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 procurement account typically used for building Navy vessels.

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