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Good morning. It's Friday, March 28th. I'm Shemitah Basu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, senior administration officials have been ordered to preserve the signal group chat involving military strikes on Yemen. Trump pulls his nominee for United Nations ambassador. And major cuts are coming to the Department of Health and Human Services. Let's start with the Signal chat.

Good morning. It's Friday, March 28th. I'm Shemitah Basu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, senior administration officials have been ordered to preserve the signal group chat involving military strikes on Yemen. Trump pulls his nominee for United Nations ambassador. And major cuts are coming to the Department of Health and Human Services. Let's start with the Signal chat.

Good morning. It's Friday, March 28th. I'm Shemitah Basu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, senior administration officials have been ordered to preserve the signal group chat involving military strikes on Yemen. Trump pulls his nominee for United Nations ambassador. And major cuts are coming to the Department of Health and Human Services. Let's start with the Signal chat.

It's been another busy week in Washington as the administration deals with the fallout from mistakenly inviting Atlantic journalist and editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg into a Signal group chat in which they explicitly debated and laid out detailed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen, an attack which killed dozens of people, including children.

It's been another busy week in Washington as the administration deals with the fallout from mistakenly inviting Atlantic journalist and editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg into a Signal group chat in which they explicitly debated and laid out detailed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen, an attack which killed dozens of people, including children.

It's been another busy week in Washington as the administration deals with the fallout from mistakenly inviting Atlantic journalist and editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg into a Signal group chat in which they explicitly debated and laid out detailed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen, an attack which killed dozens of people, including children.

The story prompted questions in congressional hearings, denials and mixed messaging from the administration, and a bipartisan request for an inspector general to investigate the matter. On Thursday, a judge ordered administration officials to preserve the messages on that chat.

The story prompted questions in congressional hearings, denials and mixed messaging from the administration, and a bipartisan request for an inspector general to investigate the matter. On Thursday, a judge ordered administration officials to preserve the messages on that chat.

The story prompted questions in congressional hearings, denials and mixed messaging from the administration, and a bipartisan request for an inspector general to investigate the matter. On Thursday, a judge ordered administration officials to preserve the messages on that chat.

This all comes as the administration continues its immigration crackdown, and the president suggests fundamentally changing the rules around voting. To help us take stock of a flurry of news stories this week, we called up Politico's White House bureau chief, Dasha Burns. Hey, Dasha, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Let's begin with the fallout from this Signal chat.

This all comes as the administration continues its immigration crackdown, and the president suggests fundamentally changing the rules around voting. To help us take stock of a flurry of news stories this week, we called up Politico's White House bureau chief, Dasha Burns. Hey, Dasha, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Let's begin with the fallout from this Signal chat.

This all comes as the administration continues its immigration crackdown, and the president suggests fundamentally changing the rules around voting. To help us take stock of a flurry of news stories this week, we called up Politico's White House bureau chief, Dasha Burns. Hey, Dasha, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Let's begin with the fallout from this Signal chat.

It does seem like the administration has been scrambling in their response. Mike Waltz, the national security advisor, has taken responsibility for the mess up. Responsibility-ish, I would say. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he did say, I built the chat. And he also said that we will look into the matter further. Right. Doesn't know how the number got into his phone or how the number got into the group chat.

It does seem like the administration has been scrambling in their response. Mike Waltz, the national security advisor, has taken responsibility for the mess up. Responsibility-ish, I would say. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he did say, I built the chat. And he also said that we will look into the matter further. Right. Doesn't know how the number got into his phone or how the number got into the group chat.

It does seem like the administration has been scrambling in their response. Mike Waltz, the national security advisor, has taken responsibility for the mess up. Responsibility-ish, I would say. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he did say, I built the chat. And he also said that we will look into the matter further. Right. Doesn't know how the number got into his phone or how the number got into the group chat.

Right. Right. Meanwhile, we're hearing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others try to deflect blame onto the journalist here, Goldberg, attacking his character, attacking his credentials. And then you have President Trump saying the whole thing is being overblown. But I mean, you and I and everyone can read the messages that were exchanged with our own eyes.

Right. Right. Meanwhile, we're hearing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others try to deflect blame onto the journalist here, Goldberg, attacking his character, attacking his credentials. And then you have President Trump saying the whole thing is being overblown. But I mean, you and I and everyone can read the messages that were exchanged with our own eyes.

Right. Right. Meanwhile, we're hearing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others try to deflect blame onto the journalist here, Goldberg, attacking his character, attacking his credentials. And then you have President Trump saying the whole thing is being overblown. But I mean, you and I and everyone can read the messages that were exchanged with our own eyes.

We can clearly see that there was extremely sensitive material involved behind the scenes. Are you hearing more concern from people close to the administration than they're letting on?