The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

The Trump administration has accepted a $130 million donation from an anonymous source in order to pay military service members during the ongoing government shutdown. President Donald Trump announced the donation on Thursday,

President Donald Trump directed the administration to reallocate funds toward service members’ mid-month pay during the ongoing government shutdown. The Department of Defense (DOD) reportedly identified about $8 billion in unused RDTE funds to support the measure.

Now three weeks in, this is the second longest shutdown in U.S. history. Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution. The Senate has continued to fail to advance bill that would reopen the government until Nov.

The Democrats are getting killed on the shutdown because we’re closing up programs that are Democrat programs that we were opposed to,” he told reporters last Tuesday. “We’re not closing up Republican programs,

As the country heads into November and the end of daylight saving time, the federal government remains shut down, with no signs of when it will reopen. The 35-day shutdown in 2018-2019 was partial. Congress had passed,

As the federal government shutdown stretches into its fourth week without a bipartisan deal in sight, President Donald Trump has been laying the groundwork for an extended fight by easing some of the political pressure points that in past shutdowns helped force a truce.