The Atlantic on Wednesday published screenshots of the infamous group chat on the text messaging app Signal, which featured top-ranking US government officials discussing plans to strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen. Despite the White House confirming the authenticity of the group chat, which included US Vice President JD Vance and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, as well as The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, Hegseth insisted the officials involved did not reveal any war plans or classified information.