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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
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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
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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
‘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
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
‘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
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.
‘The first bombs will definitely drop’: Full text of US military group chat scandal revealed
The Atlantic released the operational details sent by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to the breached Signal group after the Trump administration insisted the information wasn’t classified.
- Michael Koziol
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It’s jaw-dropping gall from team Trump, who just can’t admit a mistake
The Trump administration’s attempt to manage the Signal group chat scandal has run the full gamut of downplay, disparage and deny – but not convincingly.
- Michael Koziol
Harmless ‘glitch’: Trump brushes off inclusion of journalist to military group chat
Two top national security leaders who were members of the highly sensitive Signal group chat discussing airstrikes in Yemen fronted a Senate hearing, denying that classified information had been shared.
- Michael Koziol
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