T he Trump administration is facing heavy blowback for using Signal, a messaging app, to discuss sensitive military plans. On March 24, officials’ usage of the app was revealed after The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg published a story titled "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans ,

The controversial conservative government blueprint Project 2025 included a training video addressing whether Republican administration officials should use Signal and similar messaging apps for discussions.

A messaging app called Signal was recently the preferred communications platform for top officials in the Trump administration to discuss war plans.

Top Trump administration officials used messaging app Signal to share war plans and mistakenly included a journalist in the encrypted chat, spurring calls by Democratic lawmakers for a congressional investigation into the security breach.

In leaked conversation about strikes on Yemen's Houthis, American officials once again shifted the blame to Iran

Staffers in the newly formed government organization were reminded to preserve all work-related communications – including those on Signal

Political fallout is mounting as some Republicans are breaking with the White House on the severity of the leak.

Democrats and liberal groups have a long history of touting the use of Signal before the Trump administration's Signal chat leak with the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political ... Signal for “secure communications,” they replied that the CISA document was encouraging use of “free messaging ...