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Trump Administration Denies That Signal Chat Shared Classified Info

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

44K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Mar. 25. The White House and top intelligence officials denied that classified information about military strikes in Yemen were shared on a group chat. Plus, Forever 21 is closing its 350 stores, and mall owners are looking forward to it. WSJ real estate reporter Kate King explains why. And for the first time in a decade, no CEOs got $100 million payouts in 2024 so far. Special writer Theo Francis tells us about the rise of the nine-figure payout. Alex Ossola hosts. Listen: What You Can Learn From LinkedIn Influencers to Boost Your Brand Online Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.4

The Trump administration denies that a signal chat shared classified details with a journalist.

0:39.2

Plus, President Trump has been dismantling the Education Department well before he signed an executive order.

0:44.8

Certainly, we've seen hollowing out of other agencies to a much more extreme level than at the

0:50.4

education department, but they have made some dramatic downsizing,

0:54.4

and they have challenged legal limits.

0:56.9

And why mall owners are looking forward to Forever 21 closing its doors.

1:01.8

It's Tuesday, March 25th.

1:03.7

I'm Alex Osloaf for the Wall Street Journal.

1:06.0

This is the PM edition of What's News,

1:08.2

the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

1:16.3

The White House and two top intelligence officials have denied that classified materials

1:20.8

about military strikes in Yemen were shared by officials on a group chat on the non-government

1:25.6

service signal. Democrats have denounced

1:27.9

the security breach as reckless and dangerous. Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence,

1:33.3

and John Ratcliffe, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, told Congress today that

1:37.8

the chat among senior officials over a pending military strike against Houthi militants

1:42.0

didn't include classified information. The claim was

1:45.4

challenged by several senators who said it wasn't plausible that the chat could be unclassified.

1:50.4

Cash Patel, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Director, declined to say if his agency would

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