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.

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,

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.