US Navy sailors listen to President Donald Trump speak during the Navy's 250th anniversary celebration in Norfolk, Virginia, on October 5, 2025 Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump said Saturday that “we have identified funds” to pay military troops on October 15 as the government shutdown is headed into a third week.

In a post to Truth Social , Trump said he will “direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th.”

The funds for military paychecks will be pulled from the Pentagon’s research and development money that’s available for two years, according to a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget.

The Pentagon said in a statement that it “has identified approximately $8 billion of uno

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