Government Accountability

Mike Waltz Faces Senate Scrutiny Over Signal Chat Leak Amid National Security Concerns

By Economics Desk | July 16, 2025

Mike Waltz, Trump’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the UN, defends his controversial use of a Signal chat group to discuss Yemen bombings, raising serious questions about national security protocols under both Trump and Biden administrations.

In a revealing Senate hearing this week, Mike Waltz, President Trump's nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, found himself under intense scrutiny over a troubling lapse in national security protocol. Previously serving as White House National Security Advisor under Trump, Waltz admitted to using a commercial encrypted app, Signal, to coordinate sensitive military operations related to bombings in Yemen. This controversial communication included an unintended participant — a journalist from The Atlantic — who later published exclusive details of the confidential discussion. While Waltz insists there was no classified information shared, this incident exposes glaring vulnerabilities in how...

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