The chat app, which is run by a nonprofit foundation, has been downloaded 220 million times. Here’s what to know about Signal, including who owns it and whether it’s safe to use.

If the first leak was a lapse, the second looks like a pattern. And patterns — especially those that risk lives — are rarely tolerated long in Washington, even in a Trump-led administration where loyalty often trumps protocol.

President Donald Trump defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, a day after a report again scrutinized Hegseth’s use of group messaging to discuss sensitive military attack plans. “He is doing a great job,