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The Signal chat decoded:What Hegseth and Waltz revealed in airstrike text messages

Details of a planned US airstrike in Yemen mistakenly shared with a journalist on the messaging app Signal were almost certainly classified information,military experts say.

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‘The first bombs will definitely drop’:Full text of US military group chat scandal revealed

The Atlantic released the operational details sent by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to the breached Signal group after the Trump administration insisted the information wasn’t classified.

  • Michael Koziol
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe were both in the Signal group chat.

Harmless ‘glitch’:Trump brushes off inclusion of journalist to military group chat

Two top national security leaders who were members of the highly sensitive Signal group chat discussing airstrikes in Yemen fronted a Senate hearing,denying that classified information had been shared.

  • Michael Koziol
November 22,1963,the day president John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.

What’s new in the JFK files? Five things to know about the assassination records

It’s mostly information experts already knew,but there are some gems including unveiled American assets who spied on Castro and the inner workings of CIA spycraft.

  • Jonathan Edwards andBen Brasch
Donald Trump

CIA stops sharing intelligence with Ukraine after Oval Office stoush

The suspension on the back of the disastrous Trump-Zelensky meeting could hurt Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes.

  • Jonathan Landay andErin Banco
Medical staff work in the negative-pressure isolation ward in Jinyintan Hospital,designated for critical COVID-19 patients,in Wuhan.

The CIA now leans towards lab leak theory for COVID origins

The report was declassified and released on Saturday on the orders of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency,John Ratcliffe.

  • David Klepper andKen Moritsugu
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Elon Musk embraces Donald Trump during a campaign rally in October.

Tech billionaires,chat show hosts and old rivals:Who’s who in Trump’s administration?

Donald Trump has announced a host of surprising cabinet selections as he prepares to return to the Oval Office.

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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.

Six foreigners arrested over alleged ‘CIA-led plot’ to kill Venezuela’s president

The US says any claims of its involvement in a plot to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro are “categorically false”.

  • Manuel Rueda
Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds during the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok,Russia,Thursday,Sept. 5,2024. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev,Sputnik,Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Spy chiefs come out of the cold to talk Putin,Hamas and Russia’s ‘feral’ agents

The chiefs of the CIA and the British Secret Intelligence Service have appeared together publicly for the first time in the history of their agencies.

  • Mark Landler
Sue Mi Terry.

Ex-CIA analyst accused of spying in exchange for handbags,Michelin-star sushi

A prominent voice on US foreign policy with a taste for designer labels is accused of accepting luxury goods in exchange for helping South Korean intelligence.

  • Claire Fahy andJesse McKinley