Active service members may start going without pay if a deal to end the government shutdown isn’t reached soon, leaders in Washington are warning.

“We were able to pay the military employees from excess funds at the Pentagon, middle of this month,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Sunday. “I think we’ll be able to pay them beginning in November. But by Nov. 15, our troops and service members who are willing to risk their lives aren’t going to be able to get paid. What an embarrassment.”

If the shutdown hasn’t concluded by that date, it would be the longest the U.S. has ever seen —by a good margin. That dubious distinction is currently held by the most recent shutdown, which occurred during Presi

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