WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had “identified funds” that would allow the government to pay members of the military during the federal shutdown, even though Congress has not approved additional money for the troops.

Pentagon officials said they planned to tap about $8 billion in unspent research, testing and evaluation money from the prior fiscal year, which they would use “to issue mid-month paychecks to service members in the event the funding lapse continues” beyond Wednesday, the next date that they are set to be paid.

Trump’s budgetary maneuvering appeared unorthodox, even though it may spare more than 1 million active-duty service members from financial hardships as the shutdown approaches the end of its second week. It was not clear how long the Trump a

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