The Trump administration says that Russia and Ukraine has agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea and to implement a ban on attacks on energy facilities, an apparent breakthrough after American negotiators held separate talks with both countries. If implemented, the agreements could mark a major step toward a wider deal to end the three-year-long war, which began when Russia launched a largescale invasion of its smaller neighbor. #breakingnews #news #russia #ukraine #war #ceasefire

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va) presses Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe after both refuse to answer specific questions on military plans shared in a leaked Signal group chat. When asked about the call, Gabbard downplayed its importance, saying, “There was no classified material shared." Ratcliffe gave a similar answer. #MSNBC #news #intel #hearing #classified #groupchat #military

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., slammed White House officials whom The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg reported as having been involved in a Signal group chat discussing military plans that inadvertently included him. Warner called the group chat mishap an example of "sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior, particularly towards classified information." "Putting aside for a moment that classified information should never be discussed over an unclassified system, it's also just mind-boggling to me that all these senior folks were on this line, and nobody bothered even to check," Warner said, referring to Goldberg having been included in the discussion. "Security hygiene 101: Who are all the names?" #news #military #politics #washington #whitehouse

President Donald Trump stood by his national security adviser, Mike Waltz, after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief was accidentally added to a private, high-level chat on the messaging app Signal where military plans were being discussed. "Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man," Trump said Tuesday in a phone interview with NBC News' Garrett Haake. #MSNBC #Trump #leak #nationalsecurity #Waltz #breakingnews #military

BREAKING: Trump admin. asks SCOTUS to block ruling that requires fired employees to be reinstated #breakingnews #news #trump #SCOTUS #politics #washington