WASHINGTON − The Atlantic magazine published Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's messages to a group chat detailing the times and weapons used to strike Houthi targets in Yemen, as the fallout deepened over Trump administration officials using the encrypted chat app Signal to discuss classified war plans.

Leavitt is one of three Trump administration officials who face a lawsuit from The Associated Press on First and Fifth Amendment grounds. The AP says the three are punishing the news agency for editorial decisions they oppose. The White House says the AP is not following an executive order to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

“Why were those details shared on Signal?” “Nobody was texting war plans.” “I know nothing about it. You’re saying that they had, what?” “They were using Signal to coordinate on sensitive materials.” “I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time. Anybody else?”

The Atlantic has released the group-chat messages detailing the Trump administration's attack plan against the Houthis in Yemen.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke for the first time since the story broke that a national security team accidentally included a magazine editor in a group text where they discussed plans to launch airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth again on Tuesday dodged questions about whether the information he put in a Signal group chat was classified.

“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.

Officials inadvertently added a reporter to an unsecured group chat discussing plans for a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen. Here's a look at a timeline of the events.