Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown AP NewsTrump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown The Washington PostTrump says his administration 'identified funds' to pay troops during shutdown ReutersDemocrats float immediately paying feds working through shutdown as Congress again rejects bill to reopen government Government Executive
The Trump administration has asked a federal appellate court in Chicago for an emergency stay of a district judge's order barring the president from deploying National Guard troops in the city and state.