The White House has spent the week trying to downplay the revelation that top national security officials discussed plans for U.S. strikes in Yemen on Houthi militants over Signal, a commercial messaging app.
In a stunning breach of national security, the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, disclosed specific operational details before the attacks in the group chat — which inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. Michael Waltz, the national security adviser who added Mr. Goldberg to the chat, said he took “full responsibility” for the leak.
Several Democrats called for Mr. Hegseth to step down. But the Trump administration has tried to divert or sidestep the issues. (Mr. Trump said the scandal was a “witch hunt.”)
As part of a regular check-in over the course of Mr. Trump’s first 100 days back in office, The New York Times asked five voters what they thought of the administration’s response.