Trump orders military troops to be paid amid government shutdown
NBC News·2025-10-12 01:02

Well, to Washington now where President Trump has ordered his defense secretary to continue paying military service members despite the ongoing government shutdown. Julie Circin is at the White House. And Julie, given the shutdown, where is that money coming from.Savannah, President Trump says he will pay troops on October 15th without Congress's help. I'm told by two sources directly familiar, the White House notified lawmakers they are shifting funds around to do it. It comes as more than 1 million Americ ...