Top Trump administration officials are under fire after the signal chat leak.

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Wednesday, March 26th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

President Donald Trump said yesterday that he stands by his national security advisor Michael

Waltz.

That's who accidentally invited the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic magazine to a highly

sensitive chat among senior administration officials this month.

The chat on the messaging app's signal discussed a U.S. military operation against

Houthi militants in Yemen.

Trump suggested that the problem had been an issue with technology and not a lapse in judgment.

Do you think that Mike Waltz made a mistake and does he need to apologize?

No, I don't think he should apologize. I think he's doing his best. It's equipment and technology

that's not perfect, and probably he won't be using it again. Meanwhile, Director of National

Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe

faced down angry Democratic senators at an Intelligence Committee hearing yesterday. Here's Virginia

Senator Mark Warner. This was not only sloppy, not only violated all procedures,

but if this information had gotten out, American lives could have been

lost. Gabbard and Ratcliffe didn't seem to be able to get their story straight over whether

or not classified intelligence was shared on the chat. Here's another Democrat, Arizona Senator Mark

Kelly, questioning Gabbard.

The deliberation as to whether or not we should launch a strike on another country,

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