House Democrat introducing Houthi PC Small Group Act

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) is proposed legislation, dubbed the "HOUTHI PC SMALL GROUP Act" that it would make it illegal for officials to use an outside messaging platform, such as the Signal app, "to discuss classified information."

Under Torres's proposal, nicknamed after the group chat that high-level national security officials used on the Signal app to discuss a looming airstrike on Houthi rebels in Yemen, anyone who violates the law would face up to five years in prison and fines up to $250,000...