Trump directs Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Pentagon to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the government shutdown, a short-term fix that will not apply to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed.

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