The White House on Tuesday refuted a report that war plans were discussed on a virtual group chat that a journalist accidentally joined.

The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg wrote Monday that he was invited to a March 15 Signal app chat group in which Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and national security adviser Mike Waltz discussed possible military action in Yemen against the Houthis.

Later that day, President Donald Trump ordered a series of airstrikes on the Houthi-held areas in Yemen.

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