Military plans shared in Signal chat and 23andMe bankruptcy concerns: Morning Rundown
Pete Hegseth denies “texting war plans” to a group text that included a journalist. Second woman strangled during prison visit. 23andme DNA data up for sale.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denies “texting war plans” to a group text that included The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief. A second woman is strangled during a family visit at a California prison. And 23andMe’s bankruptcy triggers personal privacy fears.
Here’s what to know today.
The White House said it is reviewing how The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeff Goldberg was accidentally added to a group text in which people who appeared to be members of President Donald Trump's administration discussed plans to launch airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen. In response to Goldberg's article about the incident, the National Security Council said in a statement the thread "appears to be authentic."
Goldberg reported he had been added to a group chat called "Houthi PC small group" on March 13 via encrypted messaging service Signal. Goldberg wrote in his article that he was initially skeptical of the chat, which "included precise information about weapons packages, targets and timing." He added that he exited the Signal group after he personally concluded it was "almost certainly real."
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