Overview

• Mike Waltz, National Security Advisor, and his deputy Alex Wong are reportedly leaving their White House roles after unauthorized discussions in a Signal group chat were exposed.
• The Signal chat, created by Waltz, included senior officials sharing tactical details of a March 15 airstrike in Yemen against Houthi targets, raising security concerns.
• The breach became public after Waltz mistakenly added The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat, who subsequently published its contents.
• The White House initially denied the leak but later acknowledged the chat’s existence, downplaying its significance and asserting no classified information was revealed.
• Steve Witkoff, currently a special envoy to the Middle East, is reportedly being considered as Waltz’s potential replacement as National Security Advisor.