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Live updates: National security leaders face questions on Signal leak during House hearing

Follow the latest news from President Donald Trump and his administration | March 26, 2025

Edited By MICHAEL WARREN and BRIDGETBROWN

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe are facing more questioning before Congress about how a journalist was added to a group chat in which they discussed American military strikes in Yemen.

Other news we’re following:

The Atlantic releases the Signal chat: The messages shared Wednesday show that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact times of warplane launches, strike packages and targets — before the men and women flying those attacks were airborne.
Trump orders overhaul of U.S. elections: The sweeping executive action signed Tuesday requires proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demands that all ballots be received by Election Day.
Supreme Court considers test of federal regulatory power: The Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a major legal fight over the $8 billion in annual federal funding to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas.

Researchers in limbo as Columbia bows to Trump’s demands in bid to restore $400M federal funding

Police officers stand guard outside Columbia University, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

When Trump canceled $400 million in funding to Columbia University over its handling of student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, much of the financial pain fell on researchers a train ride away from the school’s campus, working on things like curing cancer and studying COVID-19’s impact on children.The urgency of salvaging ongoing research projects at the university’s labs and world-renowned medical center was one factor in Columbia’s decision last week to bow to the Republican administration’s unprecedented demands for changes in university policy as a condition of getting funding restored.The university’s decision to accede to nearly all of the Trump administration’s demands outraged some faculty members, who say Columbia has sacrificed academic freedom. The American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers, representing members of Columbia’s faculty, filed a lawsuit Tuesday saying the funding revocation violated free speech laws.Scientific and medical researchers are appalled that their work was drawn into the debate to begin with.▶ Read more about the impact on researchers at Columbia

Change in itinerary for JD Vance brings cautious relief for Greenland and Denmark

By JOSH BOAK, DAVID KEYTON

Vice President JD Vance leaves after speaking at the Congressional Cities Conference of the National League of Cities on Monday, March 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Greenland and Denmark appeared cautiously relieved early Wednesday by the news that Vance and his wife are changing their itinerary for their visit to Greenland Friday, reducing the likelihood that they will cross paths with residents angered by the Trump administration’s attempts to annex the vast Arctic island, a semi-autonomous Danish territory.

The couple will now visit the U.S. Space Force outpost at Pituffik, on the northwest coast of Greenland, instead of Usha Vance’s previously announced solo trip to the Avannaata Qimussersu dogsled race in Sisimiut.

The vice president’s decision to visit a U.S. military base in Greenland has removed the risk of violating potential diplomatic taboos by sending a delegation to another country without an official invitation. But Vance has also criticized longstanding European allies for relying on military support from the United States, openly antagonizing partners in ways that have generated concerns about the reliability of the U.S.

The so-called “Big Six” meet at Treasury to discuss Trump-era tax cuts

By FATIMA HUSSEIN

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with the so-called “Big 6" group at U.S. Treasury Tuesday.

The group includes White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Majority Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith.

A Treasury readout of the meeting states that the group discussed permanently extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

“I am dedicated to working with Congress in making permanent President Trump’s historic tax cuts and reviving the American dream,” Bessent said in a statement. “Today’s productive meeting gives me confidence that a swift timeframe is achievable.“

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Trump’s executive order on elections is far-reaching. But will it actually stick?

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Supervisor of the Checklist for the State of New Hampshire Leslie Dombroski, left, registers Elise Collins, 18, to vote in Derry, N.H., Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)

Trump’s executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run in the U.S. is vast in scope and holds the potential to reorder the voting landscape across the country, even as it faces almost certain litigation.

He wants to require voters to show proof that they are U.S. citizens before they can register for federal elections, count only mail or absentee ballots received by Election Day, set new rules for voting equipment and prohibit non-U.S. citizens from being able to donate in certain elections.

A basic question underlying the sweeping actions he signed Tuesday: Can he do it, given that the Constitution gives wide leeway to the states to develop their own election procedures? Here are some of the main points of the executive order and questions it raises.