Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, has been busy in the early months of 2025 trying out ways to make himself a counterweight to the Trump administration. In a social-media skirmish in February over the administration’s hiring and firing of an official who had written racist posts, Mr. Khanna drew the ire of Vice President … Read more
The bombshell publication of a group chat involving Trump administration officials discussing U.S. battle plans revealed in unusually stark fashion what the Trump administration hopes to achieve with airstrikes this month against the Houthi militia in Yemen. The attacks, some of the chat’s participants said, were meant to deter the Houthis from attacking commercial ships … Read more
European leaders have gotten the message from Washington about doing more for their own defense and for Ukraine, too. They are talking tough when it comes to supporting Ukraine and about protecting their own borders, and they are standing up to a demanding and even hostile Trump administration. But there is an inevitable gap between … Read more
The Trump administration seems like it just doubled down on Greenland. Vice President JD Vance announced on Tuesday that he was headed to the island later this week, taking over a controversial visit that officials in Greenland have made very clear they don’t want at all. Earlier this week, the Trump administration said that Usha … Read more
Vice President JD Vance’s team sought to immediately contain the fallout over a report showing that Mr. Vance and several top national security officials had inadvertently discussed details of a military attack on Yemen in a group chat that mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic. But Mr. Vance’s focus wasn’t on the … Read more
The editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, was skeptical when he received a connection request on Signal from someone named Michael Waltz. Could it really be Michael Waltz, the national security adviser? To his astonishment, Mr. Goldberg found he had been added to a group chat called “Houthi PC small group,” and he … Read more
Several top Trump administration officials are set to give briefings next month to an influential group of conservative donors allied with Vice President JD Vance. The group of donors, the Rockbridge Network, which has gained prominence in conservative circles, is hosting the officials at its next retreat in Florida from April 13 to April 15, … Read more
Trump administration officials haven’t kept their disdain for Europe quiet. But the contempt seems to be even louder behind closed doors. Europeans reacted with a mix of exasperation and anger to the publication of parts of a discussion between top-ranking Trump administration officials, carried out on the messaging app Signal. The discussion, about a planned … Read more
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in an encrypted chat group that included a journalist two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said on Monday, confirming an account in the magazine The Atlantic. The editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, wrote in an … Read more
President Trump’s plans to send representatives to Greenland this week have angered political leaders on the island territory, who see the group’s visit as an aggressive escalation of his threats to seize the area, by force if necessary. Mr. Trump has made no secret of his designs on Greenland, repeating his threats to acquire the … Read more