President Donald Trump's administration faces backlash amid leaked war plans. An injury to one of basketball's biggest stars shakes up March Madness. And Ukraine and Russia are making progress in a limited truce. |
👋 How's it going? Rebecca Morin here. Let me guide you through Tuesday's news. |
President Donald Trump expressed confidence in his national security team even as Democrats in Congress demanded answers after an explosive report that top officials discussed sensitive information about U.S. airstrikes in Yemen in a Signal group chat that included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. Democrats and some Republicans said the leak raises questions about the possible mishandling of national security information, which federal law dictates should be shared only through the government's own approved, secure platforms. |
What they're saying: CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that their multi-day chat two weeks ago did not discuss the kind of specific operational details that could be considered classified. But Goldberg says the chat did include those types of details. 📱 Follow today's updates. | Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence, center, John Ratcliffe, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, right, and Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, left, arrive for a Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing Tuesday. Jack Gruber, USA TODAY |
JuJu's season-ending injury |
Southern California has lost its JuJu. That is USC women's basketball star JuJu Watkins, who suffered a season-ending knee injury Monday night that could drastically change the Trojans' fortunes and even the outcome of the entire women's NCAA Tournament. Watkins, considered the biggest star in the sport, helped lead USC to a No. 1 seed in March Madness for the second straight year. 🏀 What to know about Watkins' injury. | USC Trojans guard JuJu Watkins grabs her knee after falling to the floor during an NCAA Tournament second round game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Galen Center. Robert Hanashiro, Imagn Images |
Russia, Ukraine agree to new limited truce |
One step closer to a ceasefire. Ukraine and Russia expanded a limited ceasefire on each country's energy facilities to now include the Black Sea after U.S.-led talks in Saudi Arabia. The limited truce would ensure safe navigation of the Black Sea. Though the countries did not say when the agreement would take effect, if implemented it would represent the clearest progress toward a wider ceasefire to the 3-year-old war in Ukraine. 👉 What a limited truce means. |
Oscar-winning director released after alleged Israeli settler ambush |
Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, who co-directed the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," was reportedly released Tuesday after being attacked by a group of Israeli settlers and then taken into police custody. The Israeli Defense Forces said Monday that it had responded to an incident of "mutual rock hurling" between Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank village of Susya. According to Ballal's co-director, Basel Adra, and several eyewitness accounts, Ballal was beaten by more than a dozen Israeli settlers, then taken handcuffed and blindfolded from his home in a military vehicle. "No Other Land" follows the destruction of Masafer Yatta, Adra's community in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 👉 What to know about the incident. | Hamdan Ballal holds his Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for "No Other Land" at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 2. ANGELA WEISS, AFP via Getty Images |
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