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US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, and his wife Jennifer Rauchet.

Hegseth shared Yemen attack plans in second Signal chat with wife, brother

The existence of a second chat in which the US defence secretary shared highly sensitive military information is the latest development that has put his judgment under scrutiny.

  • Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt and Maggie Haberman

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Neo-Nazis protesting outside Senator James Paterson’s office

Coalition senator dismisses neo-Nazis outside office as ‘cosplaying losers’

Masked neo-Nazis rallied outside the Melbourne office of Coalition senator James Paterson to chant racist slogans, saying politicians “will not go unpunished”.

  • Olivia Ireland and Roy Ward
Illustration by Dionne Gain

Trump has made his choices to advantage America. We must make ours for Australia

Since World War II, there has been a high degree of alignment between Australia’s national interests and American global leadership. Not any more.

  • Stuart Rollo
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the threat during a visit to the Northern Territory on Friday.

Albanese reveals legal proceedings over ‘serious incident’

The prime minister said he contacted Peter Dutton to discuss an alleged terror plot targeting the opposition leader that was revealed on Thursday.

  • Matthew Knott
Laura Loomer talks to Stephen Bannon in February.

Trump fires six national security officials after meeting with conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer

During the 30-minute meeting, the far-right activist excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and their boss, Michael Waltz.

  • Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Ken Bensinger
A generic photo of ADF soldier (main) and Melbourne-based academic Samantha Crompvoets (inset).

Whoever wins the election, stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before

Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security, yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action – and that includes a debate on the introduction of national service.

  • Mick Ryan
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White House national security adviser Mike Waltz listens to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on March 7.

‘Should I fire him?’ Inside Trump’s deliberations after Signal debacle

For much of this past week, the US president was consumed by a single question. What should he do about national security adviser Michael Waltz?

  • Maggie Haberman and Tyler Pager
US Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at the US military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday.

Vance attacks Denmark in ‘aggressive’ visit to Greenland

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US should take over Greenland and has not ruled out the possibility of using military force to do so.

  • Benedict Smith
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, left, speaks with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth last month. Waltz added the journalist to the group chat, Hegseth divulged highly sensitive military details.

‘They screwed up’: Intel community aghast at Trump team’s security breach

For US allies, including Australia, the Signal chat scandal is another reminder that this administration cares little for established norms and protocols.

  • Michael Koziol
JD Vance and Hegseth texts

The Signal chat decoded: What Hegseth and Waltz revealed in airstrike text messages

Details of a planned US airstrike in Yemen mistakenly shared with a journalist on the messaging app Signal were almost certainly classified information, military experts say.

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