Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. operations and troops at risk during a strike in Yemen by sending sensitive information to a Signal groupchat on an unapproved device, a Pentagon watchdog concluded in a long-awaited report.

Why it matters: The March bombshell from the The Atlantic that its editor-in-chief was inadvertently included in a Trump administration Signal chat on airstrikes in Yemen has haunted Hegseth and sparked questions about his handling of sensitive information for months. • A House Democrat announced Wednesday that he plans to introduce a longshot effort to impeach Hegseth, in part citing the Signal fiasco.

Driving the news: Hegseth "created a risk to operational security that could have resulted in failed U.S. mission objectives and potential harm to U.S. pilots

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