Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Included Journalist in Group Chat on Yemen Attack Plans in Extraordinary Breach
Where Things Stand
Security breach: The White House confirmed an extraordinary breach of security involving top government officials — including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — who discussed plans for military strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen in a group chat on a commercial messaging app that inadvertently included the top editor of The Atlantic. President Trump denied knowing about it. Read more ›
Deportation order: A federal judge kept in place his ruling barring the Trump administration from using a powerful wartime statute to deport Venezuelan migrants it deemed to be members of a violent street gang. The judge, James E. Boasberg, said migrants should have the opportunity to challenge accusations that they belong to the gang, Tren de Aragua, before being flown to a prison in El Salvador under the 1798 law, the Alien Enemies Act. Read more ›
Education Department suit: The American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Professors and a pair of public school districts in Massachusetts sued the Trump administration, seeking to block its attempts to dismantle the Education Department. They say Mr. Trump’s executive order last week to “facilitate the closure of the department” was an attempt to evade congressional authority. "
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