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The Iran-backed militia that once triggered one of the most damaging scandals of President Donald Trump's second term is back — and the president is trying to avoid a fight he already walked away from once, according to a new report.

American diplomats met with Houthi representatives at the U.S. Embassy in Oman over the weekend in an effort to cool tensions and keep Red Sea shipping lanes open, a source briefed on the discussions told MS NOW. Both sides reaffirmed a ceasefire reached last year, under which the Houthis agreed not to strike U.S. targets in exchange for the U.S. standing down.

That truce was born out of Trump's frustration with his military campaign that spawned Signalgate. In spring 2025, the U.S. launched a seven-week, more than $1 billion military operation against the Houthis — one that top officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, discussed on the Signal messaging app....

A new screenshot reveals the moment Pete Hegseth and top Trump officials learned a journalist had been in their Signal chat.

The image, which The Daily Beast reported on Thursday, shows the precise point at which Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg exited the "Houthi PC small group" chat, where officials had been discussing military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. Nate Jones, who serves as FOIA director at The Washington Post, obtained the screenshot through a public records request and posted it to X, according to the report.

According to the image, which was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a participant identified by the initials "TG" cheered news of the successful strikes by writing "great work and effects!" Those initials are believed to belong to Tulsi Gabbard, who was serving as director of national intelligence at the time. Shortly after that message, everyone in the group, including Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance, received an automated alert that read "Jeff Goldberg left the group."...

UN Ambassador Mike Waltz's office is furious over a weekend Politico Magazine report that he's been quietly angling for Secretary of State Marco Rubio's job — and had the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's ear before Graham died in July.

According to the report, Waltz sought the late South Carolina Republican's backing to replace Rubio, who many believe has "presidential ambitions of his own," if the job opens up. Two people say Graham told them separately, including one GOP elected official; one source said Graham mentioned it weeks before his July 11 death, adding Graham had spoken with Waltz "very recently."

Waltz's office didn't hold back: "This conversation never happened. It's completely fake," it said, also blasting Politico for publishing a claim Graham "can no longer refute" while dodging questions about Waltz's other political ambitions. An aide to the late senator didn't respond to requests for comment....

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is facing what one former GOP strategist called a far more dangerous crisis for Donald Trump’s administration than last year’s Yemen leak, after reports she personally intervened in a highly sensitive NSA matter. According to analyst Rick Wilson, Gabbard halted an intelligence investigation involving foreign operatives and instead carried classified material directly to Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles — a move he says risked exposing crown-jewel surveillance methods and alerting foreign targets. Wilson warned the episode raises serious questions about Gabbard’s judgment and temperament, especially amid concerns the intercepted communications may have involved someone close to Trump operating outside formal government channels.

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President Donald Trump’s pick for White House press secretary lasted five days. A new CNN analysis says the fallout could follow him straight into the midterms.

CNN analyst Aaron Blake wrote on Saturday morning that Katie Zacharia’s “stunningly short and turbulent tenure” isn’t the biggest blunder of Trump’s second term. But it does “rank remarkably high on the embarrassment quotient,” he wrote.

“In one fell swoop over the course of a week, the White House confirmed how rudderless, impulsive and hubristic its entire operation is,” Blake wrote. He added that it happened “with just a few weeks to go before voters render their judgment on it.”...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is at the storm of what a former GOP strategist has called a worse moment for Donald Trump's administration than the Yemen leak.

Highly sensitive military information had been leaked inadvertently in March 2025 when a group chat including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance also featured The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. It marked an embarrassing moment for the administration, but there are fears of even bigger new leak problems involving Gabbard, according to political analyst Rick Wilson.

The National Security Agency flagged a phone call between two foreign intelligence members, with highly sensitive communication — reportedly involving somebody close to Trump — brought to Gabbard's attention. ...