A bipartisan pair of senators are calling on Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to hand over copies of the orders issued to strike boats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying narco-terrorists.

Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., released two letters they sent to Hegseth in recent weeks in response to the repeated strikes on suspected drug boats.

The first letter, which was issued on Sept. 23, explained the legal requirements for congressional oversight over the military's executed orders, including that congressional defense committees must be provided copies of the orders within 15 days of being issued.

"Unfortunately, the Department has not complied with this requirement," the letter reads.

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The second letter, issued on Oct. 6, seeks a written opinion from the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) on the domestic or international legal basis for conducting the strikes and related operations.

Reports indicate that the OLC produced a legal opinion justifying the strikes, which numerous lawmakers have been demanding in recent weeks.

The senators' letter also asked for a complete list "of all designated terrorist organizations and drug trafficking organizations with whom the President has determined the United States is in a non-international armed conflict and against whom lethal military force may be used."

"To date, these documents have not been submitted," Reed’s office said in a news release on Friday.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged the Trump administration to release information related to the strikes.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, criticized the administration on Thursday after it excluded Democrats from briefings on the strikes, a move he called "indefensible and dangerous."

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On Wednesday, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee also penned a letter demanding to review the legal justification behind the series of boat strikes they say appear to violate several laws.

"Drug trafficking is a terrible crime that has had devastating impacts on American families and communities and should be prosecuted. Nonetheless, the President’s actions to hold alleged drug traffickers accountable must still conform with the law," the letter states.

The strikes have also garnered scrutiny from Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who raised concerns about killing people without due process and the possibility of killing innocent people.

Paul has cited Coast Guard statistics that show a significant percentage of boats boarded for suspicion of drug trafficking are innocent.

The senator has also argued that if the administration plans to engage in a war with Venezuela after it has targeted boats it claims are transporting drugs for the Venezuela-linked Tren de Aragua gang, it must seek a declaration of war from Congress.

In the House, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has made similar statements.

A report published on Friday suggested the U.S. military was planning to strike military installations in Venezuela, but President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the report was inaccurate.

This comes as Hegseth announced the U.S. military on Wednesday struck another boat carrying alleged narco-terrorists. The strikes were carried out in the Eastern Pacific region at the direction of Trump, killing four men on board.

That was the 14th strike on suspected drug boats since September. A total of 61 people have reportedly been killed while three survived, including at least two who were later repatriated to their home countries.

The Pentagon has refused to release the identities of those killed or evidence that drugs were on board.

The White House announced on Friday that journalists would no longer be authorized to freely access an area of the West Wing that is home to offices for various senior communications officials, including Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

In a memorandum, the National Security Council said journalists are prohibited from accessing Room 140, also known as "Upper Press," which is located near the Oval Office, without an appointment, claiming that the move is needed to shield potentially sensitive materials and protect national security.

"In order to protect such material, and maintain coordination between National Security Council Staff and White House Communications Staff, members of the press are no longer permitted to access Room 140 without prior approval in the form of an appointment with an authorized White House Staff Member," the memo said.

Credentialed White House journalists could previously access Room 140 on short notice to speak with senior officials. Journalists may still access another area where lower-level White House communications staff have desks, the memo said.

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The White House Correspondents’ Association argued that the new restrictions would impact reporters' ability to question officials, ensure transparency and hold the government to account.

"The White House Correspondents' Association unequivocally opposes any effort to limit journalists from areas within the communications operations of the White House that have long been open for newsgathering, including the press secretary’s office," CBS News White House reporter Weijia Jiang, the current president of the group, said in a statement.

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said on Friday that reporters had been caught secretly recording video and audio in offices and wandering into restricted areas.

"Some reporters have been caught secretly recording video and audio of our offices, along with pictures of sensitive info, without permission," he wrote on X. "Some reporters have wandered into restricted areas … Some reporters have been caught eavesdropping on private, closed-door meetings. Cabinet Secretaries routinely come into our office for private meetings, only to be ambushed by reporters waiting outside our doors."

The Clinton administration announced a similar move in 1993 to restrict press access to Room 140, but it was later rescinded following fierce backlash.

This comes after the Pentagon recently announced a new policy in which news outlets must agree to new press restrictions or lose their media credentials and Pentagon workspaces.

The policy requires journalists to pledge to the new rules, including that they could be deemed security risks and have their Pentagon press badges revoked if they ask employees to disclose information that has not been released by the department, even if the information is unclassified.

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At least 30 news outlets, including Fox News, refused to agree to the Pentagon media restrictions, asserting that the policy represents a threat to press freedom and hinders their ability to conduct independent newsgathering.

Additionally, the Trump administration earlier this year removed Reuters, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News from the permanent "pool" of reporters covering the president, although those outlets may still be included on a sporadic basis.

Reuters contributed to this report.