Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen's Houthi militants that were sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders. The New York Times on Sunday reported the second chat, and a person familiar with the contents and those who received the messages confirmed it to The Associated Press. That person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said the unclassified chat included 13 people. The White House late Sunday dismissed the report as a "non-story," insisting that no classified information was shared.
The Washington Post says it won't endorse a candidate for president in this year's tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future. The decision came less than two weeks before Election Day and was immediately condemned by a former executive editor. The current publisher insisted the decision is "consistent with the values the Post has always stood for." In an article posted on the front of its website, the Post also quoted anonymous sources within the publication as saying that an endorsement of Kamala Harris over Donald Trump had been drafted but not published. Those sources told the Post reporters that the company's owner, billionaire Jeff Bezos, made the decision.
In the eyes of much of the media, Donald Trump failed to stick the landing with his acceptance speech at the Republican national convention. In a speech that lasted more than 90 minutes, Trump gave a somber and emotional recounting of the attempt on his life last weekend, then segued into an address that felt familiar to many who watch his political stump speeches. Vanity Fair said it "gave America whiplash." The attention of the political press now turns to who will oppose Trump.
