Congress lines up to grill Trump officials on secret Signal chat

• The Senate Intelligence Committee gets first crack at DNI Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Tuesday. The two were among the 18 people on the Signal group chat revealed today by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg.
• House Intel goes on Wednesday with the same crew. Top Democrat Jim Himes (D-Conn.) is already vowing to grill them on the story.
• Look for Dems to focus heavily on The Atlantic article at both hearings, per sources involved with the plans.

Zoom in: "This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday.

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth "the most unqualified person to ever lead the Pentagon in American history."
• Hegseth was in the Signal group chat revealed Monday, along with Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the chat's organizer, national security adviser Mike Waltz.
• In it, Hegseth shared potentially classified details of a strike plan in Yemen, including targets and timing, two hours ahead of time.

Hegseth called Goldberg "highly discredited," among other insults. "Nobody was texting war plans and that's all I have to say," Hegseth told reporters.

Between the lines: We're just a month removed from Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) accusing Hegseth of a "rookie mistake" for comments on Ukraine.

• Wicker will demand briefings for his committee after Monday's news, he told CNN.

The bottom line: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended the officials, calling it a "mistake" that won't "happen again." He added that Waltz and Hegseth shouldn't be punished.

Go deeper... Hegseth lashes out at The Atlantic: "Nobody was texting war plans"