The Associated Press
President Donald Trump said Oct. 11 that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Oct. 15 despite the government shutdown, a short-term fix that will not apply to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed.
President Donald Trump said Oct. 11 that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Oct. 15 despite the government shutdown, a short-term fix that will not apply to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed.