Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth divulged classified information in March from battlefield commanders about the U.S. attack on Houthi rebels in a chat on the commercial messaging app Signal, according to a U.S. official.

Exclusive: The Pentagon's independent watchdog has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a classified email labeled "SECRET/NOFORN."

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