Here's how the incident played out earlier this month, based on reporting from The Atlantic and from the wire service Reuters.

“Nobody was texting war plans and that’s all I have to say about that,” Hegseth told reporters in Hawaii when asked about a report in The Atlantic revealing a stunning breach of national security involving high-level Trump administration officials.

Live” took on the Department of Defense group text scandal in its cold open with host Mikey Madison. Madison, a recent Oscar winner for “Anora,” played a teenage girl gossiping with her friends (Ego Nwodim and Sarah Sherman) about high school and crushes in a group chat infiltrated by U.

Pete Hegseth responded to allegations that he and other U.S. national security officials leaked highly sensitive plans about a Yemen military strike to a journalist over a group chat. Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg broke the story Monday ...

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.

The Pentagon’s internal watchdog notified the defense secretary of a probe into whether he shared classified information last month in a Signal group chat that included a journalist.

The acting inspector general for the Department of Defense announced Thursday that he is investigating Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's use of a "commercially available messaging application for official business.

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.

The acting inspector general for the Pentagon announced an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the signal app to discuss potentially classified information with other members of the Trump cabinet last month.