Signalgate was the national security adviser’s most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper. After Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, inadvertently included The Atlantic ’s editor in chief in a group chat about military attack plans on the Signal messaging app, he found himself on very thin ice with his boss.

There’s a growing fear the White House and Trump appointees are potentially destabilizing the U.S. intelligence community.

Now, in a new filing with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board — an independent agency devoted to protecting the rights of federal workers — Schleifer is pushing back against his firing, saying he was fired as part of a retribution campaign for his comments made before he was a federal prosecutor, the AP was first to report .

A slump in arrivals at ports represents the first clear sign of supply chain disruption that industry players say could ripple to consumers over the next several weeks, sparking shortages and pushing prices higher for everyday goods like cars, furniture, clothes and even basic children’s toys.

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