The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.

Senior Trump administration officials have been accused of using the third-party app to discuss highly sensitive national security information.

The Pentagon inspector general's office said it would evaluate Hegseth's use of Signal to discuss strikes against the Houthis.

The use of the Signal messaging app by top Trump officials came to light after The Atlantic's editor was added to a group chat about planned Houthi strikes.

The acting inspector general for the Department of Defense announced Thursday that he is investigating Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's use of a "commercially available messaging application for official business.

The Pentagon's inspector general launched a probe into the Trump administration's use of Signal to discuss a planned strike on the Houthis in Yemen.