Her quotes capped off a remarkable, weeklong stretch that began after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported that he’d been added to a Signal group chat with senior White House defense officials, including Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in which the officials discussed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen.

When Donald Trump selected Mike Waltz to serve as national security adviser, the choice was widely seen as win-win: A combat veteran with four Bronze Stars would bring his judgment to the White House and his deep-red Florida House district was safe in Republican hands.

U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser has never used his personal email account to send classified material, the White House said, following a report that Mike Waltz and other National Security Council members used Gmail for government work.