Top Trump officials included The Atlantic editor in group chat about plans to bomb Yemen

Washington — Top Trump officials including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance allegedly discussed the details of a highly sensitive operation to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen in a group chat that inadvertently included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Goldberg wrote on Monday.

As a Cabinet meeting unfolded at the White House on Monday afternoon, Goldberg published a piece detailing how he was added to the chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal earlier this month by an account sharing the name of White House national security adviser Mike Waltz. Later, Goldberg said an account named "Pete Hegseth" laid out a plan for strikes in Yemen that included precise information about weapons packages, targets and timing of an attack shortly before it took place.

The National Security Council stated that the messages seem to be "authentic" in a statement to CBS News after the story was published.