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The fallout continues from the revelation. Senior Trump administration officials somehow added

a journalist to a signal group chat in which they discussed secret plans for military strikes in Yemen.

At a White House hearing today, Democrats disputed the

administration's claims. The information wasn't classified and called for people to be held accountable.

Here's NPR's Ryan Lucas. Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee pushed Director of

National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe for answers, particularly

after the full group chat chain was made public by the Atlantic.

It showed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texting details on timing, weapons, and attack sequencing of the U.S.

airstrikes in Yemen. Here's Colorado Democrat Jason Crow.

Nobody is willing to come to us and say this was wrong. This was a breach of security and we won't do it again.

Crow, who is a former U.S. Army Ranger, said the refusal to accept responsibility is outrageous

and a leadership failure. And he called on Defense Secretary Pete Higsef to resign.

Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington. NPR CEO, Catherine Marr, chairs the board of the Signal Foundation, the nonprofit that supports the app.

The Social Security Administration says it is revising a new policy that would have required some beneficiaries to prove their identity in person.

NPR's Ashley Lopez reports agency officials say they're responding to pushback.

Social Security officials say they have responding to pushback. Social Security officials

say they have listened to concerns raised by beneficiaries, members of Congress, as well as advocates

in the past week. Agency officials had announced that starting at the end of the month, people who

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