The government shutdown is now in its third week, and unlike most other federal employees, members of the military received a paycheck Wednesday after President Donald Trump redirected money from the Pentagon’s research and development budget.

On social media last week, the president directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th,” adding, “We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.”

But the payment is only a bandaid; as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. pointed out Wednesday, the move by the president “is a temporary fix.”

“If the Democrats continue to vote to keep the government closed – as they have done now so many times – then we know that U.S. troops are going to risk missing a f

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