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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz donated nearly $10,000 to three past Republican presidential candidates who staunchly opposed President Donald Trump – while not giving his boss a single dime, federal election data reportedly shows.

Waltz, who is now at the center of the Signal group chat controversy that has taken over the administration, donated a total of $8,150 to former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL), according to RealClearInvestigations reporter Paul Sperry.

Top officials in President Donald Trump's Cabinet have been swept up in what has been dubbed "Signalgate" — and possible additional concerns came to light Wednesday.

On Monday, a bombshell report in The Atlantic alleged that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared secret war plans in a Signal chat that included a reporter among its membership.

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. refused Wednesday to lift an emergency order from a lower court judge blocking President Donald Trump from carrying out mass deportations of suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

The court's decision was 2-1, with Trump-appointed judge Justin Walker dissenting.

President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday he would be "known as the fertilization president."

At a White House event celebrating women's history, Trump recognized female members of his administration like Attorney General Pam Bondi and attorney Alina Habba.

Punchbowl reporter Jake Sherman revealed that Senate Republicans may have "buyer's remorse" after allowing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to sail through confirmation.

Speaking to MSNBC on Wednesday, host Katy Tur noted "significant Republican" Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has indicated he's unhappy about what has been coined "Signalgate."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Jamaica on Wednesday, where he was asked by reporters about the growing scandal around officials in President Donald Trump's administration using a Signal chat to post war plans against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

On Monday, a bombshell report in The Atlantic alleged that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared secret war plans in a Signal chat that included a reporter among its membership.

President Donald Trump blamed "bad people" for an unflattering portrait of him that was hung in Colorado's state Capitol building.

After complaining about the portrait on his Truth Social platform, he took to Newsmax to air additional grievances.

CNN's Kaitlan Collins clashed with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday during a press briefing when Leavitt denied Collins a chance to ask a followup question.

Earlier this week, a bombshell report in The Atlantic alleged that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared secret war plans in a Signal chat while inadvertently revealing them to a reporter who had been errantly added to the group.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that he had shared "war plans" after accidentally texting secret military information to a reporter ahead of a strike on Yemen.

During a rant on an airport tarmac Wednesday, Hegseth suggested he had been acquitted of wrongdoing after The Atlantic described his text messages as "attack plans" instead of "war plans."

Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich grilled White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt after the Trump administration accidentally shared secret war plans with a journalist from The Atlantic.

During Wednesday's White House briefing, Heinrich wondered why Leavitt had insisted that nothing on the leaked chat was classified when it included information like weapons systems and strike launch times.

Wednesday morning CNN host John Berman joked that that could be a "silver lining" for Donald Trump being mired in a firestorm over an unsecured and sensitive Signal chat concerning an imminent attack on Houthi rebels that was shared with a journalist who was mistakenly invited to join in.

According to the CNN and data analyst Harry Enten the blow-up has distracted from the embattled president's complete collapse in the polls on his handling of the economy.

According to both, this could be Trump's "Waterloo."

President Donald Trump's rambling response to a question about the group chat scandal suggests he doesn't fully understand key elements of the case, according to a reporter.

The Atlantic published new details Wednesday morning about the war plans disclosed by defense secretary Pete Hegseth in a chat on the Signal app that included high-level government official and the magazine's editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who was included by apparent mistake by national security adviser.

"The View's" Sunny Hostin believes that top officials in President Donald Trump's administration may have perjured themselves while testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday about the recent Signal scandal.

On Monday, a bombshell report in The Atlantic alleged that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared secret war plans in a Signal chat that included a reporter among its membership. The story reveals that the Signal chat was among the top Cabinet officials discussing classified military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen.