Zoom in: Trump wrote on Truth Social that he ordered the U.S. military to launch "decisive and powerful" action against the Houthis because "they have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones,"

The Atlantic on Wednesday released the entire Signal chat among senior national security officials, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches and when bombs would drop — before the men and women flying those attacks against Yemen’s Houthis this month on behalf of the United States were airborne.

Read a line-by-line analysis of the war plans shared over a Signal group chat, with additional reporting and context from CNN national security reporters.

The Atlantic has released the text messages that include attack plans on Houthi rebels in Yemen, messages that its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg received after being inadvertently added to a group text chain on Signal that included many of the highest-ranking officials in the Trump administration.

Democratic lawmakers swiftly blasted the misstep saying it was a breach of U.S. national security and a violation of law that must be investigated by Congress.