The Trump administration’s major military mission at the southern border focused on reducing immigration and drug flows has already cost taxpayers more than $300 million, according to sources briefed on data from the Defense Department comptroller — even as the administration has vowed to slash the size of government and cut 8 percent from the department’s budget.
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Democratic lawmakers heaped criticism on the administration for handling highly sensitive information carelessly.
The Trump administration accidentally texted an Atlantic journalist its plans to bomb Yemen last week. It seems obtaining confidential information on U.S. military operations is now easier than ever.
The administration inadvertently shared plans for strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels ahead of time with a prominent journalist. It’s of a piece with all that came before it.
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Trump’s top intelligence officials faced tough questions from U.S. senators about the security breach, in which war plans were mistakenly leaked to a journalist.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCIV) — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has thrown his support behind President Trump's national security team in the wake of top federal government officials revealing sensitive information about an ongoing military operation in Yemen to a journalist who was mistakenly added to a group chat.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in his first public remarks about the The Atlantic's reporting, said, "Nobody was texting war plans."
An investigation by The New York Times has revealed that America was woven into the war far more than previously known.