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Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown  The Washington Post Trump says funds have been ‘identified’ to pay troops amid government shutdown  CNN Trump directs Pentagon to use ‘available funds’ to pay military during shutdown  NPR Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown  AP News Pentagon will pay military troops, Trump says, shifting $8B  Politico Source link

When House Speaker Mike Johnson fielded questions about the shutdown on C-SPAN Thursday, a self-described GOP mother and military wife said the health of her two children was in jeopardy and urged him to call the House back into session to pass a bill to pay service members.  “I have two medically fragile children,” said the caller, who identified herself …

Congressional Democrats are privately preparing to hold their position in the shutdown standoff for several more weeks if Republicans do not agree to their health care demands – and not even a missed paycheck for US troops will force them to yield. Inside the party, anxiety is rising among vulnerable Democrats about active-duty military service members missing a paycheck on …

Stephani Cherkaoui is one of more than 150,000 federal workers who took the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” buyout offer. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Stephani Cherkaoui has a pot of Moroccan tea on the kitchen stove in her townhome, half an hour outside Washington, D.C. Her kids’ artwork — her “favorite …

Shilo Sanders was cut by the Buccaneers and hasn’t signed with any other team, and he may never get another NFL job. But he is getting a fine from the league office. Sanders was fined $4,669 for throwing a punch in the Bucs’ preseason finale, according to multiple reports. Presumably any fine would be taken out of his next NFL …