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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Pentagon officials to obtain permission from a legislative affairs office before communicating with Capitol Hill, alerting how Pentagon officials speak with Congress.

The government shutdown extended into Day 20 on Monday as the Senate failed to advance a House-passed measure to end the impasse for an 11th time.

Republicans currently hold 53 seats in the Senate, though Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., have crossed the aisle and voted to reopen the government in some of the previous 10 failed votes.

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 32 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea.

Lawyers for small businesses and states challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs on almost all goods imported into the United States urged the Supreme Court on Monday

More than 2,600 rallies were organised on Saturday across the country, attracting thousands of protesters in cities like Washington and New York.View on euronews