The Pentagon’s acting inspector general will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal app to coordinate strike plans against Houthi militants, raising security and records concerns.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal group chat with other national security officials to discuss plans for airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen will be investigated, the Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday.

Sources tell PEOPLE that President Donald Trump has asked around about his next steps following the scandal in which journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added to a private national security gro

The use of the Signal messaging app by top Trump officials came to light after The Atlantic's editor was added to a group chat about planned Houthi strikes.

"President Trump continues to have the utmost confidence in his national security team," the White House said in response to the breach.

A public watchdog group has launched the first lawsuit over the Trump administration’s use of Signal to discuss war plans, HuffPost has learned.

Live has been accused of 'slander' after the show's latest episode took aim at Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in a sketch poking fun at the Signal group chat debacle.

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.