Natalie Kitroeff

The Pentagon's internal inquiry centered on Hegseth's role in a group chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app, where he discussed imminent strikes in Yemen with other senior Trump officials.

The chat became public because a journalist was added to the group by mistake.

Today's episode was produced by Diana Nguyen, Nina Feldman, and Stella Tan.

It was edited by M.J.

Davis-Lynn and Michael Benoit, contains music by Alisha E. Toop and Marion Lozano, and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley.

That's it for The Daily.

I'm Natalie Kitchoeth.

See you tomorrow.

I've got four kids, and my wife and I decided a few months ago that we needed to pack up and move.

We actually feel like asylum seekers in our own country.

Our hope is that in Connecticut, the powers that be will be able to protect us.

I don't know, the whole thing is heartbreaking.

My wife cried a bunch this morning because we're going to do a big farewell party this afternoon and do a little country boil and say our goodbyes.

All the best.

From The New York Times, I'm Natalie Kitrow.

This is The Daily.

Since coming into office, President Trump has thrown the full weight of the federal government behind denying the very idea of transgender identity and pushing to prevent trans minors from getting gender-affirming medical treatments.

In the middle of all that are families scrambling to figure out how to best support their children without becoming targets of the government.

Today, we talk to one of those families.

It's Friday, November 21st.