The Trump administration sought to put the scandal over its use of the Signal messaging app behind it on Monday, calling it case closed, even as the breach provoked bipartisan criticism and opened up divisions inside the White House.

When Donald Trump selected Mike Waltz to serve as national security adviser, the choice was widely seen as win-win: A combat veteran with four Bronze Stars would bring his judgment to the White House and his deep-red Florida House district was safe in Republican hands.

Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic's top editor who was included in a Signal chat of Trump administration officials discussing plans for a military strike, pushed back Sunday on National Security Advisor Michael Waltz's claims that the two have never spoken.

"My phone number was in his phone because my phone number is in his phone," Jeffrey Goldberg says of Mike Waltz The post The Atlantic Editor Is ‘Not Intimidated’ by Trump Administration’s Tactics Over Signal Text Scandal | Video appeared first on TheWrap.

Among the many messages revealed in the Trump administration's Signal group chat about a military strike on Yemen were a few celebrating the move with just emojis, which deeply disturbed "Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver.