Here’s a look at what made news on March 25, 2025.

• President Donald Trump stood by his national security adviser, Mike Waltz, amidst controversy over a security breach, showing his support by inviting Waltz to the Cabinet Room.
• Morgan Matthews, a member of the Trump administration, experienced a common issue when she accidentally sent a text while asleep.
• Trump signed an executive order to enhance proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections, which critics argue could impede poor and older voters without easy access to citizenship documents.
• Senator Mark Warner criticized a chat fail on the messaging app Signal as “plain sloppiness” during a heated Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.
• Trump has declassified materials from the FBI’s 2016 investigation into his campaign and Russia, marking another instance of using his office to revisit past political issues.
• Chief executives of NPR and PBS were summoned to testify on Capitol Hill about the federal funding their organizations receive.
• Vice President JD Vance announced a change in his itinerary, deciding to accompany his wife, second lady Usha Vance, on a trip to Greenland.
• The Signal breach caused a stir in national security, with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard answering senators’ questions.
• An executive order from Trump mandates new voter identification requirements to prove U.S. citizenship for voting in federal elections.
• Trump’s administration faces scrutiny after a group chat leak revealing sensitive information about U.S. war plans with a journalist present.
• Despite a decrease in fentanyl overdose deaths, smuggling and drug cartels are still considered top threats to U.S. security by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
• A Signal chat involving Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth discussing airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen was accidentally exposed, revealing a costly error by the Trump administration.
• Trump signed an executive action to overhaul U.S. elections, including requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and insisting all ballots be received.
• Trump dismissed the significance of a text leak involving sensitive military plans and lambasted the journalist added to the chat.
• GOP lawmakers are considering measures to limit the influence of courts and judges following numerous rulings against the Trump administration.
• Trump’s nominee to lead the Social Security Administration promised to improve customer service, reduce payment errors, and protect personal information.
• Republicans are planning to counter judicial actions they believe unfairly target Trump and his administration.
• Trump’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, announced the launch of a dollar-pegged stablecoin named USD1 after raising over half a billion dollars from a separate digital token.
• Trump granted a pardon to Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, who was convicted for defrauding a Native American tribe.