Trump’s $8B Military Pay Backstop Set to Expire

Source WLS AM
Original Load Date Oct. 27, 2025, 1:01 a.m.
Last Updated Oct. 27, 2025, 1:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wlsam.com/2025/10/26/trumps-8b-military-pay-backstop-set-to-expire/

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Military paychecks are again at risk as the stopgap $8 billion President Donald Trump redirected to cover troops’ salaries during the government shutdown is projected to run out by Oct. 31 — leaving Congress with little time to act and escalating Republican pressure on Senate Democrats who blocked a...