The Pentagon is redirecting billions of dollars from research programs to payroll to ensure military personnel receive their paychecks as the government shutdown stretches into its 14th day. The Department of Defense discovered $8 billion in unspent funds that will be used to maintain military pay, just one day before payday for the majority of troops.

House Speaker Mike Johnson warned this could become the longest government shutdown in American history, surpassing previous records as negotiations between Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse.

"We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history, unless Democrats drop their partisan demands and pass a clean, no-strings-attached budget to reopen the government and pay our federal workers," Johnson said during

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