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Today's Big Stories

1. Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor 'glitch'

President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen's Houthis this month to a group chat that included a journalist, saying it was "the only glitch in two months" of his administration as Democratic lawmakers heaped criticism on the administration for handling highly sensitive information carelessly.

But the use of messaging app Signal to discuss a sensitive operation has opened the administration to blistering criticism from Democratic lawmakers who expressed outrage at the White House and senior administration officials' insistence that no classified information was shared. Senior administration officials have struggled to explain why the publicly available app was used to discuss such a delicate matter.

2. Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in case over deportations under wartime law

The Trump administration on Monday invoked a "state secrets privilege" and refused to give a federal judge any additional information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law — a case that has become a flashpoint amid escalating tension with the federal courts.

The declaration comes as U.S. District Judge James Boasberg weighs whether the government defied his order to turn around planes carrying migrants after he blocked deportations of people alleged to be gang members without due process.

Boasberg, the chief judge of the federal district court in Washington, has asked for details about when the planes landed and who was on board, information that the Trump administration asserts would harm "diplomatic and national security concerns." 

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador on March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)

3. Trump intel officials testify on threat from drug cartels as Dems press them on leak of attack plans

The Trump administration's top intelligence officials stressed to Congress the threat they said was posed by international criminal gangs, drug cartels and human smuggling, testifying in a hearing Tuesday.

The annual hearing on worldwide threats before the Senate Intelligence Committee offered a glimpse of the new administration's reorienting of priorities. It comes when President Donald Trump has opened a new line of communication with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and has focused national security attention closer to home to counter violent crime that officials link to cross-border drug trafficking.

4. Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army

Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land” on Monday in the occupied West Bank before he was detained by the Israeli military, according to two of his fellow directors and other witnesses.

The filmmaker, Hamdan Ballal, was one of three Palestinians detained in the village of Susiya, according to attorney Lea Tsemmel. Police told her they're being held at a military base for medical treatment and she said she hasn't been able to speak with them.

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What’s cooking at Globe Life Field? New dishes at Rangers games

The Texas Rangers unveiled its new concession items for the 2025 MLB season, including the new Boomstick Burrito.

Following in the footsteps of the Boomstick Hotdog and Boomstick Burger, the Boomstick Burrito is a 26-inch flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, meat, nacho cheese, pico de gallo, lettuce and sour cream.