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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Even as Trump administration officials seek to

downplay an incident, where a journalist was apparently inadvertently added to a discussion of a U.S.

military operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen,

Senate Majority Leader John Thunes, as he expects the Armed Services Committee to look into the matter.

NPR's Ryan Lucas says Senate Intelligence Committee members are also concerned.

The administration is very much trying to say that this is all much ado about nothing.

But I will say the information discussed in the chat is exactly the

sort of intelligence, a sophisticated adversary like Russia or China would want on the U.S.

and the officials in the chat are all top of the target list of foreign intelligence services.

Now, as for what's next, Democrats on the Intelligence Committee made this clear today that they want to get to the bottom of it.

During a scheduled hearing today, top intelligence officials denied any classified material was shared.

A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to temporarily stop approving new refugees for entry into the U.S.

NBORS. Jasmine Garz reports that Trump administration has argued the refugee program,

which allows people displaced by armed conflict, natural disaster, or persecution,

places an undue burden on U.S. cities and states.

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