Heather Cox Richardson discusses how the Donald Trump administration quietly announced that despite an ongoing budget impasse, it will still pay active-duty military personnel on their mid-month payday (October 15) by diverting funds from another budget pot — namely unspent or non-annual appropriations in the Department of Defense’s research & development budget. The implication: while the annual military appropriation expired with the fiscal year on September 30, the administration is repurposing other available funds to ensure the troops don’t miss a paycheck.
