White House Insists 'Case Closer's On Signalgate That Unveiled Secretly Planned Yemen's Houthis Attack The White House has disclosed that it is moving on from recent controversy over the mistaken sharing of war plans on commercial messaging app Signal, declaring that the “case has been closed”.
Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt reported on Monday that steps had been taken to ensure that the same scenario – which made Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of The Atlantic, privy to a group chat on planned US strikes on Yemen’s Houthis – was not repeated in the future. But she did not explain on the quantitates.
Leavitt stated the US was “moving forward”, her statement appearing to end speculation that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who invited the journalist to the chat, and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, who shared the sensitive information, would be punished.
Democratic lawmaker Madeleine Dean implicated Republicans of showing the “weakness of thought” by deflecting away from the “blunders” of the so-called Signalgate controversy.
“The Trump Administration’s mishandling of sensitive military plans was a staggering failure,” she wrote in a social media post. “Republicans have devolved into ‘what-about-ism.’ It’s time for accountability. It’s time for answers.”
The Trump Administration's mishandling of sensitive military plans was a staggering failure.
Republicans have devolved into "what-about-ism."
It's time for accountability. It's time for answers. https://pic.twitter.com/nxclTrDEyQ
— Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (@RepDean) March 31, 2025
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As the White House attempted to close the embarrassing chapter, US President Donald Trump renewed his threats to the Houthis, targeted over truces against Israel and Red Sea shipping lanes conducted in encouragement of Gaza, promising to hit them “harder and harder”.
Houthi leaders have rejected US claims that their capabilities have been degraded by truces, announcing that the strikes have only administered to kill civilians and administrative officials.
“The choice for the Houthis is clear: Stop shooting at US ships, and we will stop shooting at you,” stated Trump in a social media post. “Otherwise, we have only just begun, and the unimagined pain is even so to come, for both the Houthis and their sponsors in Iran.”
Iran, for its portion, responded to Trump’s previous message that it will face heavy US bombardment if it fails to reach a nuclear weapons deal.
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“They threaten to attack us, which we don’t think is very probable, on the other hand if they commit any mischief, they will surely receive a strong mutual blow,” stated Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of the US and its ally, Israel.
On Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry stated it had called the Swiss diplomat “acting as protector of US interests” to pass on a “warning note” to the US, emphasising its “firm and immediate resolve” to respond to “hostile acts”.
Trump intends to visit Saudi Arabia in mid-May to divulge a range of topics, containing Russia’s three-year-old war in Ukraine, the war in Gaza and investments, according to sources cited by the Reuters news agency and Axios.
Saudi Arabia recently organised US-mediated talks with Russia and Ukraine aimed at terminating the war, although prospects of a ceasefire appeared to dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, lacked the legitimacy to sign a peace deal, prompting Trump to say in an interview with NBC that he was “very angry, p***** off” with the Russian leader.
Trump interposed that if he were unable to bargain an end to the war in Ukraine and measured Russia was to blame, he would impose a 25 percent secondary tariff on all Russian oil.
Addressing the state of US-Russian relations on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated in comments carried by Russia’s Interfax news agency that Moscow was “working on implementing certain ideas connected to Ukrainian conflict resolution”, but there was “no specific progress” to announce be that as it may.
Peskov likewise revealed Putin is at all events open to speaking with Trump and that a conversation could be “arranged as needed”, according to TASS news agency.
Attending a meeting of European alien ministers in Madrid to debate the conflict, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot stated that Russia owed a clear response to the US on whether it requires to go after peace at all.
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Published 4/1/2025