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
Twenty-two House Republican veterans appealed to seven Senate Democrat veterans to pass a continuing resolution and avoid military pay disruption during the shutdown.
