President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the government shutdown, a short-term fix that will not apply to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-directs-the-pentagon-to-use-all-available-funds-to-ensure-troops-are-paid-despite-shutdown/616-5d8337ba-e9aa-4ae5-8c17-dab41a5a6d1f