Journalist accidentally texted classified war plan, says White House

The White House on Monday confirmed that a journalist was included in a text group in which US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others planned military strikes in Yemen.

"We are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain," National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes said.

The Atlantic magazine published a story by editor Jeffrey Goldberg which said that "US national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn't think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling."

President Donald Trump said he knew nothing about the incident.

"I don't know anything about it," Trump told reporters when questioned on the apparent security breach. "You're telling me about it for the first time."