Trump is defending his security advisor, who added a newspaper editor to a group-chat discussing planned US air strikes on Yemen. The president is claiming that not only will the advisor, Michael Waltz, keep his job, he need not even apologise. "We've pretty much looked into it… It's just something that can happen." Trump has also claimed that no classified information was shared in the chat, and that the attack on the Houthis was a success regardless. While claiming to know "nothing" about Signal, the secure messaging app the group chat was on, Trump is also adamant that it is "the best technology for the moment".
Goldberg, the editor of the Atlantic who was mistakenly added to the chat, claims that vice president JD Vance questioned Trump’s decision to attack Houthi forces. Vance reportedly advised that the attack would be "inconsistent" with the rest of the President's message on Europe, to avoid aiding its interests. The CIA director has denied that the incident was a "huge mistake", but Democrats are calling for investigations and even resignations, and it seems that the Armed Services Committee will say the same. Trump himself, though, has called it a night, and is no longer taking questions from reporters on the issue.
The CIA director has denied that the incident was a "huge mistake", but Democrats are calling for investigations and even resignations, and it seems that the Armed Services Committee will say the same.
Hilary Clinton, repeatedly threatened by Trump over her alleged use of a private email account while in office as the Secretary of State and First Lady, has pointedly responded with: "You have got to be kidding me."
Reports of the outcome of talks between the US and Russia and the US and Ukraine have emerged today. Talks occurred in the Saudi Arabian capital to negotiate a Black Sea ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine (or rather, to “eliminate the use of force” there). The deal is conditional on the US promising to enforce Ukraine’s compliance, while Russia’s Kremlin have claimed the deal stipulates that certain sanctions against Russian banks must be relieved. Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, has called these conditions a “lie”. The three countries - Russia, Ukraine, and the US - are all releasing similar, but differing, statements, and the warring countries are not directly communicating. Zelensky has expressed concern that the US is discussing a partition of Ukraine with Russia, and Trump is hardly denying it, commenting on Monday that “we’re talking about territory right now.” Amongst this, the US has promised to help Russia regain its agricultural trade. Although the president of the European Council sees Russia as an aggressive risk to European borders beyond Ukraine’s, the ceasefire focuses mainly on economic assets such as commercial ships in the Black Sea and a ban on all strikes against energy facilities.
The Trump Administration is being sued by a Colombia student as they attempt to deport her; she is a legal, permanent resident of the US and has lived in the country since she was seven. Her participation in pro-Palestinian protests constitutes, according to the Department of Homeland Security, “concerning conduct”, apparently concerning enough to violate her First Amendment constitutional rights. Her suit follows similar, high-profile cases involving Mahmoud Khalil, a green-card holding Palestinian Colombia graduate, and Badar Khan Suri, an Indian post-doctoral student at Georgetown University, who are both in custody as the Trump Administration tries to deport them.