Group Chat Fallout, Reshaping Elections? & Spring Sales - Wednesday, March 26, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 26 March 2025
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The news to know for Wednesday, March 26, 2025!
What to know about more fallout from that Signal group chat that exposed American officials’ thinking ahead of military strikes in Yemen—and how the Trump administration is now defending itself.
Also, a new deal to stop fighting between Russia and Ukraine… at least somewhat.
Plus, which American election rules are changing, why some international athletes now have to take DNA tests before competing, and need an excuse to shop? We’ll tell you all about Amazon’s big spring sale.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, March 26. What to know about more fallout from that signal group chat |
| 0:05.2 | that exposed American officials thinking ahead of military strikes in Yemen, how the Trump administration |
| 0:09.8 | is now defending itself. Also a new deal to stop fighting between Russia and Ukraine, at least |
| 0:14.9 | somewhat. Plus, which American election rules are changing? Why some international athletes now |
| 0:19.9 | have to take DNA tests before |
| 0:21.5 | competing, and need an excuse to shop, we'll tell you all about Amazon's big spring sale. |
| 0:26.7 | Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:31.1 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:35.7 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:39.3 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:45.9 | Some of America's top leaders are facing tough questions about what still seems to be a serious |
| 0:50.7 | national security breach. National Security advisor Mike Mike Walts, told Fox News, |
| 0:55.7 | he takes full responsibility for organizing a text group on the messaging app, Signal. As we mentioned |
| 1:01.3 | yesterday, the group accidentally leaked plans for American airstrikes on Houthi militants in Yemen |
| 1:06.1 | to the editor of the Atlantic. Waltz now says he's not sure how that journalist ended up in the group, |
| 1:11.5 | since he didn't have his number saved, and he's looking into it. As for President Trump, he says |
| 1:16.7 | he still stands by Waltz and that the security breach is just, quote, something that can happen. |
| 1:22.0 | Separately, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director, John Radcliffe, |
| 1:26.7 | were questioned by the Senate |
| 1:27.7 | Intelligence Committee yesterday. And since they were both part of that group chat, they defended |
| 1:32.3 | it, saying no classified material was shared. But the journalist in that chat says that's not |
| 1:37.3 | true, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others shared information about timing, targets, |
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