Overview

• The Senate Armed Services Committee has formally requested an investigation into a Signal chat involving senior Trump administration officials discussing sensitive military plans in Yemen.
• The Defense Department’s acting inspector general, Steven Stebbins, will assess whether classified information was improperly shared or transferred to unclassified systems.
• Officials participating in the chat included Vice President JD Vance, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, among others, with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg inadvertently included.
• Lawmakers from both parties have expressed concerns, with some Democrats and a few Republicans calling for resignations over the security breach.
• The investigation will also review classification and declassification policies to determine whether existing protocols were adhered to and whether they require updates.