President Donald Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aboard the USS George Washington, announcing missile deliveries to Japan's Self-Defense Forces.

Military service members have remained on duty during the government shutdown because they are considered essential.

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The Trump administration said Monday it has provided seven separate classified briefings on US military strikes on alleged drug boats, even as lawmakers have said they have not received the information they want.

Pressure on Congress to resolve the impasse intensified Monday when the nation’s largest federal employee union urged lawmakers to immediately pass a funding bill.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the United States will not be able to pay service members by the middle of next month if the government shutdown is prolonged. “We were able to pay the

Days earlier the Pentagon’s boss, Pete Hegseth, had ordered her to sail to the Caribbean, part of a vast and unexplained military build-up in the region. By early October, more than ten percent of all deployed American naval assets were located in the area controlled by the Pentagon’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM),

The 3rd Infantry Division took command of Army operations in the Black Sea region with a task force of soldiers dispatched to Romania.