Trump officials planned a military strike over Signal – with a magazine editor on the line

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers remarks to the press during a meeting with UK Defense Secretary John Healey at the Pentagon on March 6, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. | Image: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Getting added to the wrong group chat is a common problem, but what if that group chat is describing an upcoming military strike? That’s what happened to The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who was added to a Signal group chat formed by high-ranking members of the Trump...