Tonight the bombshell text from that group chat about a U.S. military strike, the Atlantic Magazine editor,

inadvertently included in a chat with top-level Trump administration officials, releasing more messages they sent,

including the timing and weapons to be used in military strikes in Yemen.

The Secretary of State calls the debacle a big mistake as intelligence

officials are grilled once again. And Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth speaking out as pressure mounts.

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as massive flames close in on homes in Florida and the rare severe weather threat in the Pacific Northwest as the south part of Texas braces for floods.

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There are major developments in the controversy over when Secretary of Defense Pete Hagseth

divulged in real time over the encrypted consumer messaging app signal shortly before

U.S. military strike operations commenced in Yemen. And now the Atlantic

magazine has published what it reports are the text messages. Hegseh shared with a chat group

that included top intelligence officials and inadvertently the magazine's editor-in-chief.

The administration, including Hegseth, still insisting the messages were not classified,

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