"Saturday Night Live" opened its show this weekend with an aggressive Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, played by Colin Jost, giving a press conference about recent boat strikes. | CNN

CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports from the White House as President Donald Trump reacts to election night wins for Democrats, railing against his party for not yet eliminating the filibuster to bring the government shutdown to an end. | CNN

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pushed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during Monday’s briefing over who is to blame if federal workers are laid off during the government shutdown. “The president said yesterday that Democrats will be to blame if federal workers lose their jobs,” Collins began. “Historically, though in past shutdowns, workers have been furloughed, not laid off en masse. So, wouldn’t that be the president’s call to lay people off? “As I’ve said repeatedly, Kaitlan, this convers

CNN's Kaitlan Collins discusses the latest changes to the White House – this time, a gold-scripted "Oval Office" sign right outside the Oval Office. | CNN Politics