WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Saturday he will use “all available funds” to pay service members who were set to miss their paychecks next week if the federal government shutdown continues in its third week.

Trump posted on Truth Social that he has directed the Pentagon to pay the military if the funding lapse drags on past Oct. 15, the pay day for troops. The move became necessary if the White House wanted to ensure troops got paid during the impasse after Republican leadership chose not to bring up a stand-alone military pay bill.

Before the president made the weekend announcement, bipartisan rank-and-file lawmakers, including some members of Alabama’s delegation, had either been pushing for or said they would support a stand-alone bill that would pay military members w

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