US EditionWhite House to Cover Troop Pay Friday by Tapping Multiple Funding Sources
The administration redirects $5.3 billion from Navy and research funds to cover military pay and housing during the shutdown, a congressional aide confirmed.
- On Friday, the Trump administration identified $5.3 billion from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Navy shipbuilding, and research, development, test and evaluation accounts to pay service members scheduled to be paid on Friday.
- After the Senate failed to proceed last week, earlier this month the administration moved $8 billion from military research and development accounts to cover payroll amid the shutdown.
- The reconciliation bill provides $2.9 billion allocated for housing allowance, a congressional aide said funding will cover basic allowance for housing while Chairman Roger Wicker urges the Pentagon to follow guidance this month.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned service members will most likely miss Nov. 15 paychecks if the shutdown persists, even as the Pentagon accepted a $130 million anonymous donation last week.
- Elaine McCusker, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon comptroller, said the $5.3 billion identified this round plus roughly $1.5 billion remaining from earlier transfers could barely sustain paychecks, while the White House said it cost about $6.5 billion to cover mid-October pay.
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Troop pay siphons $2.8B from shipbuilding, weapons budgets
The White House intends to use $2.5 billion from the One Big Beautiful Bill plus $1.4 billion from the Pentagon’s procurement budget and $1.4 billion from its research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) accounts to cover troop pay and housing needs.
The INSIDER daily digest -- October 30, 2025
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the White House moving money around to pay military troops their wages, plus submarine coverage and more. We start off with coverage of how the administration is working to keep military troops paid during the shutdown: White House raiding reconciliation funds and DOD weapons accounts to pay troops The Trump administration plans to divert a total of $5.3 billion from the Pentagon's war chest -- inc…
Troops Will Receive Next Pay Check Amid Shutdown, Says OMB
WASHINGTON—U.S. troops will get their next paycheck on Nov. 1 amid the government shutdown, according to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). There will be $5.3 billion overall to pay the military. The breakdown is that $2.5 billion will come from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, $1.4 billion will come from the procurement account, and $1.4 billion will come from research and development funding, the White House budget office told The Epoch…
White House says it has money to pay troops during shutdown
(NewsNation) — The White House has found funds to pay the military during the government shutdown, an Office of Management and Budget official confirmed to NewsNation. The official said the government would take $2.5 billion from a military housing fund in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" legislation from earlier this year; $1.4 billion from the Pentagon's Research, Development, Test and Evaluation fund; and $1.4 billion from a procurem…
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