Trump stands behind Hegseth, White House says

WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump stands behind U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, after reports that he shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.

The revelations of a second Signal chat raise more questions about Hegseth's use of an unclassified messaging system to share highly sensitive security details and come at a particularly delicate moment for him, with senior officials ousted from the Pentagon last week as part of an internal leak investigation.