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US President Donald Trump shows an executive order withdrawing his country from a number of United Nations bodies. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images)

Trump's anti-trans agenda at the UN

Lisa Song - ProPublica
President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz (R), takes a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office on March 13, 2025. (Getty Images Andrew Harnick)

Dems tear into Waltz over Signalgate

Cheyenne McNeill
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (R) and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attend an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump nominates Waltz for UN ambassador

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz (R), takes a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office on March 13, 2025. (Getty Images Andrew Harnick)

Waltz out as national security adviser

Natalie Chandler
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Florida's Republican state Sen. Randy Fine speaks with the media after winning the 6th District race to replace GOP former Rep. Michael Waltz, who is now President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on April 01, 2025 in Ormond Beach, Florida. Mr. Fine beat his Democratic opponent, Josh Weil. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Fine wins Florida special election

Alex Galbraith
Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Team Trump now stranded without a Signal

Brian Karem
The Signal app logo can be seen through a magnifying glass on the display of a smartphone on February 19, 2025. (Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The Atlantic reveals full Signal texts

Nicholas Liu
Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller (R) walks behind U.S. President Donald Trump as he talks to reporters before they depart the White House June 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The most chilling lesson of Signalgate

Heather Digby Parton
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (R) and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attend an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Waltz denial reveals Yemen leak strategy

Alex Galbraith
Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth leaves a meeting with Republican Senators at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2024. (Allison Robbert for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Atlantic editor may share Yemen texts

Alex Galbraith
U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, listen to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"It happens": GOP shrugs off Yemen leak

Nicholas Liu
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense a luncheon following the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

War planning by emoji

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump admin leaked Yemen war plans

Alex Galbraith
A police car patrols a road in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 9, 2025. (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Greenland builds up police presence

Tatyana Tandanpolie
U.S. President Donald Trump gives his inaugural address after being sworn in at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump adviser talks Canada annexation

Alex Galbraith
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Alarm over Trump NSC loyalty tests

Griffin Eckstein
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Committee ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations on Capitol Hill September 6, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Graham warns allies over ICC warrant

Griffin Eckstein
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