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Trump officials texted war plans to journalist by accident

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Tara Copp, Aamer Madhani and Eric Tucker

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Top national security officials for US President Donald Trump, including his defence secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported.

The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be authentic”.

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