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The Hill reports: Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, where host Jake Tapper asked about the recent shuffle in the administration, after it was revealed Waltz was ousted as national security adviser following the Signal group chat scandal, among other reported tensions. “Do you have faith in him to be UN ambassador?” Tapper asked. …

CBS News reports: The White House on Thursday gave Mike Waltz a choice in his next job, as President Trump strategized to move him out as national security adviser just over 100 days into his administration, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. In conversations with chief of staff Susie Wiles, Waltz was offered several ambassadorships, including that of …

“I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations. From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first. I know he will do the same in his new …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump is planning to oust national security adviser Mike Waltz, who has lost the confidence of other administration officials, according to three people familiar with the decision. Names for a replacement have been discussed around the West Wing for weeks, but the plans to remove Waltz potentially as soon as this week gained steam in recent …

Politico reports: National security adviser Mike Waltz’s team regularly set up chats on Signal to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza, Middle East policy, Africa and Europe, according to four people who have been personally added to Signal chats. Two of the people said they were in or have direct knowledge of at least 20 such chats. …

The Washington Post reports: Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials. The use of Gmail, a far less secure method of communication than the encrypted messaging app Signal, is …

The New York Times reports: For much of this week, President Trump was consumed by a single question. What should he do about his national security adviser, Michael Waltz? “Should I fire him?” he asked aides and allies as the fallout continued over the stunning leak of a Signal group chat set up by Mr. Waltz, who had inadvertently added …

CBS News reports: Israeli officials are furious over the Signal chat leak involving senior Trump administration officials because it included sensitive intelligence Israel provided to the U.S. from a human intelligence source in Yemen, CBS News has learned. While the Signal chat messages published by Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic this week may not have compromised the effectiveness of the …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge on Thursday said he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen’s Houthis. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said during a hearing that he’ll issue a temporary restraining order barring …

Wired reports: A Venmo account under the name “Michael Waltz,” carrying a profile photo of the national security adviser and connected to accounts bearing the names of people closely associated with him, was left open to the public until Wednesday afternoon. A WIRED analysis shows that the account revealed the names of hundreds of Waltz’s personal and professional associates, including …

German outlet Der Spiegel reports: Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials. Those affected by the leaks include National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Director of National …

The Huffington Post reports: The Atlantic on Wednesday published the war plans shared in the Signal group chat that the magazine’s editor-in-chief was inadvertently invited to join earlier this month. Jeffrey Goldberg had previously withheld sharing some of those messages concerning planned military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen over concerns that their content was too sensitive. “The statements by …

“Somehow, this guy ended up on the call. There was no classified information. There was no problem and the attack was a tremendous success. Somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that worked with Mike Waltz at a lower level, had Goldberg’s number or call through the app, and somehow this guy ended up on the call.” – …

“You know, Laura, I’m not a conspiracy theorist. But of all the people out there, somehow this guy who has lied about the president, who has lied to Gold Star families, lied to their attorneys, and gone to Russia hoax, gone to all kinds of lengths to lie and smear the president of the United States and he’s the one …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that there “was no classified information” shared on the Signal chain that The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg said he was added to, pushing back on Goldberg’s claim that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent “operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen” during the conversation. Trump claimed US national security “is stronger than it’s …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump and his team held a secret Mar-a-Lago dinner on the same day as the U.S. bombing of Yemen, which top administration officials reportedly planned in a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist. Just hours after the U.S. military strike on Houthi forces was carried out on Mar. 15—killing at least 53 people, …

“There’s plenty of declassified information that shows that our adversaries, China and Russia, are trying to break into encrypted systems. If this was the case of a military officer or an intelligence officer and they had this kind of behavior, they would be fired. This is one more example of the kind of sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior, particularly towards classified …

NPR reports: As fallout from the Signal scandal continues, the leaders of several intelligence agencies — some of whom were part of the group chat that inadvertently shared war plans with a journalist — are set to testify before Congress this week. The country’s top two intelligence officials, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, are …

Politico reports: The stunning revelation that top administration officials accidentally included a reporter in a group chat discussing war plans triggered furious discussion inside the White House that national security adviser Mike Waltz may need to be forced out. Nothing is decided yet, and White House officials cautioned that President Donald Trump would ultimately make the decision over the next …

Politico Europe reports: Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen lashed out at President Donald Trump’s U.S. administration for putting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland, as she slammed the upcoming visit to the Danish territory by U.S. Second Lady Usha Vance. “This is clearly not a visit that is about what Greenland needs or wants,” Frederiksen said, about the scheduled trip involving Vice …