White House plagued by Signal controversy as Pentagon in “full-blown meltdown”

It's possible that the White House may be looking to replace defense secretary Pete Hegseth after critics warned that a pair of controversial Signal chats risked compromising US national security. In March, it was revealed that Hegseth accidentally texted secret bombing plans in a Signal chat that included a reporter, raising alarms about his handling of sensitive military information. And then this weekend, The New York Times revealed that he similarly shared the attack plans just minutes after learning of them in a personal Signal chat that included his wife and brother. That second revelation sparked a "full-blown meltdown" at the Pentagon, The Guardian reported, apparently prompting the Trump administration to begin "the process of looking for a new secretary of defense," a US official granted anonymity told NPR Monday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed NPR's report was "fake news," writing on X that NPR's source "clearly has no idea what they are talking abou ... Read full article.