayed the incident, calling it a minor mistake with no impact on military operations, while Democrats demand greater accountability.
• The National Security Council is conducting an ongoing review of the incident, as partisan debates over national security practices escalate.