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Full Signal Chat Released |
The Atlantic released the full Signal group chat between US national security leaders yesterday, providing more details about the recent security breach as intelligence officials continued testifying before the House Intelligence Committee (see previous write-up).
The group chat between 18 senior officials, including national security advisor Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accidentally added The Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to its chain discussing military strategy. Screenshots from the text conversation on Signal, an open-source messaging app, revealed sensitive military information, including the planned timeline for warplane launches and weapon details for an attack against Yemeni Houthi rebels before US military personnel were airborne. Senate Democrats argue the new details contradict claims from Tuesday’s testimonies that no classified information was shared in the group. The White House and intelligence chiefs maintain nothing classified was posted.
Days after the text exchanges, a Pentagon-wide advisory warned of vulnerability within Signal, claiming it was a target of Russian hacking groups. |
The 2025 Major League Baseball season begins today, with 28 of the league's 30 teams taking the field (see schedule). The action starts with the Milwaukee Brewers heading to the New York Yankees (3 pm ET, ESPN), with marquee matchups including the Boston Red Sox at the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Dodgers hosting the Detroit Tigers (7 pm ET, ESPN). See a full rundown here.
One of the biggest storylines entering the season is whether the defending champion Dodgers can repeat as World Series winners and break the all-time single-year wins record. The feat is held by the 1906 Chicago Cubs at 116 wins (tied by the 2001 Seattle Mariners)—but Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas has said he thinks the club could win 120 games this year. Meanwhile, the Yankees—who lost to the Dodgers in last year's World Series—look to rebound from a Game Five meltdown that led to the series loss.
Two teams—the (formerly Oakland) Athletics and the Tampa Bay Rays—will spend their seasons without a home stadium as they transition locations.
Separately, learn how the sport became the nation's pastime here. |
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld regulations of ghost gun kits, or disassembled guns designed to be built at home. The 2022 rule treats dealers and manufacturers of the kits as subject to the 1968 Gun Control Act, requiring them to place traceable serial numbers on kit parts, conduct background checks on potential buyers, and more.
Law enforcement has recorded a steep rise in privately made firearms recovered at crime scenes since 2016 (see stats), prompting the Biden administration to regulate them. Gun rights advocates challenged the rule, arguing the kits are for hobbyists and do not meet the definition of a firearm as written in the 1968 act. In his majority opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch claimed the ease with which the kits are assembled —in many cases in less than 30 minutes—meets the act’s definition of a firearm.
In separate dissents, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito argued disassembled kits do not meet the statutory definition. During oral arguments, Alito had suggested viewing a ghost gun kit as a firearm is like calling eggs, ham, and onions an omelet. See case history here. |
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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture |
> NCAA men's basketball tournament Sweet 16 round kicks off today; see full schedule and preview (More) | Previously announced National Women's Soccer League franchise renamed Boston Legacy FC (More) |
> YouTube tops Disney for first time on Nielsen's TV distributor rankings, which aggregates total TV viewership by media company (More) |
> Lady Gaga announces her first arena concert tour since 2018 with dates revealed for North America and Europe (More) | Yolanda Saldívar, woman convicted of 1995 murder of music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, up for parole for first time after serving 30 years in prison (More) |
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> Mathematician Masaki Kashiwara awarded the 2025 Abel Prize—the field's equivalent to the Nobel Prize—for his work in bringing together multiple types of math to investigate the concept of symmetry (More) |
> New study reveals how individual cells respond to stress, and the mechanisms that lead to either cell death or resumption of normal activity; findings may lead to new treatments for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases (More) |
> Research finds obesity reduces the amount of neurotensin, a brain chemical involved in pleasure response, suggesting the body has a built-in mechanism to counter overeating (More) |
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> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -1.1%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -2.1%) (More) | President Donald Trump announces 25% tariffs on imported cars, up from current tariffs of 2.5%; nearly half of cars sold in the US are imported (More) | Wall Street posts record $47.5B in bonuses for 2024 (More) |
> GameStop shares close up 12% after retailer says it will invest corporate cash into bitcoin; follows move by software company MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin (More) | Everything you want to know about bitcoin (1440 Topics) |
> Dollar Tree selling Family Dollar brand for roughly $1B to private equity firms Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management (More) |
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> Federal appeals court holds temporary block on use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations (More) | Senate confirms Marty Makary as head of the Food and Drug Administration by vote of 56-44 (More) | Vice President JD Vance, second lady Usha Vance to visit US Space Force outpost in Greenland tomorrow (More) |
> Death toll rises to 24 from deadliest wildfires in southeastern South Korea; over 27,000 people evacuated and an ancient Buddhist temple among 200 buildings damaged or destroyed (More) | South Korea's government found responsible for decades of fraud and abuse in foreign adoption program, per report (More) |
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